Shadowfire |
Release Date | 1985 |
Original Publisher | Beyond Software (UK) |
Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
Language | English |
Genre | Game: Tactical Combat |
Max. Players | 1 |
Original Price | £9.95 |
Competitions | Computer Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 1985 |
Features | Icon/Menu Driven Control, Multi-machine Medium |
Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
Themes | Superhero, Teleportation |
Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 |
Average mag. score | 93.33% (6 reviews) |
Martijn's WoS score | 81.8% (114 votes) |
#1 - Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) | (1985) | ||
* Release price: 2000.00 Ptas |
John Heap (UK) | at Denton Designs | - ? | |
Simon Butler (UK) | at Denton Designs | - ? | |
Steve Cain (UK) | at Denton Designs | - ? |
3rd State Of The Art Award - 1985 Crash Readers Awards. | |
Winner of the Game of the Year Awards 1985 - Best Adventure. |
"Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #17 - 1985/Jun | page 16 | |
"Sinclair User Classic" | at Sinclair User | issue #39 - 1985/Jun | page 23 |
ZXSR: Part of The Best of Beyond compilation from Beyond for £9.95. Other games were Sorderons Shadow, Enigma Force and Doomdark's Revenge. |
ZXSR: Speccy and Commodore 64 versions on the same cassette. |
1. | Shadowfire | (1985) | by Beyond Software (UK) | |
2. | Enigma Force | (1985) | by Beyond Software (UK) |
Full version in | 4 Adventure Games | (1986) | by Aackosoft (Netherlands) | ||
Full version in | Hotshots | (1986/Mar/24) | by The Force (UK) | ||
Full version in | The Best of Beyond | (1986) | by Beyond Software (UK) |
Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
Shadowfire.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Power-Load) | English | ||
Shadowfire.z80.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English |
Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
Shadowfire.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
Shadowfire.gif | 5,264 | Original | Running screen | |||
Shadowfire.jpg | 409,064 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
Shadowfire_Front.jpg | 557,387 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
Shadowfire_Back.jpg | 631,391 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
SHADFIRE.TXT | 7,774 | Original | Instructions | - Docs & Solution (from games database) | ||
shadowfi.txt | 9,081 | Original | Instructions | |||
Shadowfire.txt | 18,949 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
Shadowfire(EN).pdf | 0 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
Shadowfire.jpg | 264,246 | Original | Game map | |||
Shadowfire_2.jpg | 476,780 | Original | Game map | |||
Shadowfire.jpg | 80,015 | Original | Advertisement | |||
Shadowfire_2.jpg | 226,152 | Original | Advertisement | |||
shadowfire.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Matt Barber | ||
Shadowfire (1985)(Beyond Software).pok | 1,416 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
Shadowfire(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 256,158 | #1 | Advertisement |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #3-1987/Dec | page 89 | - Review: 890/1000 | |
Computer Gamer | issue #1-1985/Apr | page 59 | - Review | |
Crash | issue v.1 #17-1985/Jun | page 16 | - Review: 96% | |
MicroHobby | issue #29-1985/May | page 12 | - Review - Nuevo | |
Personal Computer News | issue #108-1985/Apr/27 | page 31 | - Review | |
Sinclair Programs | issue #33-1985/Jul | page 14 | - Review: 95% | |
Sinclair User | issue #39-1985/Jun | page 23 | - Review: 5/5 | |
Sinclair User | issue #44-1985/Nov supplement "Top 50 Sinclair User Classic" | page 13 | - Review | |
Your Computer | issue v.5 #5-1985/May | page 45 | - Review: 4/5 | |
Your Spectrum | issue #16-1985/Jul | page 32 | - Review | |
ZX Computing | issue #20-1985/Aug | page 78 | - Review: 5/5 |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #43-1985/May | page 122 | - Full-page ad - coming soon ... | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #44-1985/Jun | page 49 | - Full-page ad | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #45-1985/Jul | page 28 | - Full-page ad | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #46-1985/Aug | page 9 | - Advert | |
Crash | issue v.1 #16-1985/May | page 67 | - Full-page ad - coming soon ... | |
Crash | issue v.1 #17-1985/Jun | page 15 | - Full-page ad | |
Crash | issue v.1 #18-1985/Jul | page 25 | - Full-page ad | |
Personal Computer News | issue #106-1985/Apr/6 | page 43 | - Full-page ad | |
Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.4 #14-1985/Apr/4 special "week#1" | page 19 | - Full-page ad | |
Sinclair User | issue #38-1985/May | page 114 | - Full-page ad - coming soon ... | |
Sinclair User | issue #39-1985/Jun | page 42 | - Full-page ad | |
Sinclair User | issue #40-1985/Jul | page 66 | - Full-page ad |
Computer Gamer | issue #20-1986/Nov | page 80 | - Review (The Best of Beyond) | |
Sinclair User | issue #51-1986/Jun | page 38 | - Review: 5/5 (Hotshots) | |
Sinclair User | issue #57-1986/Dec | page 59 | - Review: 5/5 (The Best of Beyond) | |
ZX Computing | issue #26-1986/Jun | page 38 | - Review (Hotshots) | |
ZX Computing | issue #31-1986/Nov | page 62 | - Review (The Best of Beyond) |
Computer Gamer | issue #14-1986/May | page 5 | - News/Note (Hotshots) | |
Computer Gamer | issue #17-1986/Aug | page 5 | - News/Note (The Best of Beyond) | |
Crash | issue v.1 #27-1986/Apr | page 110 | - News/Note (Hotshots) | |
Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.5 #37-1986/Sep/11 special "week#2" | page 53 | - News/Note (The Best of Beyond) | |
Sinclair User | issue #56-1986/Nov | page 116 | - Preview (The Best of Beyond) | |
Your Computer | issue v.6 #5-1986/May | page 20 | - News/Note (Hotshots) |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #54-1986/Apr | page 20 | - Full-page ad (Hotshots) | |
Crash | issue v.1 #27-1986/Apr | page 8 | - Full-page ad (Hotshots) | |
Crash | issue v.1 #31-1986/Aug | page 114 | - Full-page ad (The Best of Beyond) | |
Sinclair User | issue #53-1986/Aug | page 42 | - Full-page ad (The Best of Beyond) |
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