cover art by Tim White
Developer : Flying Chicken Publisher : Psygnosis Music : Tim Wright, Lee Wright Genre : Multidirectional shoot 'em up Features : Password Save Themes : Bio-horror
COMPLETED
Amnios is a unique game where you fly across grotesque living planets, shooting planetary organs and horrible creatures, culminating in fights against large boss creatures.
Biohorror Time Pilot
Hiscores - FS-UAE 2015-07-27 ................................. 117,969 2015-07-25 .................................. 95,003
Review
Amnios is a unique game where you fly across grotesque living planets, shooting planetary organs and horrible creatures, culminating in fights against large boss creatures. The Giger-esque graphics is by far the most impressive feature of the game, created by the talented Pete Lyon. The game is unfortunately rendered almost unplayable by its extremely low frame rate. Music and sound by Tim and Lee Wright does not quite live up to their usual standards.
2025-09-18
(OK)Passwords / Cheat Codes
- Level 2 password: FRDSNSMNGR
- Level 3 password: PLFRMNLQSN
Analysis
Controls
- You select items with Enter and use them with Space. Note that you have to use your weapon powerups for them to take effect!
Strategy
- If you're going for finishing the game, start from level 1 and level up your weapon fully. I don't think the weapon gets more powerful after the final change in graphics.
- Always stay close to the Fatherships (that's what the floating platform thingies are called in the manual), they regenerate your health and convert DNA to powerups.
- Collect blue DNA! This powers up your weapon, which is critical.
- You can rescue humanoids, I think they give 2000 points each, but I'm not sure how important it is. You do get extra lives with points.
- Lives seem to clamp to a maximum of 9.
- When fighting a planet's end boss, try to keep it at the top of the screen while shooting at it from your back cannon. This will prevent it from shooting at you.
