| Hungry Horace |
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| Release Date | 1982 |
| Original Publisher | Sinclair Research Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 16K |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Maze |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Edited with | Hungry Horace Levels Designer |
| Inspiration for | Cousin Horace Flipping Horace Horace Goes to the Tower Horace Miner Horace Miner 2 Horace and the Vikings Horace to the Rescue 2 Merry Christmas From Horace My Rendition of Horace to the Rescue Sticky Horace |
| Loading screen adaptation(s) | Zlý sen pařana Františka Pařby |
| Original Price | £5.95 |
| Disk Price | £14.95 |
| Groups | Horace family |
| Inspirations | Pac-Man (Arcade coin-op) from Atari Games Ltd (USA), Namco Ltd (Japan) |
| Ports | Hungry Horace (Timex Tx2068) |
| Other Platforms | Commodore 64 |
| Average mag. score | 80.00% (4 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 64.4% (49 votes) |
Standalone re-releases
| #1 - Investronica S.A. (Spain) | (1982) | as "Horacio Gloton" | |
| * Release price: 2150.00 Ptas | |||
| #2 - Sinclair Research Ltd [PT] (UK) | (1983) | as "Horacio Glutao" | |
| #3 - Bumfun Software (Spain) | (2020) | ||
| * Release price: £12.00 |
Authors/Contributors
| William Tang (Australia) | at Psion Software Ltd | - ? |
Authors according to SPOT/SPEX
| @ Beam Software <Beam Software (Australia)> *** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information! |
Annual Awards
| Rank #26 - 1984 Sinclair User Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics |
Remarks
| Also available on ROM cartridge (separate cassette/cartridge prices) |
Remarks
| ZXSR: Available on ROM cartridge. |
Series "Horace"
| 1. | Hungry Horace | (1982) | by Sinclair Research Ltd (UK) | |
| 2. | Horace Goes Skiing | (1983) | by Sinclair Research Ltd (UK) | |
| 3. | Horace & the Spiders | (1983) | by Sinclair Research Ltd (UK) | |
| 4. | Horace to the Rescue | by Melbourne House (Australia/UK) |
Compilations
| Full version in | 6 Great Games | by Paxman Promotions (UK) | |||
| Full version in | The Spectrum | (2024/Nov/22) | by Retro Games Ltd | ||
| Full version in | ZX-Spectrum Vega | (2015/Apr/24) | by Retro Computers Ltd (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | HungryHorace.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 16K | (None) | English | |
| HungryHorace_2.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 16K | (???) | English | |
| HungryHorace(alternate).tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 16K | (None) | ||
| HungryHorace.rom.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 16K | (None) | English | ||
| HungryHorace.rom.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 16K | (None) | English | ||
| HungryHorace(HoracioGloton)(InvestronicaS.A.).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 16K | (None) | Spanish | |
| HoracioGlutao.tap.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 16K | (None) | ||
| HoracioGlutao.tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 16K | (None) |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| HungryHorace.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| HungryHorace.gif | 3,344 | Original | Running screen | |||
| HungryHorace.jpg | 193,247 | Original | Inlay - Front | - Single jewel case | ||
| HungryHorace_2.jpg | 228,151 | Original | Inlay - Front | - Cardbox case (small) - ROM | ||
| HungryHorace_Back.jpg | 235,807 | Original | Inlay - Back | - Single jewel case | ||
| HungryHorace_Media.jpg | 82,450 | Original | Media scan | |||
| HungryHorace_SideA.jpg | 87,673 | Original | Media scan | |||
| HungryHorace.txt | 4,167 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| HungryHorace(EN).pdf | 152,354 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| HungryHorace.png | 20,482 | Original | Game map | |||
