Avalon at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware

Aliases	The Legend of Avalon
Release Date	1984
Original Publisher	Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK)
Min. Hardware	ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language	English
Genre	Arcade Game: Adventure
Max. Players	1
Original Price	£7.95
Competitions	C&VG 1984 Golden Joystick Awards
Features	Padlock Protection
Controls	Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick
Themes	Teleportation
Average mag. score	85.25% (4 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score	84.8% (352 votes)

Re-releases

	#1 - Erbe Software S.A. (Spain)	(1984)
			* Release price: 2100.00 Ptas

Authors/Contributors

Steve Turner (UK)

at Graftgold Ltd

- ?

Review Awards

	"C+VG Game of the Month"	at C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #37 - 1984/Nov	page 83
	"Crash Smash"	at Crash	issue v.1 #10 - 1984/Nov	page 50

Series "Avalon"

	1.	Avalon	(1984)	by Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK)
	2.	Dragontorc	(1985)	by Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK)

Compilations

Full version in

Avalon + Dragontorc

(1986)

by Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK)

Main File Downloads

*Filename*	*Release*	*Machine*	*Scheme*	*Language*	*Comments*
Avalon(original).tap.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(???)	English	- (original)
Avalon.tzx.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(None)	English
Avalon(hacked).z80.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(???)	English	- (hacked)

Additional File Downloads

*Filename*	*Size*	*Release*	*Type*	*Language*	*Comments*
part-25-mission-control.html	0	Original	Remote link	English	- Additional information
	0	Original	Remote link	English	- Source code repository - Disassembled
Avalon.gif	4,638	Original	Running screen
Avalon.jpg	469,090	Original	Inlay - Front
Avalon.ay.zip	7,103	Original	Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format
Avalon.mp3.zip	2,012,503	Original	Sampled in-game/theme music in MP3 format
AVALON.TXT	2,273	Original	Instructions		- Docs (from games database)
avalon.txt	2,191	Original	Instructions
Avalon.txt	10,772	Original	Instructions	English
Avalon(EN).pdf	1,778,027	Original	Instructions	English
Avalon.png	1,420,000	Original	Game map
Avalon_Back.jpg	485,502	Original	Game map
Avalon_Front.jpg	555,165	Original	Game map
Avalon_Part1.jpg	503,278	Original	Game map
Avalon_Part2.jpg	238,304	Original	Game map
Avalon_CodeSheet.txt	3,640	Original	Code sheet
Avalon.jpg	197,982	Original	Advertisement
avalon.rzx	0	Original	RZX playback file		- Recorded by raindog
Avalon (1984)(Hewson Consultants).pok	1,963	Original	POK pokes file
Avalon_SpecialOffer-Back.jpg	175,824	Original	?		- Special offer
Avalon_SpecialOffer-Front.jpg	226,517	Original	?		- Special offer
Avalon(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).pdf	21,477	#1	Instructions	Spanish

Magazine Reviews

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #37-1984/Nov	page 83	- Review
Crash	issue v.1 #10-1984/Nov	page 50	- Review: 91%
Games Computing	issue 1985/Jan	page 32	- Review
Home Computing Weekly	issue #88-1984/Nov/13 special "week#2"	page 17	- Review
MicroHobby	issue #5-1984/Dec	page 12	- Review - Nuevo
Personal Computer Games	issue #12-1984/Nov	page 84	- Review: 7/10
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.3 #38-1984/Sep/20 special "week#3"	page 60	- Review
Sinclair Answers	issue #2-1985/Jan	page 25	- Review
Sinclair Programs	issue #25-1984/Nov	page 31	- Review
Sinclair User	issue 1985 special "Annual 1985"	page 48	- Review: 9/10
Sinclair User	issue #32-1984/Nov	page 25	- Review: 9/10
Sinclair User	issue #44-1985/Nov supplement "Top 50 Sinclair User Classic"	page 27	- Review
ZX Computing	issue #18-1985/Apr	page 115	- Review

