COUP D'ETAT
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Seize power in your own banana republic with Boylen and Harvey's game of subversion for the Sharp, ported to the 8-bit Atari by Mark Keates.
EL SHARPIRO is an independent country situated somewhere in the Caribbean. The capital, Diaz, is the only city.
The country is run by an evil dictator, Dr Emmanuel Jesus Ratok who runs the country for his own benefit. Ratok grows richer and the country grows even poorer.
He rules with a fist of iron in a glove of steel; all opposition is crushed by his sadistic army and police.
As leader of the newly-formed El Sharpiro Liberation Organisation — ELO — you have vowed to rid your homeland of this evil dictator and hold free eleaions for the first time ever.
As Dr Ratok has made himself president for life the only way to get rid of him is to stage a coup and depose him. To do this you must capture the army barracks and get a bazooka to knock out the only tank that guards his palace. To capture the barracks you must have automatic weapons and enough men to use them. The only place with the number of weapons you need is the police station. You must liberate the freedom fighters languishing in the state jail to get the number of men you need.
You can also capture the TV station and the bank. Until you capture the bank the president can use its funds to hire mercenaries. All these buildings are ringed by guard towers and it is very risky to attack the building without destroying its guard tower first.
To destroy the guard towers you need to buy some dynamite from your friendly, rich dealer in death and destruction, Adam Khagosshi.
The towers are randomly numbered and, with luck, you may just get a quick look at a secret map with locations on it. It may help you get some of your men out of prison if you have a boat. You can also free some of your captured lieutenants who are held in the top-securiiy wing by buying a helicopter if you can afford it. If you attempt an escape by sea a rope may come in handy.
Kidnapping is another way to free your friends and increases the fighting fund. If your popularity, U.S. backing, ELO membership or number of lieutenants fall below one, your coup d'etat has failed.
The opposition consists of: Dr Ratok — the president; General Jung — the chief of staff; Lt Lapidus — chief interrogator; and Sgt Sadoul — the executioner. There may be other characters that may become involved — they may help you or they may help the enemy.
ELO membership is restricted to a maximum of 300 until you liberate your men from prison. You may not have more than 20 lieutenants. The maximum number of safe houses is 30. You may purchase hand-guns and rifles, but the minimum order is 300 — in order to get your discount. These will increase your attacking power. You may not visit the same location twice in a row — bad for security.
You and your men face a powerful and ever vigilant enemy, the fight will be long and hard with little chance of success. We, the people, wish you luck!
DETAILS
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Entered into the Lost Party 2026 "Game compo"
Development Completed: 11th July 2026
Platform: Atari XL/XE
Memory: Any 48K machine (without Basic)
Format: Executable (xex - loads above $A00)
LiteDOS (auto-booting atr)