Heroes of the Lance
Release Date  1988
Original Publisher  U.S. Gold Ltd (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Adventure Game: RPG
Max. Players  1
Original Price  £9.99
Disk Price  £14.99
Features  AY Sound, Dynamic Loading Screen
Controls  Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick
Themes  Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
Tie-in Licences  Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (Software) from SSI Inc (USA), TSR Inc (USA)
Other Platforms  Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX, NES, Sega Master System
Average mag. score  66.17% (6 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  60.5% (21 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - Erbe Software S.A. (Spain)
     * Release price: 1195.00 Ptas
     #2 - Kixx (UK)(1991/Oct/10)
     * Release price: £3.99

Authors/Contributors
     Teoman Irmak (UK)at Adventuresoft UK Ltd - ?
     Matt Ellis (UK)at Adventuresoft UK Ltd - ?
     Antony M. Scott (UK)at Adventuresoft UK Ltd - ?
     Graham Lilley (UK)at Adventuresoft UK Ltd - ?
     Alan Bridgman (UK)at Adventuresoft UK Ltd - ?
     Brian Howarth (UK)at Adventuresoft UK Ltd - ?
     Richard Sheldon (UK)at Adventuresoft UK Ltd - ?
     Mike Woodroffe (UK)at Adventuresoft UK Ltd - ?
     Simonat Adventuresoft UK Ltd - ?
     Jeff Easley - Inlay/Poster Art

Review Awards
     "Your Sinclair Megagame"at Your Sinclairissue #39 - 1989/Marpage 80

Remarks
     The Spectrum +3 disk version has full AY music and sound.

Series "HeroesOfTheLance"
     1. Heroes of the Lance(1988)by U.S. Gold Ltd (UK)
     2. Dragons of Flame(1990)by U.S. Gold Ltd (UK)

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
HeroesOfTheLance.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
 HeroesOfTheLance.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(Alkatraz Protection System)English
 HeroesOfTheLance.dsk.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 128 +3(None)English
 HeroesOfTheLance(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(Unspecified custom loader)English
 HeroesOfTheLance(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).dsk.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 128 +3(None)English
 HeroesOfTheLance(Kixx).tzx.zip#2ZX-Spectrum 48K(Alkatraz Protection System)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     HeroesOfTheLance.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     HeroesOfTheLance.gif4,475OriginalRunning screen
     HeroesoftheLance_Front.jpg600,945OriginalInlay - Front
     HeroesoftheLance_Back.jpg662,871OriginalInlay - Back
     HeroesOfTheLance.txt68,679OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     HeroesOfTheLance.zip125,302OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     HeroesOfTheLance(EN).pdf3,365,564OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     HeroesOfTheLance.jpg72,097OriginalGame map
     HeroesOfTheLance.jpg262,779OriginalAdvertisement
     HeroesOfTheLance_2.jpg526,866OriginalAdvertisement
     Heroes of the Lance (1988)(US Gold).pok108OriginalPOK pokes file
     HeroesOfTheLance(ErbeSoftwareS.A.)_Front.jpg216,520#1Inlay - Front
     HeroesOfTheLance(ErbeSoftwareS.A.)_Back.jpg203,211#1Inlay - Back
     HeroesOfTheLance(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).pdf877,835#1InstructionsSpanish
     HeroesOfTheLance(Kixx).jpg628,337#2Inlay - Front

Magazine Reviews
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #14-1988/Novpage 44- Review - not a Spectrum article
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #84-1988/Octpage 26- Review - not a Spectrum article
     Crashissue v.1 #62-1989/Marpage 71- Review: 83%
     Sinclair Userissue #83-1989/Febpage 34- Review: 70%
     Sinclair Userissue #118-1991/Decpage 48- Review: 79%
     The Games Machineissue #12-1988/Novpage 68- Review - not a Spectrum article
     The Games Machineissue #16-1989/Marpage 56- Review: 38%
     Your Sinclairissue #39-1989/Marpage 80- Review: 9/10
     Your Sinclairissue #73-1992/Janpage 82- Review: 37%

Magazine References
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #11-1988/Augpage 75- News/Note
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #13-1988/Octpage 10- CompoEntry
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #15-1988/Decpage 170- CompoResult
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #19-1989/Aprpage 71- Tips
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #21-1989/Junpage 63- Tips
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #87-1989/Janpage 89- Letters
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #89-1989/Marpage 63- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #55-1988/Augpage 8- News/Note
     Crashissue v.1 #57-1988/Octpage 114- Preview
     Crashissue v.1 #63-1989/Aprpage 35- Tips
     New Computer Expressissue #12-1989/Jan/28page 47- News/Note - Rarely Playable Games
     New Computer Expressissue #19-1989/Mar/18page 36- Tips
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.7 #22-1988/Jun/9 special "week#2"page 1- News/Note
     SSD-IIissue 1999/Seppage 0- Information
     Sinclair Userissue #68-1987/Novpage 8- News/Note
     Your Sinclairissue #60-1990/Decpage 48- Tips

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