| Psycho Pigs U.X.B. |
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| Aliases | Butasan Psycho Pig U.X.B. |
| Release Date | 1988 |
| Original Publisher | U.S. Gold Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Action |
| Max. Players | 2 (Turn based) |
| Original Price | £8.99 |
| Disk Price | £12.99 |
| Features | AY Sound, Dynamic Loading Screen |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (left), Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys |
| Screen Movements | Static Screen |
| Tie-in Licences | Butasan (Arcade coin-op) from Jaleco Entertainment (Japan) |
| Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX |
| Average mag. score | 68.00% (5 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 78.6% (47 votes) |
Authors/Contributors
| Ste L. Cork (UK) | at Software Creations | - Code | |
| Peter Gough (UK) | at Software Creations | - In-game Graphics, Load Screen | |
| Wayne Blake (UK) | at Software Creations | - In-game Graphics | |
| Mark Wilson (UK) | at Software Creations | - In-game Graphics | |
| Tim Follin [Timothy Follin] (UK) | at Software Creations | - Music |
Compilations
| Full version in | Bumper Pack 3 | by Woolworths (UK) | |||
| Full version in | Erbe 88 | (1988) | by Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) | ||
| Full version in | Psycho Pigs + Titanic | (1989) | by Software Center S.A. (Spain) | ||
| Unauthorized version in | Load 'n' Run issue 56 | (1989/Jan) | by Magazine Load 'n' Run - covertape from issue #56 - 1989/Jan | - titled "Buxpig" |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | PsychoPigsU.X.B..tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (???) | English | |
| PsychoPigsU.X.B..tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (Alkatraz Protection System) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| PsychoPigsU.X.B..scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| PsychoPigsU.X.B..gif | 2,716 | Original | Running screen | |||
| PsychoPigsUXB_Front.jpg | 971,022 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| PsychoPigsUXB_Tape.jpg | 71,811 | Original | Media scan | |||
| PsychoPigsU.X.B..ay.zip | 1,937 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
| PsychoPigsU.X.B..mp3.zip | 4,695,816 | Original | Sampled in-game/theme music in MP3 format | |||
| PsychoPigsU.X.B..txt | 3,349 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| PsychoPigsU.X.B..zip | 109,669 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| PsychoPigsUXB(MULTI-LANG).pdf | 554,744 | Original | Instructions | Multi-language: English, French, German, Italian | ||
| PsychoPigsU.X.B..jpg | 331,029 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| PsychoPigsU.X.B._2.jpg | 197,401 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| pigs.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Nick Humphries (with rollback) | ||
| Psycho Pigs U.X.B. (1988)(US Gold).pok | 568 | Original | POK pokes file |
Magazine Reviews
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #12-1988/Sep | page 68 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #53-1988/Jun | page 96 | - Review: 70% | |
| MicroHobby | issue #182-1988/Nov | page 38 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.7 #34-1988/Sep/1 special "week#1" | page 26 | - Review | |
| Sinclair User | issue #78-1988/Sep | page 46 | - Review: 59% | |
| The Games Machine | issue #11-1988/Oct | page 52 | - Review: 52% | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #34-1988/Oct | page 42 | - Review: 8/10 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #41-1989/May | page 66 | - Review: 79% | |
| ZX Magazín | issue 2000/Apr | page 16 | - Review |
Magazine References
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #87-1989/Jan | page 81 | - Tips | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #59-1988/Dec | page 69 | - Tips | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #92-1991/Sep | page 42 | - Tips | |
| MicroHobby | issue #181-1988/Nov | page 45 | - Preview - Premiere | |
| MicroHobby | issue #187-1989/Apr | page 64 | - Tips - Tokes | |
| New Computer Express | issue #12-1989/Jan/28 | page 2 | - News/Note - Offensive US Gold advert hammered | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.7 #30-1988/Aug/4 special "week#1" | page 16 | - News/Note | |
| Sinclair User | issue #74-1988/May | page 21 | - News/Note | |
| The Games Machine | issue #16-1989/Mar | page 15 | - News/Note | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #30-1988/Jun | page 34 | - Preview |
Magazine Advertisements
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #13-1988/Oct | page 30 | - Advert | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #82-1988/Aug | page 90 | - Two-page ad | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #83-1988/Sep | page 131 | - Full-page ad | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #55-1988/Aug | page 122 | - Two-page ad | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #56-1988/Sep | page 107 | - Full-page ad | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #57-1988/Oct | page 46 | - Advert | |
| Sinclair User | issue #77-1988/Aug | page 6 | - Two-page ad | |
| The Games Machine | issue #9-1988/Aug | page 2 | - Two-page ad | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #32-1988/Aug | page 90 | - Two-page ad |
Links
| Lost in Translation | (Information - in English) | |
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| Wikipedia | (Information - in English) | |
| ZX Spectrum Reviews | (Magazine Reviews) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
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| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
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