| Marauder |
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| Aliases | Battlecar Marauder |
| Release Date | 1988/Jun/28 |
| Original Publisher | Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £7.99 |
| Disk Price | £12.99 |
| Features | AY Sound |
| Controls | Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys |
| Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 |
| Average mag. score | 82.02% (5 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 83.5% (69 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) | (1988) | ||
| * Release price: 875.00 Ptas | |||
| #2 - Kixx (UK) | (1988) |
Authors/Contributors
| Casey Bee Games (UK) | at Arcanum Software Developments | - ? | |
| Rory C. Green (UK) | at Arcanum Software Developments | - ? | |
| J. Dave Rogers (UK) | at Arcanum Software Developments | - ? | |
| Steve Weston (UK) | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Review Awards
| "Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #55 - 1988/Aug | page 22 |
Remarks
| Early press mentioned this game as "Battlecar Marauder", but Hewson ultimately announced it as "Marauder". |
Compilations
| Unauthorized version in | Load 'n' Run issue 54 | (1988/Nov) | by Magazine Load 'n' Run - covertape from issue #54 - 1988/Nov | - titled "Tronmega" |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | Marauder.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (???) | English | |
| Marauder.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (Hewson Slowload (64512)) | English | ||
| Marauder(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (Hewson Slowload (64512)) | English | ||
| Marauder(Kixx).tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (Hewson Slowload (64512)) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| Marauder.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| Marauder.gif | 4,863 | Original | Running screen | |||
| Marauder_2.jpg | 149,037 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| Marauder.jpg | 465,977 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| Marauder.ay.zip | 3,732 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
| Marauder.mp3.zip | 5,271,995 | Original | Sampled in-game/theme music in MP3 format | |||
| Marauder.pdf | 86,389 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| Marauder.txt | 5,766 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| Marauder(MULTI-LANG).pdf | 201,802 | Original | Instructions | Multi-language: English, French | ||
| Marauder.jpg | 318,572 | Original | Game map | |||
| Marauder_2.gif | 398,634 | Original | Game map | |||
| Marauder.jpg | 212,143 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| marauder.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Daren (with rollback) | ||
| Marauder (1988)(Hewson Consultants).pok | 339 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| Marauder(Kixx).jpg | 603,689 | #2 | Inlay - Front | |||
| Marauder(Kixx)_Back.jpg | 189,063 | #2 | Inlay - Back |
Magazine Reviews
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #11-1988/Aug | page 59 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #12-1988/Sep | page 67 | - Review: 791/1000 | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #55-1988/Aug | page 22 | - Review: 90% | |
| MicroHobby | issue #177-1988/Sep | page 31 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Proxima Magazine | issue v.1 #1-1995 | page 29 | - Review | |
| Sinclair User | issue #76-1988/Jul | page 12 | - Review: 90% | |
| The Games Machine | issue #9-1988/Aug | page 48 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
| The Games Machine | issue #10-1988/Sep | page 50 | - Review: 71% | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #33-1988/Sep | page 87 | - Review: 8/10 |
Magazine References
Magazine Advertisements
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #81-1988/Jul | page 78 | - Full-page ad | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #54-1988/Jul | page 41 | - Full-page ad | |
| Sinclair User | issue #76-1988/Jul | page 36 | - Full-page ad | |
| Sinclair User | issue #77-1988/Aug | page 41 | - Full-page ad |
Links
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| Speccy Screenshot Maps | (Information - in English) | |
| The Spectrum Show - Youtube | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (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) |
