Inspector Gadget and the Circus of Fear
Release Date  1987
Original Publisher  Melbourne House (Australia/UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Arcade Game: Adventure
Max. Players  1
Original Price  £8.95
Controls  Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick
Tie-in Licences  Inspector Gadget (Cartoon) from Field Communications Inc (USA)
Other Platforms  Commodore 64
Average mag. score  40.00% (1 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  55% (10 votes)

Standalone re-releases
     #1 - Erbe Software S.A. (Spain)(1987)
     #2 - IBSA (Spain)(1987)

Authors/Contributors
     Beam Software (Australia) - ?

Remarks
     Melbourne House was going to publish "Inspector Gadget and the Circus of Fear" in 1987, but then Mastertronic bought Melbourne House and didn't like the game so it was cancelled. This game was eventually published in Spain by Erbe Software.

Compilations
     Full version inLos 40 Principales Vol. 2(1987)by Erbe Software S.A. (Spain)

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
InspectorGadgetAndTheCircusOfFear.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
 InspectorGadgetAndTheCircusOfFear.z80.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
InspectorGadgetAndTheCircusOfFear(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tap.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
InspectorGadgetAndTheCircusOfFear(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     InspectorGadgetAndTheCircusOfFear.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     InspectorGadgetAndTheCircusOfFear.gif2,614OriginalRunning screen
     InspectorGadgetAndTheCircusOfFear.jpg202,286OriginalAdvertisement
     Inspector Gadget and the Circus of Fear (1987)(Melbourne House).pok66OriginalPOK pokes file
     InspectorGadgetAndTheCircusOfFear(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg119,339#1Inlay - Front
     InspectorGadgetAndTheCircusOfFear(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).txt1,759#1InstructionsSpanish
     InspectorGadgetAndTheCircusOfFear(IBSA).jpg96,401#2Inlay - Front

Magazine Reviews
     MicroHobbyissue #128-1987/Maypage 22- Review - Nuevo
     Sinclair Userissue #63-1987/Junpage 62- Review: 2/5

Magazine References
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #65-1987/Marpage 12- News/Note
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #66-1987/Aprpage 80- Preview
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #66-1987/Aprpage 81- CompoEntry
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #68-1987/Junpage 9- News/Note
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #69-1987/Julpage 103- CompoResult
     Crashissue v.1 #38-1987/Marpage 122- Preview
     Crashissue v.1 #41-1987/Junpage 10- News/Note
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.6 #18-1987/May/8 special "week#2"page 10- News/Note - Mastertronic drops Melbourne's Gadget
     Sinclair Userissue #61-1987/Aprpage 108- Preview
     Sinclair Userissue #63-1987/Junpage 20- News/Note
     Sinclair Userissue #68-1987/Novpage 69- Feature - The Games Time Forgot
     Your Sinclairissue #15-1987/Marpage 13- Preview
     Your Sinclairissue #24-1987/Decpage 24- Hack/Poke

Magazine Advertisements
     Your Sinclairissue #17-1987/Maypage 82- Full-page ad

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