| Joe Blade III |
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| Aliases | Joe Blade 3 |
| Release Date | 1989 |
| Original Publisher | Players Premier (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Adventure |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £2.99 |
| Features | AY Sound, In-game Mini-game(s) |
| Controls | Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys |
| Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC |
| Average mag. score | 82.00% (3 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 72% (15 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - EDOS (UK) |
Authors/Contributors
| Colin Swinbourne (UK) | - Game Design/Concept | ||
| Simon Daniels (UK) | - Game Design/Concept, Story Writing | ||
| Tom Prosser (UK) | - Code, In-game Graphics | ||
| Michael A. Sanderson (UK) | - Load Screen | ||
| Sonic Graffiti (UK) | - Music | ||
| Andrew Severn (UK) | - Music | ||
| Peter Austin (UK) | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Series "Joe Blade"
| 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) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | JoeBladeIII48.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| JoeBladeIII.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (None) | English | |
| JoeBladeIII128.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (???) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| JoeBladeIII.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| JoeBladeIII.gif | 5,941 | Original | Running screen | |||
| JoeBladeIII.jpg | 720,079 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| JoeBladeIII_Back.jpg | 496,711 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| JoeBladeIII.ay.zip | 2,711 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
| JoeBladeIII.txt | 5,677 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| JoeBladeIII.jpg | 158,189 | Original | Game map | |||
| JoeBladeIII_2.png | 368,549 | Original | Game map | |||
| joeblade3.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Andrew Drozd (with rollback) | ||
| Joe Blade III (1989)(Players Premier).pok | 281 | Original | POK pokes file |
Magazine Reviews
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #100-1990/Mar | page 65 | - Review: 74% | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #73-1990/Feb | page 47 | - Review: 88% | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #51-1990/Mar | page 42 | - Review: 84% |
Magazine References
| Crash | issue v.1 #71-1989/Dec | page 28 | - News/Note | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #74-1990/Mar | page 33 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #90-1991/Jul | page 26 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Sinclair User | issue #90-1989/Sep | page 87 | - Preview | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #55-1990/Jul | page 48 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #58-1990/Oct | page 35 | - Map | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #58-1990/Oct | page 35 | - Tips |
Links
| Centre for Computing History | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| Speccy Screenshot Maps | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (Information - in English) | |
| Wikipedia | (Information - in English) | |
| ZX Spectrum Reviews | (Magazine Reviews) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
| ZX-Art | (Spectrum Graphics) | |
| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
