The Covenant
Release Date  1985
Original Publisher  PSS (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Genre  Arcade Game: Maze
Max. Players  1
Supports  Currah MicroSpeech
Original Price  £6.95
Other Platforms  Amstrad CPC
Average mag. score  59.33% (3 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  63.3% (9 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - ERE Informatique (France)(1985)as "Le Survivant"
     #2 - Ricochet (UK)

Authors/Contributors
     Paul Hutchinson (UK) - ?

Review Awards
     "Your Spectrum Rick's Rave Of The Month"at Your Spectrumissue #19 - 1985/Octpage 42

Series "Xavior"
     1. Xavior(1984)by PSS (UK)
     2. The Covenant(1985)by PSS (UK)

Compilations
     Full version in10 Computer Hits 2(1986)by Beau-Jolly Ltd (UK)
     Full version inSinclair User issue 124: Great Eight 13(1992/Jun)by Magazine Sinclair User - covertape from issue #124 - 1992/Jun

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
CovenantThe.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
CovenantThe.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
CovenantThe(SurvivantLe)(EREInformatique).tap.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(???)French
CovenantThe(SurvivantLe)(EREInformatique).tzx.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)French

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     CovenantThe.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     CovenantThe.gif3,849OriginalRunning screen
     CovenantThe_Front.jpg311,945OriginalInlay - Front
     CovenantThe_Back.jpg204,121OriginalInlay - Back
     covenant.txt1,616OriginalInstructions
     CovenantThe.txt1,582OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     CovenantThe.png655,582OriginalGame map
     covenant.rzx0OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Colin Attle (with rollback) - Infinite energy poke used
     Covenant, The (1985)(PSS).pok159OriginalPOK pokes file
     CovenantThe(SurvivantLe)(EREInformatique).scr6,912#1Loading screen

Magazine Reviews
     Computer Gamerissue #4-1985/Julpage 64- Review
     Crashissue v.1 #19-1985/Augpage 42- Review: 83%
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #125-1985/Aug/13 special "week#2"page 12- Review
     Sinclair Programsissue #35-1985/Seppage 17- Review: 55%
     Sinclair Userissue #41-1985/Augpage 22- Review: 2/5
     Your Spectrumissue #19-1985/Octpage 42- Review

Magazine References
     Crashissue v.1 #18-1985/Julpage 9- Preview
     Crashissue v.1 #18-1985/Julpage 64- Letters
     SSD-IIissue 1999/Seppage 0- Information
     Sinclair Userissue #124-1992/Junpage 6- CoverGame
     Your Sinclairissue #1-1986/Janpage 46- Tips

Magazine Advertisements
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #35-1985/Aug/29 special "week#5"page 22- Advert

Related Magazine Reviews
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #57-1986/Julpage 32- Review: 3/5 (10 Computer Hits 2)
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #16-1986/Apr/17 special "week#3"page 12- Review (10 Computer Hits 2)
     Sinclair Userissue #51-1986/Junpage 38- Review: 4/5 (10 Computer Hits 2)

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