| Soldier of Light |
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| Release Date | 1988 |
| Original Publisher | ACE Software [1] (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £7.99 |
| Features | Dynamic Loading Screen |
| Controls | Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys |
| Tie-in Licences | Soldier of Light (Arcade coin-op) from Taito Corporation (Japan) |
| Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX |
| Average mag. score | 61.32% (9 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 59.5% (22 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Dro Soft (Spain) | (1988) | ||
| #2 - RAD (UK) | (1988) |
Authors/Contributors
| Christian F. Urquhart (UK) | at Softek International Ltd | - ? | |
| Doc | at Softek International Ltd | - ? | |
| Alan Craddock | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Compilations
| Unauthorized version in | Load 'n' Run issue 54 | (1988/Nov) | by Magazine Load 'n' Run - covertape from issue #54 - 1988/Nov | - titled "Soldato" |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | SoldierOfLight.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| SoldierOfLight.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Alkatraz Protection System) | English | ||
| SoldierOfLight.dsk.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128 +3 | (None) | English | ||
| SoldierOfLight(DroSoft).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Alkatraz Protection System) | English | - (incomplete - Side B missing) | |
| SoldierOfLight(different)(DroSoft).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Alkatraz Protection System) | English | - (different) | |
| SoldierOfLight(DroSoft).dsk.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 128 +3 | (None) | English | ||
| SoldierOfLight(RAD).tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Alkatraz Protection System) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| SoldierOfLight.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| SoldierOfLight.gif | 3,114 | Original | Running screen | |||
| SoldierOfLight.jpg | 555,945 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| SoldierOfLight_Back.jpg | 515,814 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| SoldierOfLight.txt | 1,731 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| SoldierOfLight.png | 45,557 | Original | Game map | |||
| YSPoster28.jpg | 384,369 | Original | Magazine poster | - Your Sinclair magazine poster | ||
| SoldierOfLight.jpg | 217,732 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| soldieroflight.zip | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Rafal (with rollback) | ||
| Soldier of Light (1988)(ACE Software).pok | 206 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| SoldierOfLight(DroSoft).jpg | 71,184 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| SoldierOfLight(DroSoft).pdf | 11,991 | #1 | Instructions | Spanish | ||
| SoldierOfLight(RAD).jpg | 124,109 | #2 | Inlay - Front |
Magazine Reviews
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #10-1988/Jul | page 68 | - Review: 499/1000 | |
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #26-1989/Nov | page 113 | - Review: 3/5 | |
| BiT | issue #23-1993/Aug | page 29 | - Review | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #97-1989/Dec | page 97 | - Review: 77% | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #54-1988/Jul | page 75 | - Review: 72% | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #69-1989/Oct | page 50 | - Review: 68% | |
| FIFO | issue #1-1990 | page 27 | - Review | |
| MicroHobby | issue #188-1989/May | page 31 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| New Computer Express | issue #12-1989/Jan/28 | page 30 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
| Sinclair User | issue #75-1988/Jun | page 37 | - Review: 6/10 | |
| The Games Machine | issue #8-1988/Jul | page 63 | - Review: 86% | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #31-1988/Jul | page 48 | - Review: 4/10 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #47-1989/Nov | page 47 | - Review: 39% |
Magazine References
| Crash | issue v.1 #52-1988/May | page 97 | - Preview | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #58-1988/Nov | page 44 | - Tips | |
| MicroHobby | issue #182-1988/Nov | page 15 | - Preview - Premiere | |
| Sinclair User | issue #73-1988/Apr | page 102 | - Preview | |
| The Games Machine | issue #14-1989/Jan | page 15 | - Preview | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #28-1988/Apr | page 10 | - Preview | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #28-1988/Apr | page 54 | - Poster |
Magazine Advertisements
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #13-1988/Oct | page 50 | - Advert | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #53-1988/Jun | page 67 | - Full-page ad | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #54-1988/Jul | page 18 | - Full-page ad | |
| Sinclair User | issue #81-1988/Dec | page 89 | - Advert | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #29-1988/May | page 33 | - Full-page ad | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #34-1988/Oct | page 17 | - Advert | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #35-1988/Nov | page 37 | - Advert |
Links
| Lost in Translation | (Information - in English) | |
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| Speccy Screenshot Maps | (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) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