| hungry_horace.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Paul E. Collins | ||
| Hungry Horace (1982)(Sinclair Research).pok | 60 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| HungryHorace(HoracioGloton)(InvestronicaS.A.).jpg | 80,355 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| HungryHorace(HoracioGloton)(InvestronicaS.A.).txt | 3,790 | #1 | Instructions | Spanish | ||
| HungryHorace(HoracioGlutao).jpg | 116,428 | #2 | Inlay - Front | |||
| HungryHorace(BumfunSoftware).jpg | 353,493 | #3 | Inlay - Front | - Single jewel case | ||
| HungryHorace(BumfunSoftware)_Tape.jpg | 60,444 | #3 | Media scan |
Magazine Reviews
Magazine References
| Crash | issue v.1 #6-1984/Jul | page 92 | - Feature - Run It Again: Pacman Games | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #21-1985/Oct | page 78 | - Tips | |
| Home Computing Weekly | issue #128-1985/Sep/3 special "week#1" | page 46 | - Tips | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #3-1984/Feb | page 11 | - Letters | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.2 #4-1983/Jan/27 special "week#4" | page 7 | - Letters | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.2 #8-1983/Feb/24 special "week#4" | page 7 | - Letters | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #29-1984/Jul/19 special "week#3" | page 36 | - News/Note | |
| SSD-II | issue 1999/Sep | page 0 | - Information | |
| Sinclair User | issue 1984 special "Annual 1984" | page 24 | - Feature - Leading the Pac | |
| Sinclair User | issue #13-1983/Apr | page 30 | - Feature - Leading the Pac | |
| Sinclair User | issue #15-1983/Jun | page 18 | - Letters | |
| Sinclair User | issue #17-1983/Aug | page 17 | - Letters | |
| Sinclair User | issue #19-1983/Oct | page 20 | - Letters | |
| Sinclair User | issue #24-1984/Mar | page 54 | - Feature - Interface games are fast but not furious | |
| Your Computer | issue v.3 #1-1983/Jan | page 50 | - Feature - Survey: Spectrum Software |
Magazine Advertisements
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #25-1983/Nov | page 175 | - Advert - Interface 2 ROM cartridge version | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #26-1983/Dec | page 147 | - Advert - Interface 2 ROM cartridge version | |
| Computer Choice | issue 1983/Dec | page 43 | - Advert - Interface 2 ROM cartridge version | |
| Home Computing Weekly | issue #33-1983/Oct/18 special "week#3" | page 49 | - Advert - Interface 2 ROM cartridge version | |
| Home Computing Weekly | issue #35-1983/Nov/1 special "week#1" | page 2 | - Advert | |
| Home Computing Weekly | issue #37-1983/Nov/15 special "week#3" | page 30 | - Advert | |
| Personal Computer News | issue #32-1983/Oct/19 | page 61 | - Advert - Interface 2 ROM cartridge version | |
| Personal Computer News | issue #39-1983/Dec/7 | page 19 | - Advert | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.2 #37-1983/Sep/15 special "week#3" | page 29 | - Advert | |
| Practical Computing | issue v.6 #11-1983/Nov | page 11 | - Advert - Interface 2 ROM cartridge version | |
| Sinclair Programs | issue #14-1983/Dec | page 17 | - Advert - Interface 2 ROM cartridge version | |
| Sinclair User | issue #20-1983/Nov | page 137 | - Advert - Interface 2 ROM cartridge version | |
| Sinclair User | issue #21-1983/Dec | page 183 | - Advert - Interface 2 ROM cartridge version | |
| Your Computer | issue v.3 #9-1983/Sep | page 103 | - Advert | |
| Your Computer | issue v.3 #10-1983/Oct | page 14 | - Advert | |
| Your Computer | issue v.3 #11-1983/Nov | page 157 | - Advert - Interface 2 ROM cartridge version | |
| Your Computer | issue v.3 #11-1983/Nov | page 256 | - Advert | |
| Your Computer | issue v.3 #12-1983/Dec | page 25 | - Advert - Interface 2 ROM cartridge version | |
| Your Computer | issue v.4 #1-1984/Jan | page 137 | - Advert | |
| ZX Computing | issue #10-1983/Dec | page 37 | - Advert - Interface 2 ROM cartridge version |
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