The Rocky Horror Show
Release Date  1985
Original Publisher  CRL Group PLC (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K
Language  English
Genre  Arcade Game: Adventure
Max. Players  1
Original Price  £8.95
Features  AY Sound
Controls  Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick
Themes  Horror/Halloween
Tie-in Licences  The Rocky Horror Show (Music) from Richard O'Brien (UK)
Other Platforms  Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore 64
Average mag. score  63.00% (5 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  81.9% (91 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - Alternative Software Ltd (UK)(1987)
     #2 - EDOS (UK)
     #3 - Sound-on-Sound (Spain)(1985)
     #4 - System 4 (Spain)(1988)
     #5 - Zafiro Software Division (Spain)(1988)

Authors/Contributors
     Jeff Lee (UK) - ?
     Paul Andrew Stoddart (UK) - ?
     Jay Derrett (UK) - ?
     Clever Music (UK) - ?
     Ian Ellery (UK) - ?

Review Awards
     "C+VG Blitz Game"at C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #45 - 1985/Julpage 21
     "ZX Computing Globella"at ZX Computingissue #24 - 1986/Aprpage 90

Known Errors
     Bugfix provided by Zup and jp:
  • If you run the 128k version and select "Sinclair joystick" as joysticks, the controls are messed; in 48k versions it works fine. Fixed using the following POKEs:
    $9636,$01
    $9638,$02
    $963a,$04
    $963c,$10
    $963e,$08
    Or use the following if you want to play the game from tape:
      10 REM ROCKY HORROR SHOW 128
    20 REM SINCLAIR JOYSTICK FIX
    30 CLEAR 32767: LET B=1: LET D=32767
    40 LET T=0: FOR N=1 TO 1E9: READ A: IF A>=0 AND A<256 THEN POKE D+N,A: LET T=T+N*A: NEXT N
    50 IF A>0 THEN GO TO 80
    60 IF T+A THEN PRINT "DATA ERROR IN BLOCK ";B: STOP
    70 LET B=B+1: LET D=D+N-1: GO TO 30
    80 BORDER 0: PAPER 0: INK 0: CLS : PRINT `0; INK 2; BRIGHT 1;AT 0,1;"Play Rocky Horror Show 128 Tape": RANDOMIZE USR 32768
    90 DATA 221,33,212,183,17,144,1,62
    100 DATA 255,55,205,86,5,48,241,33
    110 DATA 33,128,17,34,185,237,83,100
    120 DATA 184,1,23,0,237,176,195,212
    130 DATA 183,33,54,150,62,1,6,3
    140 DATA 119,35,35,135,16,250,35,35
    150 DATA 119,135,43,43,119,195,132,129,-156431
    160 DATA 999: REM DATA END MARKER

Remarks
     128k version available

Compilations
     Full version in4 Most Horror(1991)by Alternative Software Ltd (UK)

