| Hocus Focus |
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| Release Date | 1986 |
| Original Publisher | Quicksilva Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Maze |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £8.95 |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
| Other Platforms | Commodore 64 |
| Average mag. score | 56.67% (3 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 55.8% (12 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Bug-Byte Software Ltd (UK) | (1986) | ||
| * Release price: £1.99 | |||
| #2 - Mind Games Espana S.A. (Spain) | (1986) |
Authors/Contributors
| David Whittaker (UK) | - Game Design/Concept | ||
| Steve Hughes (UK) | at Binary Design Ltd | - ? | |
| Ste Pickford (UK) | at Binary Design Ltd | - ? |
Review Awards
| "ZX Computing Globella" | at ZX Computing | issue #27 - 1986/Jul | page 10 |
Credits
| Popular ZX Spectrum composer Dave Whittaker was the author of the original Commodore 64 game. He was not involved on the ZX Spectrum version, ported by Binary Design without any music. |
Compilations
| Full version in | Games Compendium | (1988) | by Sinclair Research Ltd (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | HocusFocus.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| HocusFocus.z80.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | ||
| HocusFocus(Bug-ByteSoftwareLtd).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| HocusFocus.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| HocusFocus.gif | 3,263 | Original | Running screen | |||
| HocusFocus.jpg | 257,962 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| HocusFocus.txt | 3,246 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| HocusFocus(EN).pdf | 86,097 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| HocusFocus.jpg | 228,755 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| HocusFocus_2.jpg | 165,780 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| hocusfocus.zip | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Pavel Plíva (with rollback) | ||
| HocusFocus(Bug-ByteSoftware).jpg | 324,488 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| HocusFocus(Bug-ByteSoftware)_Back.jpg | 264,182 | #1 | Inlay - Back | |||
| HocusFocus(MindGamesEspanaS.A.).jpg | 129,219 | #2 | Inlay - Front |
Magazine Reviews
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #56-1986/Jun | page 40 | - Review | |
| Computer Gamer | issue #15-1986/Jun | page 66 | - Review | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #28-1986/May | page 32 | - Review: 70% | |
| MicroHobby | issue #91-1986/Aug | page 14 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Sinclair User | issue #66-1987/Sep | page 37 | - Review: 4/10 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #7-1986/Jul | page 62 | - Review: 6/10 | |
| ZX Computing | issue #27-1986/Jul | page 10 | - Review: Great |
Magazine References
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.5 #18-1986/May/1 special "week#1" | page 45 | - News/Note | |
| Sinclair User | issue #49-1986/Apr | page 12 | - Preview | |
| ZX Computing | issue #25-1986/May | page 6 | - News/Note |
Magazine Advertisements
| Crash | issue v.1 #28-1986/May | page 6 | - Full-page ad | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #29-1986/Jun | page 85 | - Full-page ad |
Related Magazine Advertisements
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #15-1988/Dec | page 146 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #58-1988/Nov | page 96 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #59-1988/Dec | page 99 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #61-1989/Feb | page 87 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #67-1989/Aug | page 34 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #68-1989/Sep | page 19 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #69-1989/Oct | page 20 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #70-1989/Nov | page 20 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #71-1989/Dec | page 52 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #72-1990/Jan | page 24 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #90-1989/Sep | page 91 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| The Games Machine | issue #13-1988/Dec | page 152 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #46-1989/Oct | page 76 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) |
Links
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| Speccy Screenshot Maps | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (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) | |
| The Tipshop | (Tips, Maps, Solutions, Cheats, Pokes) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
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