| Purple Saturn Day |
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| Release Date | 1989/Oct/23 |
| Original Publisher | Exxos (France/UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Action |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £9.99 |
| Disk Price | £14.99 |
| Features | AY Sound |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
| Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC |
| Average mag. score | 73.50% (4 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 72.7% (11 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) | (1990) |
Authors/Contributors
| Remi Herbulot (France) | - Game Design/Concept | ||
| Ali Chaouchi (France) | - Code | ||
| Didier Bouchon (France) | - In-game Graphics | ||
| Stephane Picq (France) | - Music, Sound Effects | ||
| Grabuge | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Review Awards
| "Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #71 - 1989/Dec | page 62 |
Remarks
| futuristic sports: Ring Pursuit, Tronic Slider, Brain Bowler, Time Jump |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | PurpleSaturnDay.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (???) | English | |
| PurpleSaturnDay.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | ||
| PurpleSaturnDay.dsk.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128 +3 | (None) | English | ||
| PurpleSaturnDay(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| PurpleSaturnDay.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| PurpleSaturnDay.gif | 7,454 | Original | Running screen | |||
| PurpleSaturnDay_Front.jpg | 239,829 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| PurpleSaturnDay_Front_2.jpg | 748,767 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| PurpleSaturnDay_Back.jpg | 417,179 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| PurpleSaturnDay_Tape.jpg | 100,464 | Original | Media scan | |||
| PurpleSaturnDay.ay.zip | 3,019 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
| PurpleSaturnDay.zip | 100,356 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| PurpleSaturnDay_French.zip | 98,823 | Original | Instructions | French | ||
| PurpleSaturnDay(MULTI-LANG).pdf | 1,529,117 | Original | Instructions | Multi-language: English, French, German | ||
| PurpleSaturnDay.jpg | 240,167 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| purplesaturnday.zip | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Rafal (with rollback) - Several POKEs used, see the included text file. | ||
| PurpleSaturnDay(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 79,313 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| PurpleSaturnDay(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).pdf | 44,936 | #1 | Instructions | Spanish |
Magazine Reviews
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #17-1989/Feb | page 46 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #27-1989/Dec | page 100 | - Review: 680/1000 | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #89-1989/Mar | page 34 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #71-1989/Dec | page 62 | - Review: 91% | |
| MicroHobby | issue #198-1990/Apr | page 30 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| New Computer Express | issue #4-1988/Dec/3 | page 29 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
| Sinclair User | issue #93-1989/Dec | page 33 | - Review: 75% | |
| The Games Machine | issue #16-1989/Mar | page 32 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #48-1989/Dec | page 34 | - Review: 60% |
Magazine References
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #16-1989/Jan | page 28 | - Preview | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #63-1989/Apr | page 88 | - Preview | |
| MicroHobby | issue #197-1990/Mar | page 10 | - Preview - Premiere | |
| New Computer Express | issue #7-1988/Dec/24 special "Issues 7 & 8" | page 18 | - Feature - The greats of 88 | |
| New Computer Express | issue #17-1989/Mar/4 | page 36 | - News/Note | |
| Sinclair User | issue #89-1989/Aug | page 91 | - Preview | |
| The Games Machine | issue #13-1988/Dec | page 14 | - Preview | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #39-1989/Mar | page 7 | - News/Note | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #41-1989/May | page 89 | - Preview | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #45-1989/Sep | page 18 | - CompoEntry |
Magazine Advertisements
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #16-1989/Jan | page 20 | - Two-page ad - not a Spectrum advert | |
| New Computer Express | issue #7-1988/Dec/24 special "Issues 7 & 8" | page 34 | - Two-page ad - not a Spectrum advert | |
| Sinclair User | issue #92-1989/Nov | page 85 | - Full-page ad |
Links
| RZX Archive | (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) | |
| The Tipshop | (Tips, Maps, Solutions, Cheats, Pokes) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