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
RockyHorrorShowThe48.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
RockyHorrorShowThe.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 128K(None)English
RockyHorrorShowThe128.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 128K(???)English
RockyHorrorShowThe128.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 128K(None)English
RockyHorrorShowThe(AlternativeSoftwareLtd).tzx.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 128K(None)English
RockyHorrorShowThe(Sound-on-Sound).tzx.zip#3ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K(None)Spanish
 RockyHorrorShowThe(System4).tzx.zip#4ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K(Unspecified custom loader)English
RockyHorrorShowThe(ZafiroSoftwareDivision).tzx.zip#5ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     RockyHorrorShowThe.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     RockyHorrorShowThe.gif4,080OriginalRunning screen
     RockyHorrorShowThe_Front.jpg435,774OriginalInlay - Front
     RockyHorrorShowThe_Front_2.jpg417,398OriginalInlay - Front
     RockyHorrorShowThe_Media.jpg123,534OriginalMedia scan
     RockyHorrorShowThe.ay.zip2,061OriginalRipped in-game/theme music in AY format
     RockyHorrorShowThe.txt1,546OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     RockyHorrorShowThe.zip2,007,354OriginalScanned instructionsEnglish
     RockyHorrorShowThe.gif67,600OriginalGame map
     RockyHorrorShowThe_Poster.jpg1,647,933OriginalPoster
     RockyHorrorShowThe.jpg98,912OriginalAdvertisement
     rocky.rzx0OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Paul French
     Rocky Horror Show, The (1985)(CRL Group).pok1,016OriginalPOK pokes file
     RockyHorrorShowThe_WindowSticker.png862,334Original? - Window sticker
     RockyHorrorShowThe(AlternativeSoftware).jpg453,303#1Inlay - Front
     RockyHorrorShowThe(AlternativeSoftware)_Back.jpg191,306#1Inlay - Back
     RockyHorrorShowThe(Sound-on-Sound)_Front.jpg495,437#3Inlay - Front
     RockyHorrorShowThe(Sound-on-Sound)_SideB.jpg136,877#3Media scan
     RockyHorrorShowThe(Sound-on-Sound)_Tape.jpg137,806#3Media scan
     RockyHorrorShowThe(Sound-on-Sound).jpg279,627#3Advertisement
     RockyHorrorShowThe(System4).jpg64,407#4Inlay - Front
     RockyHorrorShowThe(System4).pdf14,562#4InstructionsSpanish
     RockyHorrorShowThe(ZafiroSoftwareDivision)_Front.jpg208,941#5Inlay - Front
     RockyHorrorShowThe(ZafiroSoftwareDivision)_Back.jpg202,965#5Inlay - Back
     RockyHorrorShowThe(ZafiroSoftwareDivision)_Media.jpg85,797#5Media scan
     RockyHorrorShowThe(ZafiroSoftwareDivision)_Media_2.jpg94,939#5Media scan

Magazine Reviews
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #45-1985/Julpage 21- Review
     Computer Gamerissue #4-1985/Julpage 54- Review
     Crashissue v.1 #18-1985/Julpage 12- Review: 79%
     MicroHobbyissue #39-1985/Julpage 12- Review - Nuevo
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #25-1985/Jun/20 special "week#3"page 14- Review
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #9-1986/Feb/27 special "week#4"page 36- Review
     Sinclair Programsissue #34-1985/Augpage 19- Review: 56%
     Sinclair Userissue 1986 special "Annual 1986"page 47- Review: 3/5
     Sinclair Userissue #41-1985/Augpage 28- Review: 3/5
     Sinclair Userissue #49-1986/Aprpage 60- Review: 3/5
     Your Sinclairissue #6-1986/Junpage 73- Review - 128 games
     Your Spectrumissue #16-1985/Julpage 64- Review
     ZX Computingissue #24-1986/Aprpage 90- Review

Magazine References
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #42-1985/Aprpage 11- News/Note
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #45-1985/Julpage 96- CompoEntry
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #48-1985/Octpage 77- CompoResult
     Computer Gamerissue #5-1985/Augpage 31- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #15-1985/Aprpage 9- Preview
     Crashissue v.1 #15-1985/Aprpage 84- CompoEntry
     Crashissue v.1 #17-1985/Junpage 112- CompoResult
     Crashissue v.1 #19-1985/Augpage 60- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #54-1988/Julpage 42- Hack/Poke
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #87-1984/Nov/6 special "week#1"page 5- News/Note
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #126-1985/Aug/20 special "week#3"page 32- Letters - Coming to a bad end
     MicroHobbyissue #120-1987/Marpage 28- Tips - Tokes
     MicroHobbyissue #134-1987/Junpage 29- Tips - Tokes
     MicroHobby Especialissue #1-1985/Nov special "Especial"page 23- Feature - Supercincuenta
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.3 #45-1984/Nov/8 special "week#2"page 5- News/Note
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.3 #47-1984/Nov/22 special "week#4"page 7- Letters
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #15-1986/Apr/10 special "week#2"page 20- Hack/Poke
     Sinclair Userissue #42-1985/Seppage 14- Tips
     Your Computerissue v.5 #3-1985/Marpage 23- News/Note
     Your Spectrumissue #16-1985/Julpage 64- Tips
     ZX Computingissue #19-1985/Junpage 16- News/Note
     ZX Computingissue #21-1985/Octpage 12- News/Note

Magazine Advertisements
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #42-1985/Aprpage 117- Full-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #15-1985/Aprpage 83- Full-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #16-1985/Maypage 99- Full-page ad

Related Magazine Reviews
     Your Sinclairissue #67-1991/Julpage 60- Review: 53% (4 Most Horror)

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