| Dan Dare III: The Escape |
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| Aliases | Crazy Jet Racer Dan Dare III: La Escapada |
| Release Date | 1990 |
| Original Publisher | Virgin Games Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Adventure |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £9.99 |
| Disk Price | £14.99 |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys |
| Themes | Teleportation |
| Tie-in Licences | Dan Dare (Comic) from Eagle Magazine (UK) |
| Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 |
| Average mag. score | 87.40% (5 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 78.3% (59 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Dro Soft (Spain) | (1990) | ||
| * Release price: 1200.00 Ptas |
Authors/Contributors
| David Perry (UK) | at Probe Software Ltd | - ? | |
| Nick Bruty (UK) | at Probe Software Ltd | - ? | |
| Simon Butler (UK) | at Probe Software Ltd | - ? |
Review Awards
| "Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #73 - 1990/Feb | page 39 | |
| "Sinclair User Classic" | at Sinclair User | issue #95 - 1990/Feb | page 62 |
Remarks
| Retro Gamer reports: "Dan Dare III began life as another game all together, one that he (David Perry, ed.) and Nick (Bruty, ed.) had been working on for Probe called 'Crazy Jet Racer'. During its development David recalls that Computer & Video Games magazine would run an early preview on the game before it came to release, but after the Dan Dare deal landed on the pair's lap they also swapped the game's protagonist for Dan Dare" |
Remarks
| SPOT: aka. Crazy Space Racer |
Series "Dan Dare"
| 1. | Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future | (1986) | by Virgin Games Ltd (UK) | |
| 2. | Dan Dare II: Mekon's Revenge | (1988) | by Virgin Games Ltd (UK) | |
| 3. | Dan Dare II: SU Edition | by Magazine Sinclair User - within covertape "Sinclair User issue 74: Megatape 3" | ||
| 4. | Dan Dare III: The Escape | (1990) | by Virgin Games Ltd (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | DanDareIII-TheEscape.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| DanDareIII-TheEscape.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (SpeedLock 7) | English | ||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape.dsk.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128 +3 | (None) | English | ||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape(DroSoft).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| DanDareIII-TheEscape.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape.gif | 7,929 | Original | Running screen | |||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape_Front.jpg | 297,468 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape_Back.jpg | 273,413 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape.ay.zip | 2,155 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape.txt | 12,126 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape(MULTI-LANG).pdf | 1,031,577 | Original | Instructions | Multi-language: English, German, Italian | ||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape.gif | 388,308 | Original | Game map | |||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape.jpg | 125,165 | Original | Game map | |||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape_Level1.jpg | 201,112 | Original | Game map | |||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape_Level1_2.jpg | 506,705 | Original | Game map | |||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape_Level2-4.jpg | 239,718 | Original | Game map | |||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape_Level3+4.jpg | 145,685 | Original | Game map | |||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape.jpg | 263,426 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| dandare3.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Pavel Plíva (with rollback) | ||
| Dan Dare III The Escape (1990)(Virgin Games).pok | 117 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape(DroSoft)_Front.jpg | 383,533 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape(DroSoft)_Back.jpg | 386,264 | #1 | Inlay - Back | |||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape(DroSoft).pdf | 111,973 | #1 | Instructions | Spanish | ||
| DanDareIII-TheEscape(DroSoft).txt | 16,830 | #1 | Instructions | Spanish |
Magazine Reviews
| BiT | issue #4-1992/Jan | page 30 | - Review | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #100-1990/Mar | page 43 | - Review: 83% | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #73-1990/Feb | page 39 | - Review: 92% | |
| FIFO | issue #10-1991 | page 28 | - Review | |
| FIFO | issue #11-1991 | page 22 | - Review | |
| MicroHobby | issue #200-1990/Jun | page 31 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Sinclair User | issue #95-1990/Feb | page 62 | - Review: 93% | |
| The Games Machine | issue #31-1990/Jun | page 39 | - Review: 80% | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #50-1990/Feb | page 87 | - Review: 89% | |
| ZX Magazín | issue 1994/Jan | page 3 | - Review |
Magazine References
Magazine Advertisements
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #32-1990/May | page 16 | - Full-page ad | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #102-1990/May | page 19 | - Full-page ad | |
| Sinclair User | issue #99-1990/May | page 9 | - Full-page ad | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #53-1990/May | page 14 | - Full-page ad |
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