The Empire Strikes Back |
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Release Date | 1988/Jul |
Original Publisher | Domark Ltd (UK) |
Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
Language | English |
Genre | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
Max. Players | 1 |
Original Price | £9.95 |
Features | AY Sound, Vector Graphics |
Graphical Views | Perspective 3D Graphics |
Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys |
Tie-in Licences | The Empire Strikes Back (Arcade coin-op) from Atari Games Ltd (USA), Tengen Inc (USA) |
Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 |
Average mag. score | 81.11% (9 reviews) |
Martijn's WoS score | 82.2% (38 votes) |
#1 - Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) | (1988) | ||
* Release price: 1200.00 Ptas | |||
#2 - The Hit Squad (UK) | (1990) | as "MOVIE COLLECTION 11: The Empire Strikes Back" | |
* Release price: £2.99 |
George Iwanow (UK) | at Vektor Grafix | - ? | |
Derrick Austin (UK) | at Vektor Grafix | - In-game Graphics | |
Andy Craven (UK) | at Vektor Grafix | - ? | |
Ciaran Gultnieks (UK) | at Vektor Grafix | - ? | |
David Whittaker (UK) | at Vektor Grafix | - Music |
"Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #54 - 1988/Jul | page 22 |
Includes the following music: John Williams, "Star Wars (Main Title)" |
ZXSR: Featured on Star Wars Trilogy compilation from Domark for £12.99 (+3 disk £19.99) |
1. | Star Wars | (1987) | by Domark Ltd (UK) | |
2. | The Empire Strikes Back | (1988) | by Domark Ltd (UK) | |
3. | Return of the Jedi | (1989) | by Domark Ltd (UK) |
Full version in | The Star Wars Trilogy | (1989) | by Domark Ltd (UK) |
Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
![]() | EmpireStrikesBackThe.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (???) | English | |
![]() | EmpireStrikesBackThe.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (None) | English | |
EmpireStrikesBackThe.dsk.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128 +3 | (None) | English | ||
![]() | EmpireStrikesBackThe(TheHitSquad).tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (None) | English |
Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
EmpireStrikesBackThe.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
EmpireStrikesBackThe.gif | 3,860 | Original | Running screen | |||
EmpireStrikesBackThe.jpg | 1,041,328 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
EmpireStrikesBackThe_Back.jpg | 1,161,162 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
StarWars2.txt | 5,062 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
SUPoster077.jpg | 368,834 | Original | Magazine poster | - Sinclair User magazine poster | ||
EmpireStrikesBackThe.jpg | 383,567 | Original | Advertisement | |||
empirestrikesback.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Malcolm (with rollback) | ||
Empire Strikes Back, The (1988)(Domark).pok | 107 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
EmpireStrikesBackThe.txt | 5,062 | #1 | Instructions | English | ||
EmpireStrikesBackThe(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 250,242 | #1 | Advertisement | |||
EmpireStrikesBackThe(HitSquad).jpg | 352,125 | #2 | Inlay - Front | |||
EmpireStrikesBackThe(HitSquad)_Back.jpg | 391,061 | #2 | Inlay - Back |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #13-1988/Oct | page 88 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #82-1988/Aug | page 18 | - Review: 8/10 | |
Crash | issue v.1 #54-1988/Jul | page 22 | - Review: 90% | |
Crash | issue v.1 #84-1991/Jan | page 72 | - Review: 78% | |
MicroHobby | issue #181-1988/Nov | page 32 | - Review - Nuevo | |
Sinclair User | issue #77-1988/Aug | page 60 | - Review: 88% | |
Sinclair User | issue #106-1990/Dec | page 37 | - Review: 65% | |
The Games Machine | issue #9-1988/Aug | page 61 | - Review: 87% | |
Your Sinclair | issue #33-1988/Sep | page 24 | - Review: 8/10 | |
Your Sinclair | issue #46-1989/Oct | page 65 | - Review: 86% | |
Your Sinclair | issue #61-1991/Jan | page 84 | - Review: 76% |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #11-1988/Aug | page 16 | - Two-page ad | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #82-1988/Aug | page 24 | - Two-page ad | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #109-1990/Dec | page 138 | - Advert - The Hit Squad advert | |
Crash | issue v.1 #55-1988/Aug | page 24 | - Two-page ad | |
Crash | issue v.1 #83-1990/Dec | page 73 | - Advert - The Hit Squad advert | |
Crash | issue v.1 #84-1991/Jan | page 77 | - Advert - The Hit Squad advert | |
Sinclair User | issue #77-1988/Aug | page 18 | - Two-page ad | |
Sinclair User | issue #106-1990/Dec | page 61 | - Advert - The Hit Squad advert | |
Sinclair User | issue #107-1991/Jan | page 63 | - Advert - The Hit Squad advert | |
The Games Machine | issue #9-1988/Aug | page 10 | - Two-page ad | |
Your Sinclair | issue #32-1988/Aug | page 24 | - Two-page ad |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #97-1989/Dec | page 88 | - Review: 78% (The Star Wars Trilogy) | |
Sinclair User | issue #95-1990/Feb | page 74 | - Review - Attack of the Compilations!: 80% (The Star Wars Trilogy) | |
Your Sinclair | issue #46-1989/Oct | page 65 | - Review: 84% (The Star Wars Trilogy) |
Crash | issue v.1 #68-1989/Sep | page 18 | - News/Note (The Star Wars Trilogy) |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #25-1989/Oct | page 37 | - Full-page ad (The Star Wars Trilogy) | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #95-1989/Oct | page 32 | - Full-page ad (The Star Wars Trilogy) | |
Sinclair User | issue #93-1989/Dec | page 71 | - Full-page ad (The Star Wars Trilogy) | |
Your Sinclair | issue #46-1989/Oct | page 36 | - Full-page ad (The Star Wars Trilogy) |
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