F.A. Cup Football
Aliases  FA Cup Football
The Official F.A. Cup Football
The Official FA Cup Football
Release Date  1986
Original Publisher  Virgin Games Ltd (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Sport Game: Management
Max. Players  8 (Turn based)
Original Price  £7.95
Features  Multi-machine Medium
Sports  Soccer
Groups  Flippy Flippy
Tie-in Licences  The Football Association (Brand)
Other Platforms  Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64
Average mag. score  51.00% (5 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  61.8% (36 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - EDOS (UK)
     #2 - Ricochet (UK)(1987)
     * Release price: £1.99
     #3 - Virgin Games Ltd (UK)(1987)as "FA Cup '87 Football"

Authors/Contributors
     Kerian UK Ltd (UK) - ?
     Tony Williams (UK) - ?

Review Awards
     "ZX Computing Globert"at ZX Computingissue #26 - 1986/Junpage 16

Remarks
     Re-released as "FA Cup '87 Football" for the 1987 football cup.

Remarks
     ZXSR: Was updated for the 1987 season.

Compilations
     Full version in20 Chart Busters(1988)by Beau-Jolly Ltd (UK)
     Full version in30 Red Hot Hits(1989)by Beau-Jolly Ltd (UK)
     Full version inMastertronic Compilation 6by Mastertronic Ltd (UK)

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
F.A.CupFootball.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
F.A.CupFootball.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
F.A.CupFootball(Ricochet).tzx.zip#2ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
F.A.CupFootball(FACup87Football)(VirginGamesLtd).tap.zip#3ZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
F.A.CupFootball(FACup87Football)(VirginGamesLtd).tzx.zip#3ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     F.A.CupFootball.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     F.A.CupFootball.gif2,741OriginalRunning screen
     FACupFootball.jpg486,597OriginalInlay - Front
     FACupFootball_2.jpg482,491OriginalInlay - Front
     FACupFootball_Back.jpg455,661OriginalInlay - Back
     FACupFootball_Back_2.jpg478,894OriginalInlay - Back
     F.A.CupFootball.txt4,048OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     F.A.CupFootball.jpg153,387OriginalAdvertisement
     F.A.CupFootball_2.jpg126,742OriginalAdvertisement
     facupfootball.rzx0OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Malcolm (with rollback)
     FACupFootball(Ricochet).jpg637,728#2Inlay - Front
     FACupFootball(Ricochet)_Back.jpg157,646#2Inlay - Back
     F.A.CupFootball(FACup87Football)(VirginGamesLtd).scr6,912#3Loading screen

Magazine Reviews
     Computer Gamerissue #13-1986/Aprpage 63- Review
     Crashissue v.1 #27-1986/Aprpage 126- Review: 64%
     Sinclair Userissue #50-1986/Maypage 29- Review: 1/5
     Sinclair Userissue #52-1986/Julpage 27- Review
     Sinclair Userissue #76-1988/Julpage 39- Review: 41%
     Your Computerissue v.6 #5-1986/Maypage 45- Review: 3/5
     Your Sinclairissue #5-1986/Maypage 78- Review: 7/10
     ZX Computingissue #26-1986/Junpage 16- Review: Good

Magazine References
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #67-1987/Maypage 12- News/Note
     Crashissue v.1 #39-1987/Aprpage 10- News/Note
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #7-1986/Feb/13 special "week#2"page 4- News/Note
     Sinclair Userissue #52-1986/Julpage 16- Letters
     Sinclair Userissue #52-1986/Julpage 27- Feature - On The Ball
     Sinclair Userissue #62-1987/Maypage 21- News/Note
     Your Sinclairissue #5-1986/Maypage 14- CompoEntry
     Your Sinclairissue #9-1986/Seppage 41- CompoResult
     Your Sinclairissue #17-1987/Maypage 9- Preview
     ZX Computingissue #37-1987/Maypage 5- News/Note

Magazine Advertisements
     Crashissue v.1 #26-1986/Marpage 90- Full-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #28-1986/Maypage 13- Advert
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #8-1986/Feb/20 special "week#3"page 7- Full-page ad
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #11-1986/Mar/13 special "week#2"page 29- Full-page ad
     Your Computerissue v.6 #5-1986/Maypage 9- Full-page ad
     Your Sinclairissue #4-1986/Aprpage 98- Full-page ad
     Your Sinclairissue #5-1986/Maypage 87- Full-page ad
     ZX Computingissue #24-1986/Aprpage 100- Full-page ad
     ZX Computingissue #25-1986/Maypage 97- Full-page ad
     ZX Computingissue #26-1986/Junpage 91- Full-page ad
     ZX Computingissue #36-1987/Aprpage 91- Full-page ad

Related Magazine Advertisements
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #11-1988/Augpage 15- Full-page ad (20 Chart Busters)
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #82-1988/Augpage 42- Full-page ad (20 Chart Busters)
     Sinclair Userissue #77-1988/Augpage 49- Full-page ad (20 Chart Busters)
     The Games Machineissue #9-1988/Augpage 28- Full-page ad (20 Chart Busters)
     The Games Machineissue #10-1988/Seppage 40- Full-page ad (20 Chart Busters)
     Your Sinclairissue #32-1988/Augpage 12- Full-page ad (20 Chart Busters)

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