Max Headroom
Release Date  1986
Original Publisher  Quicksilva Ltd (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Arcade Game: Adventure
Max. Players  1
Supports  Currah MicroSpeech
Original Price  £9.95
Features  Beeper Music, Beeper Speech, In-game Mini-game(s)
Graphical Views  Isometric 3D Graphics
Controls  Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys
Tie-in Licences  The Max Headroom Show (TV show) from Lorimar Productions (USA)
Other Platforms  Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64
Average mag. score  78.33% (3 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  81.1% (29 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - Mind Games Espana S.A. (Spain)(1986)

Authors/Contributors
     John Pickford (UK)at Binary Design Ltd - Code
     Ste Pickford (UK)at Binary Design Ltd - In-game Graphics
     Pete Harrison (UK)at Binary Design Ltd - In-game Graphics
     Paul Ranson (UK)at Binary Design Ltd - Sound Effects
     Mike Webb (UK)at Binary Design Ltd - Sound Effects
     David Whittaker (UK)at Binary Design Ltd - Music
     Ron Harris (UK) - ?

Review Awards
     "Your Sinclair Hot Shot"at Your Sinclairissue #6 - 1986/Junpage 60
     "ZX Computing Monster Hit"at ZX Computingissue #26 - 1986/Junpage 12

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
MaxHeadroom.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
MaxHeadroomPart1.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English - part 1
MaxHeadroom(MindGamesEspanaS.A.).tap.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     MaxHeadroom.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     MaxHeadroom.gif5,522OriginalRunning screen
     MaxHeadroom_2.jpg439,562OriginalInlay - Front
     MaxHeadroom_Front.jpg468,494OriginalInlay - Front
     MaxHeadroom_Back.jpg361,765OriginalInlay - Back
     MaxHeadroom.ay.zip896OriginalRipped in-game/theme music in AY format
     MaxHeadroom.txt10,797OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     MaxHeadroom(EN)_Scan.pdf2,751,573OriginalScanned instructionsEnglish
     MaxHeadroom.jpg256,383OriginalAdvertisement
     MaxHeadroom_2.jpg136,443OriginalAdvertisement
     maxheadr.rzx0OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Alessandro Grussu (with rollback)
     Max Headroom (1986)(Quicksilva).pok34OriginalPOK pokes file
     MaxHeadroom(MindGamesEspanaS.A.).jpg225,974#1Advertisement

Magazine Reviews
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #55-1986/Maypage 30- Review
     Computer Gamerissue #15-1986/Junpage 65- Review
     Crashissue v.1 #28-1986/Maypage 17- Review: 85%
     MicroHobbyissue #87-1986/Julpage 15- Review - Nuevo
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #15-1986/Apr/10 special "week#2"page 24- Review
     Sinclair Userissue #50-1986/Maypage 46- Review: 3/5
     Your Sinclairissue #6-1986/Junpage 60- Review: 9/10
     ZX Computingissue #26-1986/Junpage 12- Review

Magazine References
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #45-1985/Julpage 70- Feature
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #46-1985/Augpage 34- Feature
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #49-1985/Novpage 126- Letters
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #52-1986/Febpage 42- Preview
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #52-1986/Febpage 43- CompoEntry
     Computer Gamerissue #11-1986/Febpage 5- News/Note
     Crashissue v.1 #26-1986/Marpage 0- Poster
     Crashissue v.1 #26-1986/Marpage 68- CompoEntry
     Crashissue v.1 #26-1986/Marpage 68- Preview
     Crashissue v.1 #28-1986/Maypage 108- CompoResult
     Crashissue v.1 #29-1986/Junpage 64- Hack/Poke
     Crashissue v.1 #29-1986/Junpage 64- Tips
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #2-1986/Jan/9 special "week#2"page 1- News/Note
     Sinclair Programsissue #33-1985/Julpage 46- Feature
     Sinclair Programsissue #35-1985/Seppage 10- News/Note
     Sinclair Userissue #49-1986/Aprpage 12- Preview
     Sinclair Userissue #52-1986/Julpage 18- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #3-1986/Marpage 2- News/Note
     Your Sinclairissue #4-1986/Aprpage 28- Preview
     Your Sinclairissue #8-1986/Augpage 37- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #10-1986/Oct supplement "Trainspotters Guide to Games Playing"page 11- Hack/Poke
     ZX Computingissue #24-1986/Aprpage 7- News/Note
     ZX Computingissue #27-1986/Julpage 34- Letters

Magazine Advertisements
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #53-1986/Marpage 59- Full-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #27-1986/Aprpage 11- Full-page ad
     ZX Computingissue #24-1986/Aprpage 12- Full-page ad
     ZX Computingissue #25-1986/Maypage 2- Full-page ad

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