Chiller v1
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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Version 1

(From GTW64) :

The game Chiller (Version 1) basically was originally withdrawn due to the connection to Michael Jackson's Thriller music video at the time of the game's release.

The game originally featured a neat rendition of Thriller by David Dunn, but Mastertronic decided that they could face possible legal action because of the music and asked for the music to be changed immediately.

The problem was, that a few copies of the game sneaked out with the original music, before Mastertronic canned the first version, which are extremely hard to find. You basically will have to buy every copy of Chiller to ever find an original with the original Thriller music... I have now 8 copies of the game, and originally had no luck.

However, recently Gareth Dolloway noticed this review and offered his own copy of Chiller, which is infact Version 1. So now thanks to Gareth, GTW can now bring you a .TAP image of the original version 1.

The game itself is familiar to all, created by the Darling brothers before they established Codemasters. The new music made and put in the game they eventually sold on large scale, never suited the game properly.

Site vistor, Carl Speed, had the following to say about the game:

 "I just wanted to say that there is a difference on the front covers that I've noticed. The V1 seems to have no mention of Burner Loading System on the top right red triangle section. Only the newer version does. I'm not sure if this is absolute, but I'm sure it probably is. Thought I'd pass on the discovery, in case people are looking for the version." 

Well, I checked and I think he's right!.... Basically it seems that if you have a copy which doesn't have the "Burner Loading System" mentioned, you could have an earlier edition with the original music in. Time to start checking!


http://www.gtw64.co.uk/Pages/c/Review_Chillerv1
