Joe Blade II |
Aliases | Joe Blade 2 |
Release Date | 1988 |
Original Publisher | Players Software (UK) |
Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
Language | English |
Genre | Arcade Game: Adventure |
Max. Players | 1 |
Original Price | £1.99 |
Features | AY Sound, Dynamic Loading Screen, In-game Mini-game(s) |
Controls | Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys |
Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4 |
Average mag. score | 72.50% (2 reviews) |
Martijn's WoS score | 58.6% (24 votes) |
Colin Swinbourne (UK) | - Code, In-game Graphics | ||
Mike Brown (UK) | - Music | ||
Andy Severn [Andrew Severn] (UK) | - Music | ||
Simon Daniels (UK) | - Story Writing | ||
Peter Austin (UK) | - Inlay/Poster Art |
"Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #57 - 1988/Oct | page 30 |
Allows you to play Pac-Man while loading, code by Andy Severn, graphics by Martin 'Jabba' Severn, based on the original (C64) by Andrew Challis. A demo of this game was recorded with Crime Busters, the 2nd release of Joe Blade, Metal Army and Sword Slayer. |
1. | Joe Blade | (1987) | by Players Software (UK) | |
2. | Joe Blade II | (1988) | by Players Software (UK) | |
3. | Joe Blade III | (1989) | by Players Premier (UK) | |
4. | Joe Blade IV | by Players Premier (UK) |
Demo version in | Crime Busters | (1988) | by Players Software (UK) | ||
Demo version in | Metal Army | (1988) | by Players Software (UK) |
Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
JoeBladeII.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (None) | English | ||
JoeBladeII48.z80.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | ||
JoeBladeII128.z80.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (???) | English |
Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
JoeBladeII.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
JoeBladeII.gif | 5,722 | Original | Running screen | |||
JoeBladeII.jpg | 699,425 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
JoeBladeII_Back.jpg | 539,860 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
JoeBladeII.ay.zip | 3,761 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
JoeBladeII.txt | 3,195 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
JoeBladeII.jpg | 530,167 | Original | Game map | |||
JoeBladeII_2.png | 117,580 | Original | Game map | |||
joeblade2.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Pavel Plíva (with rollback) | ||
Joe Blade II (1988)(Players Software).pok | 103 | Original | POK pokes file |
Crash | issue v.1 #57-1988/Oct | page 30 | - Review: 90% | |
MicroHobby | issue #181-1988/Nov | page 40 | - Review - Nuevo | |
Sinclair User | issue #80-1988/Nov | page 64 | - Review: 55% |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #11-1988/Aug | page 11 | - News/Note | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #80-1988/Jun | page 8 | - News/Note | |
Crash | issue v.1 #59-1988/Dec | page 42 | - Map | |
Crash | issue v.1 #59-1988/Dec | page 77 | - Hack/Poke | |
Sinclair User | issue #124-1992/Jun | page 13 | - Hack/Poke | |
Your Sinclair | issue #30-1988/Jun | page 11 | - Preview | |
Your Sinclair | issue #38-1989/Feb | page 21 | - Letters | |
Your Sinclair | issue #38-1989/Feb | page 25 | - Hack/Poke | |
Your Sinclair | issue #38-1989/Feb | page 29 | - Hack/Poke |
Crash | issue v.1 #58-1988/Nov | page 26 | - Review: 80% (Crime Busters) | |
FIFO | issue #10-1991 | page 30 | - Review (Crime Busters) | |
Sinclair User | issue #76-1988/Jul | page 29 | - Review: 79% (Metal Army) | |
Your Sinclair | issue #33-1988/Sep | page 50 | - Review: 7/10 (Metal Army) | |
Your Sinclair | issue #35-1988/Nov | page 88 | - Review: 7/10 (Crime Busters) |
Crash | issue v.1 #57-1988/Oct | page 60 | - Hack/Poke (Metal Army) | |
Crash | issue v.1 #58-1988/Nov | page 53 | - Hack/Poke (Crime Busters) | |
Your Sinclair | issue #34-1988/Oct | page 25 | - Map (Metal Army) | |
Your Sinclair | issue #34-1988/Oct | page 33 | - Hack/Poke (Metal Army) | |
Your Sinclair | issue #40-1989/Apr | page 35 | - Hack/Poke (Crime Busters) |
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