Dragontorc at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware

Aliases	The Dragontorc of Avalon
Release Date	1985/Mar/28
Original Publisher	Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK)
Min. Hardware	ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language	English
Genre	Arcade Game: Adventure
Max. Players	1
Original Price	£7.95
Features	Padlock Protection
Controls	Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick
Themes	Teleportation
Other Platforms	Amstrad CPC
Average mag. score	76.17% (6 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score	84.6% (307 votes)

Re-releases

	#1 - Erbe Software S.A. (Spain)	(1985)
			* Release price: 1900.00 Ptas

Authors/Contributors

Steve Turner (UK)

at Graftgold Ltd

- ?

Review Awards

"Crash Smash"

at Crash

issue v.1 #16 - 1985/May

page 20

Series "Avalon"

	1.	Avalon	(1984)	by Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK)
	2.	Dragontorc	(1985)	by Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK)

Compilations

Full version in	10 Great Games 3	(1988)	by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd (UK)
Full version in	Avalon + Dragontorc	(1986)	by Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK)
Full version in	Crash issue 90: Presents 26	(1991/Jul)	by Magazine Crash - covertape from issue v.1 #90 - 1991/Jul

Main File Downloads

*Filename*	*Release*	*Machine*	*Scheme*	*Language*	*Comments*
Dragontorc.tzx.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(None)	English
Dragontorc.z80.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(???)	English
Dragontorc(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip	#1	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(Unspecified custom loader)	English

Additional File Downloads

*Filename*	*Size*	*Release*	*Type*	*Language*	*Comments*
Dragontorc.gif	5,480	Original	Running screen
Dragontorc.jpg	497,216	Original	Inlay - Front
Dragontorc.ay.zip	3,516	Original	Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format
Dragontorc.mp3.zip	1,321,918	Original	Sampled in-game/theme music in MP3 format
DRAGTORC.TXT	7,870	Original	Instructions		- Docs (from games database)
Dragontorc(GremlinGraphicsSoftwareLtd).txt	14,887	Original	Instructions	English
Dragontorc.txt	15,621	Original	Instructions	English
Dragontorc(EN).pdf	1,964,670	Original	Instructions	English
Dragontorc.jpg	259,904	Original	Scanned instructions	English
Dragontorc.jpg	277,198	Original	Game map
Dragontorc_2.png	1,066,943	Original	Game map
Dragontorc_Part1.jpg	124,116	Original	Game map
Dragontorc_Part2.jpg	149,221	Original	Game map
Dragontorc_Part3.jpg	86,532	Original	Game map
Dragontorc_Part4.jpg	119,026	Original	Game map
Dragontorc_CodeSheet.jpg	233,243	Original	Code sheet
Dragontorc.jpg	182,858	Original	Advertisement
dragontorc.rzx	0	Original	RZX playback file		- Recorded by Robin Clive
Dragontorc (1985)(Hewson Consultants).pok	1,312	Original	POK pokes file
Dragontorc_SpecialOffer-Back.jpg	144,614	Original	?		- Special offer
Dragontorc_SpecialOffer-Front.jpg	191,892	Original	?		- Special offer
Dragontorc(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg	193,537	#1	Inlay - Front
Dragontorc(ErbeSoftwareS.A.)_2.jpg	210,017	#1	Inlay - Front
Dragontorc(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).pdf	40,302	#1	Instructions	Spanish
Dragontorc(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg	309,057	#1	Advertisement

Magazine Reviews

Crash	issue v.1 #16-1985/May	page 20	- Review: 92%
Home Computing Weekly	issue #102-1985/Mar/5 special "week#1"	page 12	- Review
MicroHobby	issue #43-1985/Sep	page 26	- Review - Nuevo
Personal Computer News	issue #106-1985/Apr/6	page 41	- Review
Sinclair Programs	issue #31-1985/May	page 17	- Review: 85%
Sinclair User	issue #38-1985/May	page 22	- Review: 4/5
Your Computer	issue v.5 #5-1985/May	page 43	- Review: 3/5
Your Sinclair	issue #37-1989/Jan	page 44	- Review: 4/10
Your Spectrum	issue #15-1985/Jun	page 54	- Review
ZX Computing	issue #19-1985/Jun	page 96	- Review: 5/5

