| Sonic Boom |
| |
| Release Date | 1990 |
| Original Publisher | Activision Inc (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £9.99 |
| Disk Price | £14.99 |
| Features | AY Sound |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys |
| Tie-in Licences | Sonic Boom (Arcade coin-op) from Sega Enterprises Ltd (Japan) |
| Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 |
| Average mag. score | 61.75% (4 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 60.5% (19 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - IBSA (Spain) | (1990) | ||
| #2 - MCM Software S.A. (Spain) | (1990) |
Authors/Contributors
| Ross Harris (UK) | at Source Software Ltd | - ? | |
| Chris R. Gill (UK) | at Source Software Ltd | - ? | |
| TFF | at Source Software Ltd | - ? |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
| SonicBoom.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| SonicBoom.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| SonicBoom.gif | 5,003 | Original | Running screen | |||
| SonicBoom_Front.jpg | 253,572 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| SonicBoom_Back.jpg | 282,394 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| SonicBoom.txt | 2,841 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| SonicBoom(MULTI-LANG).pdf | 614,041 | Original | Instructions | Multi-language: English, French, German, Italian | ||
| SonicBoom.rzx.zip | 283,282 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Albert Valls (with rollback) - [denied] | ||
| Sonic Boom (1990)(Activision Inc).pok | 33 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| SonicBoom(IBSA).jpg | 242,947 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| SonicBoom(MCMSoftwareS.A.)_Front.jpg | 75,628 | #2 | Inlay - Front | |||
| SonicBoom(MCMSoftwareS.A.)_Back.jpg | 83,954 | #2 | Inlay - Back | |||
| SonicBoom(MCMSoftwareS.A.).pdf | 10,968 | #2 | Instructions | Spanish |
Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #77-1990/Jun | page 43 | - Review: 59% | |
| MicroHobby | issue #201-1990/Jul | page 32 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Sinclair User | issue #100-1990/Jun | page 69 | - Review: 60% | |
| The Games Machine | issue #31-1990/Jun | page 50 | - Review: 76% | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #54-1990/Jun | page 83 | - Review: 52% |
Magazine References
| Crash | issue v.1 #77-1990/Jun | page 34 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #90-1991/Jul | page 26 | - Hack/Poke | |
| MicroHobby | issue #200-1990/Jun | page 9 | - Preview - Premiere |
Links
| Lost in Translation | (Information - in English) | |
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| Modern ZX-Retro Gaming | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| Speccy Screenshot Maps | (Information - in English) | |
| The Spectrum Show - Youtube | (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) |
