| Howard the Duck |
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| Aliases | Howard the Duck: Adventure on Volcano Island |
| Release Date | 1987 |
| Original Publisher | Activision Inc (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Action |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £9.99 |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
| Tie-in Licences | Howard the Duck (Movie) from Lucasfilm Ltd (USA) |
| Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX |
| Average mag. score | 53.40% (5 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 43.3% (18 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Alternative Software Ltd (UK) | (1990) | ||
| * Release price: £2.99 | |||
| #2 - Hello! Games (Portugal) | (1987) | ||
| #3 - Proein Soft Line (Spain) | (1987) |
Authors/Contributors
Compilations
| Full version in | 4 Most Cute | (1991) | by Alternative Software Ltd (UK) | ||
| Full version in | Son... De Pelicula... | (1988) | by Proein Soft Line (Spain) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
| HowardTheDuck.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | ||
| HowardTheDuck(AlternativeSoftwareLtd).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | ||
| HowardTheDuck(HelloGames).tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| HowardTheDuck.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| HowardTheDuck.gif | 6,655 | Original | Running screen | |||
| HowardTheDuck.jpg | 368,191 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| HowardTheDuck.txt | 3,964 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| HowardTheDuck(EN).pdf | 1,057,557 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| HowardTheDuck.png | 84,090 | Original | Game map | |||
| HowardTheDuck.jpg | 197,707 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| HowardTheDuck_2.jpg | 141,949 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| HowardTheDuck.rzx.zip | 60,891 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Carlos Madruga - [denied] | ||
| Howard the Duck (1987)(Activision Inc).pok | 155 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| HowardTheDuck(AlternativeSoftware).jpg | 715,590 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| HowardTheDuck(AlternativeSoftware)_Back.jpg | 525,359 | #1 | Inlay - Back | |||
| HowardTheDuck(HelloGames).scr | 6,912 | #2 | Loading screen | |||
| HowardTheDuck(ProeinSoftLine).jpg | 108,197 | #3 | Inlay - Front | |||
| HowardTheDuck(ProeinSoftLine)_2.jpg | 311,627 | #3 | Inlay - Front | |||
| HowardTheDuck(ProeinSoftLine).pdf | 26,898 | #3 | Instructions | Spanish |
Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #41-1987/Jun | page 110 | - Review: 61% | |
| MicroHobby | issue #135-1987/Jun | page 17 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Sinclair User | issue #64-1987/Jul | page 48 | - Review: 4/10 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #19-1987/Jul | page 72 | - Review: 7/10 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #56-1990/Aug | page 76 | - Review: 41% | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #60-1990/Dec | page 61 | - Review - Your Sinclair - Article Re-review: 55% |
Magazine References
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #56-1986/Jun | page 12 | - News/Note | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #62-1986/Dec | page 119 | - Feature | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #62-1986/Dec | page 155 | - CompoEntry | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #41-1987/Jun | page 124 | - Preview | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #42-1987/Jul | page 53 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.5 #43-1986/Oct/23 special "week#4" | page 5 | - News/Note | |
| Sinclair User | issue #56-1986/Nov | page 26 | - CompoEntry | |
| Sinclair User | issue #56-1986/Nov | page 70 | - Feature - Micros In The Movies | |
| Sinclair User | issue #59-1987/Feb | page 22 | - CompoResult | |
| Sinclair User | issue #63-1987/Jun | page 103 | - Preview | |
| YS Smash Tips | issue 1988/Aug | page 24 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Your Computer | issue v.6 #10-1986/Oct | page 18 | - News/Note | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #7-1986/Jul | page 11 | - News/Note | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #14-1987/Feb | page 7 | - CompoEntry | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #21-1987/Sep | page 75 | - CompoResult | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #60-1990/Dec | page 61 | - Feature - Complete Guide to Film & TV games |
Magazine Advertisements
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #62-1986/Dec | page 117 | - Full-page ad - coming soon ... | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #63-1987/Jan | page 97 | - Full-page ad - coming soon ... | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #36-1987/Jan special "Christmas Special 1986/87" | page 49 | - Full-page ad - coming soon ... |
Links
| Centre for Computing History | (Information - in English) | |
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| Speccy Screenshot Maps | (Information - in English) | |
| StrategyWiki | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (Information - in English) | |
| ZX Spectrum Reviews | (Magazine Reviews) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
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| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
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