| Splitting Images |
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| Release Date | 1986 |
| Original Publisher | Domark Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Game: Puzzle |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Origin of | Split Personalities |
| Original Price | £7.95 |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
| Average mag. score | 87.67% (3 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 79.7% (31 votes) |
Authors/Contributors
| Ruud Peske (Netherlands) | at Ernieware Productions | - Code | |
| Ernest Peske (Netherlands) | at Ernieware Productions | - In-game Graphics, Load Screen | |
| Mark Strachan (UK) | - ? | ||
| David Whittaker (UK) | - Music |
Review Awards
| "Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #30 - 1986/Jul | page 18 |
Remarks
| Immediately after Splitting Images was advertised and reviewed by the magazines, Central Television (the company behind the hit TV show Spitting Image) filed a breach of copyright complaint, as the title and all artwork for the inlay and posters too closely resembled their show, even though the game is a totally different kind of beast. The game was thus repackaged and released as Split Personalities. Interestingly, Domark later released a "real" Spitting Image game (properly licensed of course). |
Remarks
| ZXSR: Also known as Split Personalities. The name was changed as Domark did not have the licence to a very similarly named popular TV show of the time, Spitting Image. Funnily enough, Domark later acquired this licence and produced a game based on it. |
Remarks
| ZXSR: The re-released version of Splitting Images as the makers of Spitting Image were a bit upset with the name being too close. Domark eventually released a game based on the TV series anyway. |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | SplittingImages.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| SplittingImages.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| SplittingImages.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| SplittingImages.gif | 3,662 | Original | Running screen | |||
| SplittingImages.jpg | 383,564 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| SplittingImages_Back.jpg | 271,808 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| SplittingImages.txt | 3,835 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| SplittingImages.png | 44,516 | Original | Game map | |||
| SplittingImages.jpg | 195,690 | Original | Advertisement |
Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #30-1986/Jul | page 18 | - Review: 90% | |
| Sinclair User | issue #52-1986/Jul | page 40 | - Review: 4/5 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #57-1990/Sep | page 64 | - Review - Your Sinclair - Article Re-review: 93% |
Magazine References
| MicroHobby | issue #117-1987/Feb | page 27 | - Tips - Tokes |
Links
| Centre for Computing History | (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) | |
| The Tipshop | (Tips, Maps, Solutions, Cheats, Pokes) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
