Fighter Pilot at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware

Release Date	1983
Original Publisher	Digital Integration (UK)
Min. Hardware	ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language	English
Genre	Game: Flight Simulator
Max. Players	1
Original Price	£7.95
Features	Vector Graphics
Controls	Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick
Ports	Fighter Pilot (ZX81 16K)
Other Platforms	Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
Average mag. score	76.67% (9 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score	77.5% (48 votes)

Re-releases

#1 - ABC Soft (Spain)	(1985)	as "Fighter Pilot "Piloto de Caza""
		* Release price: 2200.00 Ptas
#2 - Byte Back (UK)	(1983)
#3 - Investronica S.A. (Spain)	(1983)
#4 - MCM Software S.A. (Spain)	(1988)
#5 - Microbyte [ES] (Spain)	(1983)
#6 - Microparadise Software (Spain)	(1984)	as "Piloto de Guerra"
		* Release price: 2200.00 Ptas
#7 - Silverbird Software Ltd (UK)	(1983)
		* Release price: £1.99
#8 - V.T.R. (France)
#9 - Zafi Chip (Spain)	(1986)
#10 - Z Cobra (Spain)	(1987)

Authors/Contributors

David K. Marshall (UK)

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Annual Awards

	1st Best Simulation - 1984 Crash Readers Awards.
	Rank #45 - 1984 Sinclair User Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics

Review Awards

"PCG Hit"

at Personal Computer Games

issue #4 - 1984/Mar

page 94

Compilations

Full version in	10 Great Games 3	(1988)	by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd (UK)
Full version in	4 Aces	(1988)	by Digital Integration (UK)
Full version in	They Sold a Million 3	(1986/Oct/13)	by The Hit Squad (UK)
Full version in	Tus Juegos 4	(1984)	by Monser S.A. (Spain)	- titled "Simulador de Vuelo F-18"
Full version in	Tus Juegos Single 4A	(1984)	by Monser S.A. (Spain)	- titled "Simulador de Vuelo F-18"
Unauthorized version in	Load 'n' Run issue 14	(1985/Mar)	by Magazine Load 'n' Run - covertape from issue #14 - 1985/Mar	- titled "Attacco aereo"

Main File Downloads

*Filename*	*Release*	*Machine*	*Scheme*	*Language*	*Comments*
FighterPilot.tap.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(???)	English
FighterPilotV1.tzx.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(None)	English	- v1
FighterPilotV2(different).tzx.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(None)	English	- v2(different)
FighterPilotV2.tzx.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(None)	English	- v2
FighterPilot(FighterPilotPilotoDeCaza)(ABCSoft).tzx.zip	#1	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(None)	English
FighterPilot(ByteBack).tzx.zip	#2	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(None)	English
FighterPilot(MCMSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip	#4	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(None)	English
FighterPilot(SilverbirdSoftwareLtd).tzx.zip	#7	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(None)	English
FighterPilot(ZafiChip).tzx.zip	#9	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(None)	English
FighterPilot(ZCobra).tzx.zip	#10	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(None)	English

Additional File Downloads

*Filename*	*Size*	*Release*	*Type*	*Language*	*Comments*
FighterPilot.scr	6,912	Original	Loading screen
FighterPilot.gif	3,454	Original	Running screen
FighterPilot.jpg	567,235	Original	Inlay - Front
FighterPilot_2.jpg	490,779	Original	Inlay - Front
FighterPilot_3.jpg	1,013,432	Original	Inlay - Front
FighterPilot_Back.jpg	330,779	Original	Inlay - Back
FighterPilot_Back_2.jpg	436,164	Original	Inlay - Back
FighterPilot.txt	12,764	Original	Instructions	English
FighterPilot.jpg	159,632	Original	Advertisement
FighterPilot_2.jpg	185,578	Original	Advertisement
FighterPilot_3.jpg	241,893	Original	Advertisement
FighterPilot(FighterPilotPilotoDeCaza)(ABCSoft).jpg	186,816	#1	Inlay - Front
FighterPilot(ByteBack).jpg	65,834	#2	Inlay - Front
FighterPilot(MCMSoftwareS.A.).jpg	130,616	#4	Inlay - Front
FighterPilot(PilotoDeGuerra)(MicroparadiseSoftware).jpg	263,369	#6	Inlay - Front
FighterPilot(SilverbirdSoftware).jpg	529,516	#7	Inlay - Front
FighterPilot(SilverbirdSoftware)_Back.jpg	91,551	#7	Inlay - Back
FighterPilot(ZafiChip).jpg	166,728	#9	Inlay - Front
FighterPilot(ZafiChip).txt	16,221	#9	Instructions	Spanish
FighterPilot(ZCobra).jpg	154,849	#10	Inlay - Front
FighterPilot(ZCobra).pdf	379,966	#10	Instructions	Spanish

