| Sodov the Sorcerer |
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| Release Date | 1986 |
| Original Publisher | Bug-Byte Software Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Action |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £2.99 |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
| Tie-in Licences | Gandalf the Sorcerer (Software) from Tymac (UK) |
| Other Platforms | Commodore 64 |
| Average mag. score | 76.00% (4 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 78.3% (25 votes) |
Authors/Contributors
| Tymac (UK) | - Game Design/Concept | ||
| Chris Yates | at Software Conversions Ltd | - Code | |
| Jon Hare | at Software Conversions Ltd | - In-game Graphics |
Review Awards
| "C+VG Hit" | at C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #56 - 1986/Jun | page 25 | |
| "ZX Computing Globert" | at ZX Computing | issue #24 - 1986/Apr | page 20 |
Remarks
| Jon Hare remembers: "We were both unemployed and Chris got himself a computer from a catalogue which was free for a month or so before he had to send it back. He taught himself to program enough to get himself a job with a local games firm called LT Software. I was around his house one day and he was working on this new game called Sodov the Sorceror on Spectrum. He was struggling with some of the graphics and asked me to help him. LT saw what I had done, liked it and offered me a job too." |
Compilations
| Full version in | Games Compendium | (1988) | by Sinclair Research Ltd (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | SodovTheSorcerer.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| SodovTheSorcerer.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| SodovTheSorcerer.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| SodovTheSorcerer.gif | 5,770 | Original | Running screen | |||
| SodovTheSorcerer.jpg | 359,600 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| SodovTheSorcerer.ay.zip | 1,429 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
| SodovTheSorcerer.txt | 1,653 | Original | Instructions | English |
Magazine Reviews
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #56-1986/Jun | page 25 | - Review | |
| Computer Gamer | issue #13-1986/Apr | page 70 | - Review | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #27-1986/Apr | page 132 | - Review: 74% | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.5 #17-1986/Apr/24 special "week#4" | page 15 | - Review | |
| Sinclair User | issue #50-1986/May | page 38 | - Review: 5/5 | |
| Your Computer | issue v.6 #5-1986/May | page 48 | - Review: 3/5 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #5-1986/May | page 78 | - Review: 7/10 | |
| ZX Computing | issue #24-1986/Apr | page 20 | - Review |
Magazine Advertisements
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #56-1986/Jun | page 32 | - Advert | |
| Computer Gamer | issue #13-1986/Apr | page 18 | - Full-page ad | |
| Computer Gamer | issue #14-1986/May | page 84 | - Full-page ad | |
| Computer Gamer | issue #15-1986/Jun | page 92 | - Advert | |
| Computer Gamer | issue #16-1986/Jul | page 61 | - Advert | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #8-1986/Aug | page 19 | - Full-page ad | |
| ZX Computing | issue #24-1986/Apr | page 84 | - Full-page ad |
Related Magazine Advertisements
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #15-1988/Dec | page 146 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #58-1988/Nov | page 96 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #59-1988/Dec | page 99 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #61-1989/Feb | page 87 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #67-1989/Aug | page 34 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #68-1989/Sep | page 19 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #69-1989/Oct | page 20 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #70-1989/Nov | page 20 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #71-1989/Dec | page 52 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #72-1990/Jan | page 24 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #90-1989/Sep | page 91 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| The Games Machine | issue #13-1988/Dec | page 152 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #46-1989/Oct | page 76 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) |
Links
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| Modern ZX-Retro Gaming | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (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) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
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