The Comet Game
Aliases  Halley's Comet
Release Date  1986
Original Publisher  Firebird Software Ltd (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up
Max. Players  1
Original Price  £7.95
Features  Border Effects
Controls  Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys
Groups  Firebird's HOT
Other Platforms  Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64
Average mag. score  56.00% (3 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  48.9% (9 votes)

Authors/Contributors
     Andrew J. Glaister (UK) - ?
     Steve Weston (UK) - Inlay/Poster Art

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
CometGameThe.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
CometGameThe.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     CometGameThe.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     CometGameThe.gif4,375OriginalRunning screen
     CometGameThe.jpg421,026OriginalInlay - Front
     CometGameThe_Back.jpg495,218OriginalInlay - Back
     CometGameThe.txt3,559OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     CometGameThe.jpg170,266OriginalAdvertisement
     CometGameThe_2.jpg97,356OriginalAdvertisement

Magazine Reviews
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #56-1986/Junpage 33- Review
     Computer Gamerissue #16-1986/Julpage 63- Review
     Crashissue v.1 #29-1986/Junpage 31- Review: 58%
     MicroHobbyissue #87-1986/Julpage 14- Review - Nuevo
     Sinclair Userissue #51-1986/Junpage 62- Review: 4/5
     Your Sinclairissue #8-1986/Augpage 63- Review: 3/10

Magazine References
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #55-1986/Maypage 9- News/Note
     Computer Gamerissue #14-1986/Maypage 7- News/Note
     Crashissue v.1 #26-1986/Marpage 15- News/Note - ref. "Halley's Comet"
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #11-1986/Mar/13 special "week#2"page 5- News/Note
     Your Computerissue v.6 #5-1986/Maypage 20- News/Note
     Your Sinclairissue #4-1986/Aprpage 11- News/Note
     Your Sinclairissue #4-1986/Aprpage 36- CompoEntry
     Your Sinclairissue #8-1986/Augpage 18- Letters
     Your Sinclairissue #8-1986/Augpage 62- CompoResult
     ZX Computingissue #25-1986/Maypage 7- News/Note

Magazine Advertisements
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     Sinclair Userissue #49-1986/Aprpage 77- Advert
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