| Fiendish Freddy's Big Top o'Fun |
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| Aliases | Fiendish Freddy's Big Top of Fun |
| Release Date | 1990 |
| Original Publisher | Mindscape International Inc (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 128K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Action |
| Max. Players | 5 (Alternating) |
| Original Price | £9.99 |
| Disk Price | £14.99 |
| Features | AY Sound, Button Mashers, Multi-loader in 128K mode, Multi-loader in 48K mode, Padlock Protection |
| Graphical Views | Side-view 2D Graphics |
| Controls | Interface 2 (right) |
| Tie-in Licences | Fiendish Freddy's Big Top o'Fun (Software) from Gray Matter (UK) |
| Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 |
| Average mag. score | 78.75% (4 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 81.4% (14 votes) |
Authors/Contributors
| Simon Golding (UK) | at Imagitec Design Ltd | - ? | |
| Leslie Long (UK) | at Imagitec Design Ltd | - ? | |
| Axel | at Imagitec Design Ltd | - ? | |
| Louise Herd (UK) | at Imagitec Design Ltd | - ? | |
| Barry Leitch (UK) | at Imagitec Design Ltd | - ? | |
| Chris Gray (UK) | - ? | ||
| Rob Anderson (UK) | - ? | ||
| Ed Zolnieryx (UK) | - ? | ||
| Raymond Cheang (UK) | - ? | ||
| Dennis Turner (UK) | - ? |
Review Awards
| "Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #76 - 1990/May | page 44 | |
| "Sinclair User Classic" | at Sinclair User | issue #99 - 1990/May | page 18 |
Remarks
| For some reason, the disc version of this game uses Padlock Protection (you need to enter a word from the manual), but the cassette version does not. |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | FiendishFreddysBigTopOFun.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (???) | English | |
| FiendishFreddysBigTopOFun.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (None) | English | |
| FiendishFreddysBigTopOFun.dsk.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128 +3 | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| FiendishFreddysBigTopOFun.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| FiendishFreddysBigTopOFun.gif | 4,750 | Original | Running screen | |||
| FiendishFreddysBigTopOFun_Front.jpg | 148,089 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| FiendishFreddysBigTopOFun_Back.jpg | 175,336 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| FiendishFreddysBigTopOFun.txt | 20,248 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| FiendishFreddysBigTopOFun(EN).pdf | 325,235 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| FiendishFreddysBigTopOFun(EN)_Scan.jpg | 739,081 | Original | Scanned instructions | English | ||
| FiendishFreddysBigTopOFun(EN)_Scan2.jpg | 895,783 | Original | Scanned instructions | English | ||
| FiendishFreddysBigTopOFun.jpg | 177,261 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| fiendish.zip | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by xmikex (with rollback) - The zip file contains a single RZX file for SPIN only, and multiple RZXs for each level, for other emulators. |
Magazine Reviews
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #33-1990/Jun | page 65 | - Review: 500/1000 | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #76-1990/May | page 44 | - Review: 94% | |
| Sinclair User | issue #99-1990/May | page 18 | - Review: 91% | |
| The Games Machine | issue #22-1989/Sep | page 94 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #54-1990/Jun | page 82 | - Review: 80% |
Magazine References
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #93-1989/Aug special "93b" | page 106 | - Preview | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #95-1989/Oct | page 95 | - CompoEntry | |
| MicroHobby | issue #201-1990/Jul | page 11 | - Preview - Premiere | |
| New Computer Express | issue #37-1989/Jul/22 | page 39 | - Preview | |
| Sinclair User | issue #95-1990/Feb | page 84 | - Preview | |
| Sinclair User | issue #100-1990/Jun | page 37 | - Offer | |
| Sinclair User | issue #106-1990/Dec | page 27 | - Tips |
Magazine Advertisements
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #25-1989/Oct | page 77 | - Full-page ad | |
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #32-1990/May | page 86 | - Advert | |
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #33-1990/Jun | page 74 | - Advert | |
| New Computer Express | issue #45-1989/Sep/16 | page 7 | - Full-page ad | |
| Sinclair User | issue #94-1990/Jan | page 35 | - Full-page ad | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #50-1990/Feb | page 99 | - Full-page ad |
Links
| Centre for Computing History | (Information - in English) | |
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (Information - in English) | |
| Wikipedia | (Information - in English) | |
| ZX Spectrum Reviews | (Magazine Reviews) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
| ZX-Art | (Spectrum Graphics) | |
| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
