Iron Lord
Release Date  1989
Original Publisher  Ubi Soft Ltd (France/UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K
Language  English
Genre  Arcade Game: Adventure
Max. Players  1
Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX  14.99
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Disk Price  £19.99
Features  AY Sound, Multi-Genre
Controls  Interface 2 (right)
Other Platforms  Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, PC/DOS
Average mag. score  79.67% (3 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  79.4% (20 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - Dro Soft (Spain)(1989)

Authors/Contributors
     Jonathan Medhurst (UK)at Ashminster Computing Ltd - ?
     Nigel Kenward (UK)at Ashminster Computing Ltd - ?

Review Awards
     "Your Sinclair Megagame"at Your Sinclairissue #46 - 1989/Octpage 16

Remarks
     The Spectrum +3 disk version has new animations and AY music during gameplay. This version also solves the non-sequential nature of the levels and the constant seeking on the tape version.

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
IronLord.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K/128K(???)English
IronLord.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K/128K(None)English
 IronLord.dsk.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 128 +3(None)English
 IronLord(Fixed).dsk.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 128 +3(None)English - Fixed: corrected motor issue in UbiSoft boot loader

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     IronLord.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     IronLord.gif6,881OriginalRunning screen
     IronLord.jpg143,090OriginalInlay - Front
     IronLord(EN).pdf0OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     IronLord(EN).txt0OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     IronLord.png391,426OriginalGame map
     CRPoster63.jpg360,967OriginalMagazine poster - Crash magazine poster
     IronLord.jpg281,255OriginalAdvertisement
     ironlord.zip0OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Rafal (with rollback)
     Iron Lord (1989)(Ubi Soft).pok143OriginalPOK pokes file

Magazine Reviews
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #29-1990/Febpage 60- Review - not a Spectrum article
     Crashissue v.1 #69-1989/Octpage 44- Review: 69%
     FIFOissue #19-1992/Decpage 27- Review
     MicroHobbyissue #209-1991/Aprpage 36- Review - Nuevo
     Proxima Magazineissue v.2 #1-1996page 28- Review
     Proxima Magazineissue v.2 #2-1996page 28- Review
     Sinclair Userissue #91-1989/Octpage 32- Review: 80%
     Your Sinclairissue #46-1989/Octpage 16- Review: 90%
     ZX Magazínissue 1992/Maypage 38- Review

Magazine References
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #16-1989/Janpage 38- News/Note
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #27-1989/Decpage 135- Feature - Xmas '89
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #85-1988/Novpage 15- News/Note
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #95-1989/Octpage 127- Preview
     Crashissue v.1 #63-1989/Aprpage 45- Preview
     Crashissue v.1 #63-1989/Aprpage 46- Poster
     Crashissue v.1 #63-1989/Aprpage 48- CompoEntry
     Crashissue v.1 #66-1989/Julpage 21- CompoResult
     MicroHobbyissue #197-1990/Marpage 11- Preview - Premiere
     MicroHobbyissue #205-1990/Decpage 17- Preview - Premiere
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.7 #38-1988/Sep/29 special "week#5"page 33- News/Note
     Sinclair Userissue #85-1989/Aprpage 84- Preview
     The Games Machineissue #13-1988/Decpage 16- Preview
     The Games Machineissue #14-1989/Janpage 15- Preview
     The Games Machineissue #34-1990/Seppage 66- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #42-1989/Junpage 95- Preview

Magazine Advertisements
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #14-1988/Novpage 64- Two-page ad - not a Spectrum advert
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #38-1990/Novpage 40- Advert
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #96-1989/Novpage 115- Full-page ad
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #102-1990/Maypage 36- Advert
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #107-1990/Octpage 38- Advert
     Sinclair Userissue #104-1990/Octpage 83- Advert
     The Games Machineissue #13-1988/Decpage 2- Two-page ad - not a Spectrum advert
     The Games Machineissue #23-1989/Octpage 88- Two-page ad
     The Games Machineissue #30-1990/Maypage 47- Advert
     Your Sinclairissue #58-1990/Octpage 76- Advert

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