| SQIJ! |
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| Release Date | 1987 |
| Original Publisher | The Power House (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Action |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Inspiration for | SQIJ 2018 SQIJ'D! |
| Other Platforms | Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4 |
| Martijn's WoS score | 16.5% (78 votes) |
Authors/Contributors
| Jason Creighton (UK) | - ? | ||
| Tim White (UK) | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Known Errors
| The game cannot be controlled due to the fact that CAPS LOCK is turned on. In order to play the game, BREAK into BASIC and issue POKE 23658,0 and CONTINUE. |
Remarks
| Comes with a free audio track by H.E.X. |
Remarks
| Considered the worst commercial game for the ZX-Spectrum. After breaking up with publisher, the author was forced to deliver one more game just to fulfill a contractual obligation, so he developed an intentionally crap game to ensure it would be discarded. It wasn't. |
Compilations
| Full version in | Power Plays | (1987) | by The Power House (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | SQIJ.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| SQIJ.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| 2017-01-22-the-story-behind-the-worst-game-ever-made | 0 | Original | Remote link | English | ||
| SQIJ.gif | 1,775 | Original | Running screen | |||
| SQIJ_Front.jpg | 432,310 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| SQIJ_Back.jpg | 381,298 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| SQIJ.txt | 666 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| SQIJ! (1987)(The Power House).pok | 197 | Original | POK pokes file |
Magazine References
| Your Sinclair | issue #16-1987/Apr | page 7 | - News/Note |
Related Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #45-1987/Oct | page 106 | - Review - Crash - Compilation (Power Plays) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #70-1988/Jan | page 97 | - Review: 4/10 (Power Plays) |
Related Magazine References
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #70-1987/Aug | page 12 | - News/Note (Power Plays) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #45-1987/Oct | page 106 | - Feature - All Together Now (compilations) (Power Plays) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #70-1988/Jan | page 27 | - Feature - Kamikaze's Guide to Compilations (Power Plays) |
Links
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| Speccy Screenshot Maps | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| 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) |
