Miami Vice
Release Date  1986
Original Publisher  Ocean Software Ltd (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up
Max. Players  1
Original Price  £7.95
Competitions  Your Computer's Year's Best - 1986 Awards
Tie-in Licences  Miami Vice (TV show) from Universal City Studios Inc (USA)
Other Platforms  Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64
Average mag. score  53.50% (2 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  33% (22 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - Erbe Software S.A. (Spain)(1986)
     #2 - IBSA (Spain)(1986)
     #3 - The Hit Squad (UK)(1990)as "MOVIE COLLECTION 07: Miami Vice"
     * Release price: £2.99

Authors/Contributors
     James Cornelius Bowman (UK)at Canvas - ?
     Dawn Drake (UK)at Canvas - ?
     Simon Butler (UK)at Canvas - ?

Annual Awards
     Winner of the Year's Best - 1986 Awards - Game Soundtrack.

Known Errors
     Bugfix provided by Bandit:
  • When you catch a criminal in the game, he reveals time or place where you can catch another, more important criminal (which leads eventually to the boss). Unfortunately the bug makes the time to be displayed badly, instead of minutes you get some screen trash.
    Fixed using POKE 40557,112 (changing "LD (HL),A" to "LD (HL),B").

Compilations
     Full version inScreen Heroes(1987)by Ocean Software Ltd (UK)

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
MiamiVice.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
 MiamiVice.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(SpeedLock 2)English
MiamiVice(BUGFIX).tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
 MiamiVice(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(Unspecified custom loader)English
 MiamiVice(IBSA).tzx.zip#2ZX-Spectrum 48K(Unspecified custom loader)English
 MiamiVice(TheHitSquad).tzx.zip#3ZX-Spectrum 48K(SpeedLock 3)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     MiamiVice.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     MiamiVice.gif3,740OriginalRunning screen
     MiamiVice.jpg1,000,925OriginalInlay - Front
     MiamiVice_Back.jpg967,335OriginalInlay - Back
     MiamiVice.txt10,396OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     MiamiVice.jpg71,326OriginalGame map
     MiamiVice_2.png13,474OriginalGame map
     MiamiVice_3.png132,842OriginalGame map
     MiamiVice.jpg193,018OriginalAdvertisement
     miamivice.rzx0OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Rafal (with rollback) - Advance time poke used
     Miami Vice (1986)(Ocean Software).pok81OriginalPOK pokes file
     MiamiVice(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg108,570#1Inlay - Front
     MiamiVice(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).pdf25,537#1InstructionsSpanish
     MiamiVice(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).txt9,030#1InstructionsSpanish
     MiamiVice(IBSA).jpg108,220#2Inlay - Front
     MiamiVice(HitSquad).jpg362,404#3Inlay - Front
     MiamiVice(HitSquad)_Back.jpg403,643#3Inlay - Back

Magazine Reviews
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #60-1986/Octpage 41- Review
     Crashissue v.1 #35-1986/Decpage 28- Review: 27%
     MicroHobbyissue #106-1986/Decpage 28- Review - Nuevo
     Your Sinclairissue #13-1987/Janpage 84- Review: 8/10

Magazine References
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #59-1986/Seppage 12- News/Note
     Computer Gamerissue #20-1986/Novpage 45- Map
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #25-1985/Jun/20 special "week#3"page 1- News/Note
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #51-1986/Dec/18 special "week#3"page 22- Map
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #51-1986/Dec/18 special "week#3"page 22- Tips
     Sinclair Userissue #54-1986/Seppage 8- News/Note
     Sinclair Userissue #54-1986/Seppage 89- Preview
     Your Computerissue v.6 #10-1986/Octpage 45- Map
     Your Sinclairissue #9-1986/Seppage 74- Preview

Magazine Advertisements
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #59-1986/Seppage 108- Full-page ad
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #61-1986/Novpage 56- Full-page ad
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #62-1986/Decpage 141- Advert
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #93-1989/Jul special "93a"page 115- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     Computer Gamerissue #18-1986/Seppage 99- Full-page ad
     Computer Gamerissue #20-1986/Novpage 58- Full-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #32-1986/Seppage 100- Full-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #73-1990/Febpage 45- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     Crashissue v.1 #74-1990/Marpage 4- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     Crashissue v.1 #75-1990/Aprpage 49- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     Crashissue v.1 #76-1990/Maypage 49- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     Crashissue v.1 #77-1990/Junpage 49- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     Sinclair Userissue #55-1986/Octpage 42- Full-page ad
     Sinclair Userissue #57-1986/Decpage 115- Advert
     Sinclair Userissue #88-1989/Julpage 57- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     Sinclair Userissue #89-1989/Augpage 9- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     Sinclair Userissue #98-1990/Aprpage 25- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     Sinclair Userissue #100-1990/Junpage 59- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     The Games Machineissue #20-1989/Julpage 19- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     Your Computerissue v.6 #9-1986/Seppage 12- Full-page ad
     Your Computerissue v.6 #10-1986/Octpage 100- Full-page ad
     Your Sinclairissue #9-1986/Seppage 2- Full-page ad
     Your Sinclairissue #43-1989/Julpage 48- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     Your Sinclairissue #50-1990/Febpage 92- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     Your Sinclairissue #51-1990/Marpage 91- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     Your Sinclairissue #52-1990/Aprpage 14- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     Your Sinclairissue #53-1990/Maypage 65- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     Your Sinclairissue #54-1990/Junpage 62- Advert - The Hit Squad advert
     ZX Computingissue #29-1986/Seppage 92- Full-page ad

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