H.E.R.O.
Aliases  Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation
Release Date  1984
Original Publisher  Activision Inc (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Arcade Game: Maze
Max. Players  1
Original Price  £7.99
Controls  Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick
Other Platforms  Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX, Sega Master System
Average mag. score  67.50% (2 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  82.2% (54 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - Firebird Software Ltd (UK)
     #2 - Proein Soft Line (Spain)(1984)
     * Release price: 1615.00 Ptas

Authors/Contributors
     David Aubrey-Jones (UK)at Software Conversions Ltd - ?

Authors according to SPOT/SPEX
     John van Ryzin <John van Ryzin>
*** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information!

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
 HERO.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
 HERO(ProeinSoftLine).tzx.zip#2ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     H.E.R.O..scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     H.E.R.O..gif1,671OriginalRunning screen
     HERO.jpg314,689OriginalInlay - Front
     HERO(EN).pdf465,068OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     HERO(EN).txt7,246OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     H.E.R.O..png218,243OriginalGame map
     H.E.R.O..jpg162,841OriginalAdvertisement
     HERO.rzx.zip275,919OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Pavel Plíva (with rollback) - [denied]
     H.E.R.O. (1984)(Activision Inc).pok166OriginalPOK pokes file
     HERO(FirebirdSoftware).jpg368,609#1Inlay - Front
     HERO(FirebirdSoftware)_Back.jpg281,453#1Inlay - Back
     HERO(ProeinSoftLine)_Front.jpg657,014#2Inlay - Front
     HERO(ProeinSoftLine)_SideA.jpg27,387#2Media scan
     HERO(ProeinSoftLine)_SideB.jpg26,306#2Media scan

Magazine Reviews
     Crashissue v.1 #10-1984/Novpage 13- Review: 75%
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #86-1984/Oct/30 special "week#5"page 14- Review
     MicroHobbyissue #71-1986/Marpage 14- Review - Nuevo
     Sinclair Answersissue #2-1985/Janpage 30- Review
     Your Computerissue v.4 #11-1984/Novpage 51- Review: 3/5
     Your Spectrumissue #10-1984/Decpage 58- Review

Magazine References
     SSD-IIissue 1999/Seppage 0- Information

Magazine Advertisements
     Big Kissue #10-1985/Janpage 31- Advert
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #38-1984/Decpage 162- Advert
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #39-1985/Janpage 128- Advert
     Crashissue v.1 #11-1984/Decpage 61- Advert
     Games Computingissue 1985/Janpage 9- Advert
     Personal Computer Gamesissue #13-1984/Decpage 113- Advert
     Personal Computer Gamesissue #14-1985/Janpage 103- Advert
     Sinclair Userissue #33-1984/Decpage 49- Advert
     Your Computerissue v.5 #1-1985/Janpage 56- Advert
     Your Spectrumissue #11-1985/Febpage 80- Advert

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