SDI - Now the Odds Are Even |
Aliases | Strategic Defense Initiative |
Release Date | 1988 |
Original Publisher | Activision Inc (UK) |
Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
Language | English |
Genre | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
Max. Players | 2 (Alternating) |
Original Price | £9.99 |
Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX | 12.99 *** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information! |
Disk Price | £14.99 |
Controls | Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
Tie-in Licences | SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative (Arcade coin-op) from Sega Enterprises Ltd (Japan) |
Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Sega Master System |
Average mag. score | 64.33% (9 reviews) |
Martijn's WoS score | 73.3% (9 votes) |
#1 - Proein Soft Line (Spain) | (1988) | ||
#2 - The Hit Squad (UK) | (1991) | as "ARCADE COLLECTION 26: S.D.I." | |
* Release price: £3.99 |
Software Studios (UK) | - ? | ||
Ross Harris (UK) | at Source Software Ltd | - ? |
Full version in | 2x1: ISS + SDI | (1989) | by MCM Software S.A. (Spain) | ||
Full version in | Special Action | (1989) | by Ocean Software Ltd (UK) | ||
Unauthorized version in | Load 'n' Run issue 57 | (1989/Feb) | by Magazine Load 'n' Run - covertape from issue #57 - 1989/Feb | - titled "System" |
Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
SDI.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
S.D.I..scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
S.D.I..gif | 3,833 | Original | Running screen | |||
S.D.I..jpg | 83,380 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
SDI_Front.jpg | 458,078 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
SDI_Back.jpg | 379,335 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
S.D.I._English.txt | 9,551 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
SDI-NowTheOddsAreEven(MULTI-LANG).pdf | 635,828 | Original | Instructions | Multi-language: English, French, German, Italian | ||
S.D.I..jpg | 290,405 | Original | Advertisement | |||
S.D.I. (1988)(Activision Inc).pok | 102 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
S.D.I.(ProeinSoftLine)_Front.jpg | 118,632 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
S.D.I.(ProeinSoftLine)_Back.jpg | 133,291 | #1 | Inlay - Back | |||
S.D.I.(ProeinSoftLine).pdf | 20,078 | #1 | Instructions | Spanish | ||
SDI(HitSquad).jpg | 402,106 | #2 | Inlay - Front | |||
SDI(HitSquad)_Back.jpg | 379,711 | #2 | Inlay - Back | |||
S.D.I.(TheHitSquad).txt | 2,747 | #2 | Instructions | English |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #86-1988/Dec | page 58 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #116-1991/Jul | page 85 | - Review: 59% | |
Crash | issue v.1 #61-1989/Feb | page 58 | - Review: 59% | |
Crash | issue v.1 #90-1991/Jul | page 49 | - Review: 70% | |
MicroHobby | issue #186-1989/Mar | page 41 | - Review - Nuevo | |
New Computer Express | issue #7-1988/Dec/24 special "Issues 7 & 8" | page 41 | - Review | |
Sinclair User | issue #83-1989/Feb | page 41 | - Review: 90% | |
Sinclair User | issue #113-1991/Jul | page 42 | - Review: 70% | |
The Games Machine | issue #14-1989/Jan | page 81 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
The Games Machine | issue #18-1989/May | page 43 | - Review: 37% | |
Your Sinclair | issue #39-1989/Mar | page 50 | - Review: 6/10 | |
Your Sinclair | issue #45-1989/Sep | page 72 | - Review: 70% | |
Your Sinclair | issue #67-1991/Jul | page 58 | - Review: 64% |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #15-1988/Dec | page 75 | - Preview | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #86-1988/Dec supplement "Christmas Crackers" | page 12 | - Preview | |
MicroHobby | issue #185-1989/Feb | page 14 | - Preview - Premiere | |
Your Sinclair | issue #31-1988/Jul | page 7 | - News/Note | |
Your Sinclair | issue #35-1988/Nov | page 12 | - Preview |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #14-1988/Nov | page 72 | - Two-page ad | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #85-1988/Nov | page 42 | - Two-page ad | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #115-1991/Jun | page 38 | - Advert - The Hit Squad advert | |
Crash | issue v.1 #88-1991/May | page 45 | - Advert - The Hit Squad advert | |
Crash | issue v.1 #89-1991/Jun | page 8 | - Advert - The Hit Squad advert | |
Sinclair User | issue #111-1991/May | page 23 | - Advert - The Hit Squad advert | |
Your Sinclair | issue #35-1988/Nov | page 24 | - Two-page ad | |
Your Sinclair | issue #36-1988/Dec | page 36 | - Two-page ad | |
Your Sinclair | issue #65-1991/May | page 44 | - Advert - The Hit Squad advert |
Your Sinclair | issue #45-1989/Sep | page 72 | - Review: 82% (Special Action) |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #23-1989/Aug | page 77 | - Full-page ad (Special Action) | |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #24-1989/Sep | page 28 | - Advert (Special Action) | |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #24-1989/Sep | page 86 | - Advert (Special Action) | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #92-1989/Jun | page 97 | - Full-page ad (Special Action) | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #93-1989/Aug special "93b" | page 65 | - Full-page ad (Special Action) | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #94-1989/Sep | page 88 | - Advert (Special Action) | |
Crash | issue v.1 #67-1989/Aug | page 4 | - Full-page ad (Special Action) | |
Crash | issue v.1 #68-1989/Sep | page 51 | - Advert (Special Action) | |
Sinclair User | issue #88-1989/Jul | page 100 | - Full-page ad (Special Action) | |
Sinclair User | issue #90-1989/Sep | page 9 | - Advert (Special Action) | |
Sinclair User | issue #91-1989/Oct | page 36 | - Advert (Special Action) | |
The Games Machine | issue #20-1989/Jul | page 9 | - Full-page ad (Special Action) | |
The Games Machine | issue #23-1989/Oct | page 4 | - Advert (Special Action) | |
Your Sinclair | issue #44-1989/Aug | page 92 | - Full-page ad (Special Action) | |
Your Sinclair | issue #45-1989/Sep | page 21 | - Advert (Special Action) |
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