Royal Birkdale: Championship Golf
Release Date  1983
Original Publisher  Ocean Software Ltd (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Sport Game: Action
Max. Players  1
Original Price  £6.90
Sports  Golf
Average mag. score  53.50% (2 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  41.7% (6 votes)

Authors/Contributors
     F. David Thorpe [Frederick David Thorpe] (UK) - Load Screen
     Bob Wakelin - Inlay/Poster Art

Remarks
     F. David Thorpe recalls: "I did a golf game called Royal Birkdale, which I took to Ocean Software. They liked the game, but asked me to do an opening title picture for the game, and I did it, and they quite liked it, so they've asked me to do all their games."

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
RoyalBirkdale-ChampionshipGolf.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
RoyalBirkdale-ChampionshipGolf.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     RoyalBirkdale-ChampionshipGolf.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     RoyalBirkdale-ChampionshipGolf.gif7,934OriginalRunning screen
     RoyalBirkdale-ChampionshipGolf.jpg499,076OriginalInlay - Front - Single jewel case
     RoyalBirkdale-ChampionshipGolf_Back.jpg324,118OriginalInlay - Back - Single jewel case
     RoyalBirkdale-ChampionshipGolf_SideA.jpg104,057OriginalMedia scan
     RoyalBirkdale-ChampionshipGolf_SideB.jpg105,291OriginalMedia scan
     RoyalBirkdale-ChampionshipGolf.txt5,992OriginalInstructionsEnglish

Magazine Reviews
     Crashissue v.1 #4-1984/Maypage 66- Review - Crash Living Guide: 47%
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #50-1984/Feb/21 special "week#3"page 38- Review
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.3 #2-1984/Jan/12 special "week#2"page 57- Review
     Your Computerissue v.4 #2-1984/Febpage 59- Review: 3/5
     ZX Computingissue #12-1984/Aprpage 77- Review

Magazine References
     Crashissue v.1 #16-1985/Maypage 44- Feature - Sports Scene supplement
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #41-1983/Dec/13 special "week#2"page 6- News/Note
     Sinclair Userissue #29-1984/Augpage 56- Feature - Software for the Spectrum sportsman

Magazine Advertisements
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #28-1984/Febpage 172- Advert
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #29-1984/Marpage 10- Advert
     Computer Choiceissue 1984/Marpage 91- Advert
     Personal Computer Gamesissue #3-1984/Febpage 37- Advert
     Sinclair Userissue #23-1984/Febpage 38- Advert
     Sinclair Userissue #25-1984/Aprpage 6- Advert
     Sinclair Userissue #26-1984/Maypage 19- Advert
     Your Computerissue v.4 #2-1984/Febpage 2- Advert
     Your Computerissue v.4 #3-1984/Marpage 236- Advert

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