Magazine References

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #42-1985/Apr	page 11	- News/Note
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #42-1985/Apr	page 22	- Feature
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #42-1985/Apr	page 22	- Map
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #42-1985/Apr	page 23	- Map
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #42-1985/Apr	page 25	- CompoEntry
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #45-1985/Jul	page 54	- News/Note
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #45-1985/Jul	page 55	- Tips
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #45-1985/Jul	page 63	- CompoResult
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #46-1985/Aug	page 82	- Tips
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #49-1985/Nov	page 38	- Hack/Poke
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #52-1986/Feb	page 46	- Tips
Computer Gamer	issue #4-1985/Jul	page 42	- Solution
Computer Gamer	issue #10-1986/Jan	page 32	- News/Note - Avalon + Dragontorc twin-pack
Crash	issue v.1 #15-1985/Apr	page 9	- Preview
Crash	issue v.1 #15-1985/Apr	page 58	- News/Note
Crash	issue v.1 #15-1985/Apr	page 70	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #16-1985/May	page 10	- News/Note
Crash	issue v.1 #16-1985/May	page 72	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #17-1985/Jun	page 73	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #17-1985/Jun	page 78	- News/Note
Crash	issue v.1 #18-1985/Jul	page 78	- Hack/Poke
Crash	issue v.1 #18-1985/Jul	page 78	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #19-1985/Aug	page 96	- Letters
Crash	issue v.1 #20-1985/Sep	page 50	- Letters
Crash	issue v.1 #20-1985/Sep	page 68	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #21-1985/Oct	page 77	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #22-1985/Nov	page 98	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #27-1986/Apr supplement "Playing Tips Special"	page 12	- Solution
Crash	issue v.1 #27-1986/Apr supplement "Playing Tips Special"	page 13	- Hack/Poke
Crash	issue v.1 #90-1991/Jul	page 6	- CoverGame
Crash	issue v.1 #94-1991/Dec	page 39	- Hack/Poke
Crash	issue v.1 #94-1991/Dec	page 39	- Solution
Crash	issue v.1 #94-1991/Dec	page 39	- Tips
Home Computing Weekly	issue #100-1985/Feb/19 special "week#3"	page 5	- News/Note
Home Computing Weekly	issue #109-1985/Apr/23 special "week#4"	page 5	- News/Note - Dragon slayed!
Home Computing Weekly	issue #113-1985/May/21 special "week#3"	page 4	- News/Note - First past the post
MicroHobby	issue #73-1986/Apr	page 31	- Tips - Micromania
MicroHobby	issue #86-1986/Jul	page 24	- Tips - Micromania
MicroHobby	issue #116-1987/Feb	page 20	- Tips - Tokes
MicroHobby Especial	issue #3-1986/Jun special "Especial"	page 15	- Tips - Tokes
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.4 #3-1985/Jan/17 special "week#3"	page 4	- News/Note
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.4 #39-1985/Sep/26 special "week#4"	page 27	- Tips
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.5 #4-1986/Jan/23 special "week#4"	page 26	- Solution - solution part 1
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.5 #5-1986/Jan/30 special "week#5"	page 26	- Solution - partial solution
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.5 #6-1986/Feb/6 special "week#1"	page 28	- Solution - partial solution
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.5 #8-1986/Feb/20 special "week#3"	page 32	- Solution - partial solution
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.5 #10-1986/Mar/6 special "week#1"	page 34	- Solution - partial solution
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.5 #11-1986/Mar/13 special "week#2"	page 26	- Tips
SSD-II	issue 1999/Sep	page 0	- Information
Sinclair Programs	issue #33-1985/Jul	page 10	- News/Note
Sinclair User	issue #40-1985/Jul	page 93	- Tips
Sinclair User	issue #42-1985/Sep	page 89	- Tips
Sinclair User	issue #44-1985/Nov	page 97	- Tips
Sinclair User	issue #46-1986/Jan	page 16	- Hack/Poke
Sinclair User	issue #46-1986/Jan	page 79	- Tips
Sinclair User	issue #70-1988/Jan	page 73	- Tips
Your Spectrum	issue #16-1985/Jul	page 9	- News/Note
Your Spectrum	issue #16-1985/Jul	page 64	- Tips
Your Spectrum	issue #17-1985/Aug	page 64	- Tips
Your Spectrum	issue #21-1985/Dec	page 80	- Tips
ZX Computing	issue #20-1985/Aug	page 11	- News/Note

Magazine Advertisements

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #42-1985/Apr	page 46	- Full-page ad
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #43-1985/May	page 77	- Full-page ad
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #47-1985/Sep	page 37	- Full-page ad
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #48-1985/Oct	page 84	- Full-page ad
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #49-1985/Nov	page 25	- Advert
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #50-1985/Dec	page 49	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #15-1985/Apr	page 15	- Full-page ad
Crash	issue v.1 #16-1985/May	page 15	- Full-page ad
Crash	issue v.1 #19-1985/Aug	page 6	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #20-1985/Sep	page 6	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #21-1985/Oct	page 6	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #22-1985/Nov	page 6	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #23-1985/Dec	page 6	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #24-1986/Jan special "Christmas Special 1985/86"	page 87	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #37-1985/Apr	page 67	- Full-page ad
Sinclair User	issue #38-1985/May	page 35	- Full-page ad
Sinclair User	issue #41-1985/Aug	page 27	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #42-1985/Sep	page 21	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #43-1985/Oct	page 41	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #44-1985/Nov	page 29	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #45-1985/Dec	page 31	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #46-1986/Jan	page 91	- Advert

Related Magazine Reviews

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	issue #16-1989/Jan	page 120	- Review (10 Great Games 3)
Sinclair User	issue #82-1989/Jan	page 63	- Review: 89% (10 Great Games 3)
Your Sinclair	issue #37-1989/Jan	page 44	- Review: 6/10 (10 Great Games 3)

Related Magazine References

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	issue #16-1989/Jan	page 116	- Feature - We Wish You A ... Cheapy Christmas (10 Great Games 3)
Computer Gamer	issue #10-1986/Jan	page 32	- News/Note (Avalon + Dragontorc)
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.5 #2-1986/Jan/9 special "week#2"	page 36	- News/Note (Avalon + Dragontorc)

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