Magazine Reviews

Big K	issue #2-1984/May	page 27	- Review: 3/3
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #32-1984/Jun	page 28	- Review
Computer Choice	issue 1984/Apr	page 13	- Review
Crash	issue v.1 #2-1984/Mar	page 93	- Review: 86%
Crash	issue v.1 #4-1984/May	page 66	- Review - Crash Living Guide: 86%
Crash	issue v.1 #8-1984/Sep	page 68	- Review - Crash - Crashback
Crash	issue v.1 #61-1989/Feb	page 38	- Review: 76%
Crash	issue v.2-2018 special "Annual 2018"	page 60	- Review
MicroHobby	issue #2-1984/Nov	page 12	- Review - Nuevo
Personal Computer Games	issue #4-1984/Mar	page 94	- Review: 10/10
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.3 #2-1984/Jan/12 special "week#2"	page 56	- Review
Sinclair Answers	issue #1-1984/Sep	page 34	- Review
Sinclair Answers	issue #2-1985/Jan	page 28	- Review
Sinclair User	issue #24-1984/Mar supplement "Soft Centre 1"	page 8	- Review: 8/10
Sinclair User	issue #32-1984/Nov supplement "Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics"	page 47	- Review
Sinclair User	issue #58-1987/Jan	page 54	- Review
Your Computer	issue v.4 #2-1984/Feb	page 59	- Review: 4/5
Your Sinclair	issue #37-1989/Jan	page 44	- Review: 3/10
Your Sinclair	issue #38-1989/Feb	page 55	- Review - Your Sinclair - Budget Article
Your Sinclair	issue #58-1990/Oct	page 28	- Review - Your Sinclair - Article Re-review: 52%
ZX Computing	issue #15-1984/Oct	page 117	- Review

Magazine References

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	issue #13-1988/Oct	page 9	- News/Note
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue 1985 special "Yearbook"	page 88	- Feature - Top Ten Games of 1984
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #33-1984/Jul	page 36	- Feature
Crash	issue v.1 #12-1985/Jan special "Christmas Special 1984/85"	page 98	- Feature - Crash Readers Awards
Home Computing Weekly	issue #63-1984/May/22 special "week#4"	page 7	- CompoEntry
Home Computing Weekly	issue #115-1985/Jun/4 special "week#1"	page 5	- News/Note
Micro Adventurer	issue #10-1984/Aug	page 12	- Feature - The wild blue yonder
MicroHobby Especial	issue #1-1985/Nov special "Especial"	page 30	- Feature - Supercincuenta
Personal Computer Games	issue #6-1984/May	page 27	- News/Note
Sinclair Programs	issue #21-1984/Jul	page 30	- Feature - Soft Theme: Simulations
Sinclair User	issue #43-1985/Oct	page 15	- Tips
Sinclair User	issue #58-1987/Jan	page 54	- Feature - Can This Be Real?-Simulation Survey
Your Computer	issue v.4 #12-1984/Dec	page 88	- Feature - Flight Simulators
Your Sinclair	issue #58-1990/Oct	page 28	- Feature - Complete Guide to Flight Sims