Magazine References

Big K	issue #9-1984/Dec	page 74	- Feature - Dorkslayer! (adventure games)
Big K	issue #12-1985/Mar	page 66	- Tips
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #37-1984/Nov	page 35	- News/Note
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #38-1984/Dec	page 173	- Tips
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #38-1984/Dec	page 174	- Map
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #39-1985/Jan	page 15	- News/Note
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #40-1985/Feb	page 60	- Tips
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #47-1985/Sep	page 43	- Tips
Computer Gamer	issue #10-1986/Jan	page 32	- News/Note - Avalon + Dragontorc twin-pack
Crash	issue v.1 #6-1984/Jul	page 34	- News/Note
Crash	issue v.1 #8-1984/Sep	page 48	- Preview
Crash	issue v.1 #12-1985/Jan special "Christmas Special 1984/85"	page 132	- CompoEntry
Crash	issue v.1 #12-1985/Jan special "Christmas Special 1984/85"	page 143	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #13-1985/Feb	page 86	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #14-1985/Mar	page 60	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #15-1985/Apr	page 80	- Letters
Crash	issue v.1 #16-1985/May	page 71	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #16-1985/May	page 94	- CompoResult
Crash	issue v.1 #16-1985/May	page 94	- Feature - Map Results Special
Crash	issue v.1 #17-1985/Jun	page 104	- Letters
Crash	issue v.1 #24-1986/Jan special "Christmas Special 1985/86"	page 103	- Hack/Poke
Games Computing	issue 1985/Jan	page 32	- Tips
Home Computing Weekly	issue #85-1984/Oct/23 special "week#4"	page 4	- News/Note
Micro Adventurer	issue #17-1985/Mar	page 30	- Feature - Arcade adventures
MicroHobby	issue #95-1986/Sep	page 31	- Tips - Micromania
MicroHobby	issue #107-1986/Dec	page 39	- Tips - Tokes
MicroHobby Especial	issue #1-1985/Nov special "Especial"	page 26	- Feature - Supercincuenta
Personal Computer Games	issue #11-1984/Oct	page 33	- Preview
Personal Computer Games	issue #14-1985/Jan	page 130	- Tips
Personal Computer News	issue #79-1984/Sep/22	page 46	- News/Note
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.3 #21-1984/May/24 special "week#4"	page 5	- News/Note
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.4 #3-1985/Jan/17 special "week#3"	page 35	- News/Note
SSD-II	issue 1999/Sep	page 0	- Information
Sinclair User	issue 1985 special "Annual 1985"	page 46	- Feature - Spectrum software retrospective
Sinclair User	issue #31-1984/Oct	page 7	- News/Note
Sinclair User	issue #43-1985/Oct	page 106	- Feature - The Hewson Express - Andrew Hewson interview
Sinclair User	issue #51-1986/Jun	page 20	- Hack/Poke
Sinclair User	issue #52-1986/Jul	page 18	- Hack/Poke
Your Sinclair	issue #1-1986/Jan	page 46	- Tips
Your Spectrum	issue #11-1985/Feb	page 14	- Offer
Your Spectrum	issue #11-1985/Feb	page 42	- CompoEntry
Your Spectrum	issue #13-1985/Apr	page 5	- CompoResult
Your Spectrum	issue #14-1985/May	page 3	- News/Note
Your Spectrum	issue #19-1985/Oct	page 64	- Tips

Magazine Advertisements

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #42-1985/Apr	page 46	- Advert
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #43-1985/May	page 77	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #9-1984/Oct	page 16	- Full-page ad
Crash	issue v.1 #10-1984/Nov	page 5	- Full-page ad
Crash	issue v.1 #11-1984/Dec	page 9	- Full-page ad
Crash	issue v.1 #12-1985/Jan special "Christmas Special 1984/85"	page 131	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #13-1985/Feb	page 15	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #13-1985/Feb	page 107	- Full-page ad
Crash	issue v.1 #14-1985/Mar	page 15	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #15-1985/Apr	page 15	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #16-1985/May	page 15	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #19-1985/Aug	page 6	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #20-1985/Sep	page 6	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #21-1985/Oct	page 6	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #22-1985/Nov	page 6	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #23-1985/Dec	page 6	- Advert
Crash	issue v.1 #24-1986/Jan special "Christmas Special 1985/86"	page 87	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #31-1984/Oct	page 11	- Full-page ad
Sinclair User	issue #32-1984/Nov	page 68	- Full-page ad
Sinclair User	issue #33-1984/Dec	page 108	- Full-page ad
Sinclair User	issue #34-1985/Jan	page 51	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #35-1985/Feb	page 117	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #37-1985/Apr	page 67	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #38-1985/May	page 35	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #41-1985/Aug	page 27	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #42-1985/Sep	page 21	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #43-1985/Oct	page 41	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #44-1985/Nov	page 29	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #45-1985/Dec	page 31	- Advert
Sinclair User	issue #46-1986/Jan	page 91	- Advert
Your Spectrum	issue #8-1984/Oct	page 29	- Full-page ad
Your Spectrum	issue #9-1984/Nov	page 2	- Full-page ad
Your Spectrum	issue #10-1984/Dec	page 67	- Full-page ad
Your Spectrum	issue #11-1985/Feb	page 74	- Full-page ad

Related Magazine References

	Computer Gamer	issue #10-1986/Jan	page 32	- News/Note (Avalon + Dragontorc)
	Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.5 #2-1986/Jan/9 special "week#2"	page 36	- News/Note (Avalon + Dragontorc)

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