The Sacred Armour of Antiriad

The Sacred Armour of Antiriad
DeveloperPalace Software
Publishers
  • EU: Palace Software
ProgrammerStanley Schembri
ArtistDaniel Malone
WriterDaniel Malone
ComposerRichard Joseph
Platforms
Release1986: CPC, C64, MSX, Spectrum
1987: Apple, IBM PC
1988: CoCo
GenreAction-adventure
ModeSingle-player

The Sacred Armour of Antiriad is an action-adventure game published by Palace Software in 1986 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, TRS-80, and ZX Spectrum. In North America, the game was published by Epyx as Rad Warrior. The original game came with a 16-page comic book created by graphic artist Daniel Malone. The game is an early example of the Metroidvania genre, being developed without knowledge of and concurrently with Metroid.