| Sports Hero |
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| Release Date | 1984 |
| Original Publisher | Melbourne House (Australia/UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Sport Game: Action |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £6.95 |
| Features | Button Mashers |
| Controls | Interface 2 (right), Redefineable keys |
| Sports | Athletics, Multi-sport Event |
| Groups | Silver Range |
| Average mag. score | 55.67% (5 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 66.2% (13 votes) |
Standalone re-releases
| #1 - Firebird Software Ltd (UK) | (1984) | ||
| * Release price: £1.99 | |||
| #2 - ABC Soft (Spain) | (1985) | ||
| #3 - Graphic Game S.A. (Argentina) | (1987) |
Authors/Contributors
| Clive Barrett (Australia) | at Beam Software | - ? | |
| Russell Comte (Australia) | at Beam Software | - ? | |
| Greg Holland (Australia) | at Beam Software | - ? | |
| Ned Culic | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | SportsHero.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| SportsHero.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| SportsHero(FirebirdSoftwareLtd).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Firebird BleepLoad) | English | ||
| SportsHero(ABCSoft).tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| SportsHero.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| SportsHero.gif | 3,548 | Original | Running screen | |||
| SportsHero.jpg | 455,020 | Original | Inlay - Front | - Single jewel case | ||
| SportsHero_Back.jpg | 287,175 | Original | Inlay - Back | - Single jewel case | ||
| SportsHero_SideA.jpg | 90,672 | Original | Media scan | |||
| SportsHero_SideA_2.jpg | 90,555 | Original | Media scan | |||
| SportsHero_SideB.jpg | 92,167 | Original | Media scan | |||
| SportsHero_SideB_2.jpg | 97,333 | Original | Media scan | |||
| SportsHero.txt | 5,140 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| SportsHero.jpg | 212,856 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| sportshero.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Arda 'ref' Erdikmen (with rollback) | ||
| SportsHero(FirebirdSoftware).jpg | 417,850 | #1 | Inlay - Front | - Single jewel case | ||
| SportsHero(FirebirdSoftware)_Back.jpg | 312,221 | #1 | Inlay - Back | - Single jewel case | ||
| SportsHero(FirebirdSoftware)_Media.jpg | 142,681 | #1 | Media scan | |||
| SportsHero(ABCSoft).jpg | 131,075 | #2 | Inlay - Front | |||
| SportsHero(ABCSoft).pdf | 17,921 | #2 | Instructions | Spanish | ||
| SportsHero(GraphicGameSA)_Front.jpg | 359,804 | #3 | Inlay - Front | - Single jewel case | ||
| SportsHero(GraphicGameSA)_Media.jpg | 97,558 | #3 | Media scan | |||
| SportsHero(GraphicGameSA)(ES)_Scan.jpg | 628,286 | #3 | Scanned instructions | Spanish |
Magazine Reviews
| Big K | issue #10-1985/Jan | page 20 | - Review: 1/3 | |
| Home Computing Weekly | issue #90-1984/Nov/27 special "week#4" | page 22 | - Review | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #47-1984/Nov/22 special "week#4" | page 16 | - Review | |
| Sinclair Programs | issue #27-1985/Jan | page 13 | - Review: 55% | |
| Sinclair User | issue 1986 special "Annual 1986" | page 47 | - Review: 3/5 | |
| Sinclair User | issue #34-1985/Jan | page 39 | - Review: 6/10 | |
| Sinclair User | issue #71-1988/Feb | page 36 | - Review: 7/10 | |
| TV Gamer | issue 1985/Jan | page 54 | - Review |
Magazine References
| Crash | issue v.1 #16-1985/May | page 40 | - Feature - Sports Scene supplement | |
| K64 | issue #26-1987/May | page 8 | - News/Note | |
| MicroHobby Especial | issue #7-1987/Dec special "Especial" | page 19 | - Feature - Informe | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.6 #51-1987/Dec/31 special "week#5" | page 24 | - News/Note | |
| Sinclair Programs | issue #26-1984/Dec | page 11 | - News/Note | |
| ZX Computing | issue #17-1985/Feb | page 11 | - News/Note |
Magazine Advertisements
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #37-1984/Nov | page 169 | - Full-page ad | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #10-1984/Nov | page 60 | - Full-page ad | |
| Home Computing Weekly | issue #83-1984/Oct/9 special "week#2" | page 2 | - Full-page ad | |
| Sinclair User | issue #32-1984/Nov | page 119 | - Full-page ad | |
| Your Computer | issue v.4 #12-1984/Dec | page 241 | - Full-page ad | |
| Your Computer | issue v.5 #1-1985/Jan | page 110 | - Full-page ad | |
| Your Spectrum | issue #9-1984/Nov | page 73 | - Advert |
Links
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| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
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