| The Master |
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| Release Date | 1986 |
| Original Publisher | Antartic (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Platform |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £1.99 |
| Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX | 1.99 *** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information! |
| Features | Padlock Protection |
| Controls | Cursor, Kempston Joystick |
| Average mag. score | 25.00% (2 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 35% (10 votes) |
Authors/Contributors
| David McGee (UK) | at Dinky Productions | - ? | |
| Neil Jones (UK) | at Dinky Productions | - ? | |
| Robin Hall (UK) | at Dinky Productions | - ? |
Review Awards
| "ZX Computing Globert" | at ZX Computing | issue #28 - 1986/Aug | page 11 |
Remarks
| Advertised by Software Projects in late 1984. The game was never released by Software Projects but Artic did release it as a budget game in 1986. Version 1.35 is the Software Projects Ltd version, which uses padlock protection. Version 2.0M is a work-in-progress version, set for publication by Bug-Byte Software Ltd. Version 3.0 was to be published by Mastertronic Ltd. |
Compilations
| Full version in | ZX-Spectrum Vega | (2015/Apr/24) | by Retro Computers Ltd (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | MasterThe(MasterTape).tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - (Master Tape) |
| MasterThe.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| MasterThe.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| MasterTheV1.35.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - v1.35 |
| MasterTheV2.0M(different).tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - v2.0M(different) |
| MasterTheV2.0M.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - v2.0M |
| MasterTheV3.0.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - v3.0 |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| MasterThe.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| MasterThe.gif | 4,752 | Original | Running screen | |||
| MasterThe.jpg | 36,099 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| MasterTheV1.35.jpg | 64,796 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| MasterThe.txt | 1,764 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| MasterThe.png | 36,790 | Original | Game map | |||
| MasterTheV1.35_CodeSheet.jpg | 386,397 | Original | Code sheet | |||
| MasterTheV1.35_CodeSheet.txt | 1,410 | Original | Code sheet | |||
| master.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Rafal (with rollback) | ||
| Master, The (1986)(Artic Computing).pok | 76 | Original | POK pokes file |
Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #30-1986/Jul | page 24 | - Review: 30% | |
| Sinclair User | issue #53-1986/Aug | page 48 | - Review: 1/5 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #8-1986/Aug | page 30 | - Review | |
| ZX Computing | issue #28-1986/Aug | page 11 | - Review: Good |
Magazine References
| Computer Gamer | issue #16-1986/Jul | page 41 | - News/Note |
Magazine Advertisements
| Personal Computer Games | issue #13-1984/Dec | page 169 | - Full-page ad |
Links
| Centre for Computing History | (Information - in English) | |
| MobyGames | (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) | |
| 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) |