Magazine Advertisements

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #31-1984/May	page 138	- Advert
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #51-1986/Jan	page 163	- Full-page ad - not a Spectrum advert
Computer Choice	issue 1984/Apr	page 18	- Full-page ad
Crash	issue v.1 #1-1984/Feb	page 63	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #2-1984/Mar	page 96	- Full-page ad
Crash	issue v.1 #3-1984/Apr	page 33	- Full-page ad
Crash	issue v.1 #4-1984/May	page 89	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #5-1984/Jun	page 111	- Full-page ad
Crash	issue v.1 #6-1984/Jul	page 16	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #8-1984/Sep	page 63	- Advert
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Crash	issue v.1 #10-1984/Nov	page 158	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #11-1984/Dec	page 6	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #12-1985/Jan special "Christmas Special 1984/85"	page 85	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #13-1985/Feb	page 33	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #14-1985/Mar	page 33	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #15-1985/Apr	page 97	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #16-1985/May	page 6	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #17-1985/Jun	page 4	- Advert
Micro Adventurer	issue #14-1984/Dec	page 35	- Advert
Personal Computer Games	issue #4-1984/Mar	page 165	- Full-page ad
Personal Computer Games	issue #5-1984/Apr	page 130	- Full-page ad
Personal Computer Games	issue #6-1984/May	page 130	- Full-page ad
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.3 #45-1984/Nov/8 special "week#2"	page 33	- Advert
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.3 #45-1984/Nov/8 special "week#2"	page 54	- Advert
Sinclair Programs	issue #14-1983/Dec	page 58	- Advert
Sinclair Programs	issue #15-1984/Jan	page 22	- Advert
Sinclair Programs	issue #16-1984/Feb	page 18	- Advert
Sinclair Programs	issue #17-1984/Mar	page 49	- Full-page ad
Sinclair Programs	issue #18-1984/Apr	page 38	- Full-page ad
Sinclair Programs	issue #19-1984/May	page 26	- Full-page ad
Sinclair Programs	issue #20-1984/Jun	page 18	- Full-page ad
Sinclair Programs	issue #21-1984/Jul	page 59	- Advert
Sinclair Programs	issue #22-1984/Aug	page 22	- Full-page ad
Sinclair User	issue #21-1983/Dec	page 44	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #22-1984/Jan	page 117	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #23-1984/Feb	page 85	- Full-page ad
Sinclair User	issue #24-1984/Mar	page 134	- Full-page ad
Sinclair User	issue #25-1984/Apr	page 52	- Full-page ad
Sinclair User	issue #25-1984/Apr	page 128	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #26-1984/May	page 50	- Full-page ad
Sinclair User	issue #26-1984/May	page 122	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #27-1984/Jun supplement "Soft Centre 2"	page 2	- Advert - Soft Centre
Sinclair User	issue #28-1984/Jul	page 98	- Full-page ad
Sinclair User	issue #29-1984/Aug	page 18	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #30-1984/Sep supplement "Soft Centre 3"	page 16	- Advert - Soft Centre
Sinclair User	issue #31-1984/Oct	page 147	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #32-1984/Nov	page 76	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #33-1984/Dec	page 25	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #34-1985/Jan	page 96	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #35-1985/Feb	page 105	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #36-1985/Mar	page 89	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #37-1985/Apr	page 76	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #38-1985/May	page 50	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #39-1985/Jun	page 73	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #40-1985/Jul	page 27	- Advert
Your Computer	issue v.4 #5-1984/May	page 120	- Full-page ad
Your Computer	issue v.4 #6-1984/Jun	page 208	- Full-page ad
Your Computer	issue v.4 #12-1984/Dec	page 259	- Full-page ad
Your Computer	issue v.5 #4-1985/Apr	page 155	- Advert
Your Spectrum	issue #1-1984/Jan	page 70	- Advert
Your Spectrum	issue #2-1984/Mar	page 26	- Full-page ad
Your Spectrum	issue #3-1984/May	page 87	- Full-page ad
Your Spectrum	issue #5-1984/Jul	page 66	- Full-page ad
ZX Computing	issue #10-1983/Dec	page 157	- Advert
ZX Computing	issue #11-1984/Feb	page 16	- Full-page ad
ZX Computing	issue #12-1984/Apr	page 27	- Advert
ZX Computing	issue #12-1984/Apr	page 67	- Full-page ad
ZX Computing	issue #13-1984/Jun	page 84	- Advert

Related Magazine Reviews

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	issue #16-1989/Jan	page 120	- Review (10 Great Games 3)
Sinclair User	issue #57-1986/Dec	page 59	- Review: 4/5 (They Sold a Million 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)
	Sinclair User	issue #56-1986/Nov	page 111	- Preview (They Sold a Million 3)

Related Magazine Advertisements

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #61-1986/Nov	page 108	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #63-1987/Jan	page 141	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #65-1987/Mar	page 44	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #67-1987/May	page 99	- Advert (They Sold a Million 3)
Computer Gamer	issue #21-1986/Dec	page 73	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
Computer Gamer	issue #22-1987/Jan	page 51	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
Computer Gamer	issue #25-1987/Apr	page 67	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
Computer Gamer	issue #26-1987/May	page 73	- Advert (They Sold a Million 3)
Crash	issue v.1 #34-1986/Nov	page 157	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
Crash	issue v.1 #36-1987/Jan special "Christmas Special 1986/87"	page 82	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.5 #44-1986/Oct/30 special "week#5"	page 64	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
Sinclair User	issue #57-1986/Dec	page 96	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
Sinclair User	issue #58-1987/Jan	page 14	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
Sinclair User	issue #59-1987/Feb	page 14	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
Sinclair User	issue #60-1987/Mar	page 115	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
Sinclair User	issue #61-1987/Apr	page 36	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
Your Computer	issue v.6 #12-1986/Dec	page 83	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
Your Computer	issue v.7 #2-1987/Feb	page 84	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
Your Sinclair	issue #11-1986/Nov	page 62	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
Your Sinclair	issue #12-1986/Dec	page 88	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)
Your Sinclair	issue #15-1987/Mar	page 61	- Full-page ad (They Sold a Million 3)

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