| Stonkers |
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| Release Date | 1983 |
| Original Publisher | Imagine Software Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Strategy Game: War |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £5.50 |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (left), Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
| Average mag. score | 89.60% (5 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 79.1% (43 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - ABC Soft (Spain) | (1983) | ||
| * Release price: 1495.00 Ptas | |||
| #2 - PRISM Micro-informatique S.A. (France) |
Authors/Contributors
| John Gibson (UK) | - Code, Game Design/Concept | ||
| David H. Lawson (UK) | - Game Design/Concept | ||
| Paul Lindale (UK) | - In-game Graphics, Load Screen | ||
| Gordon Brooks | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Annual Awards
| 1st Best Wargame - 1984 Crash Readers Awards. | |
| Rank #44 - 1984 Sinclair User Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics |
Known Errors
| The game can crash if the player tries to cross the only bridge. "I wasn't given any time to Q&A test", laments John Gibson. "No sooner had I written the last line of code and transferred the game to tape, it was whisked off for duplication. It was actually amazing that the game only had the one major bug. Maybe it's a testament to my programming techniques..." The bug itself caused much friendly banter in the Imagine offices. "My late dear friend Steve Cain used to play Stonkers a lot and he'd worked out how to approach the bridge in such a way as to avoid the crash." Yet many gamers didn't, and the bug created the catchphrase "don't go near the bridge" with which John is still occasionally reminded of today. |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | Stonkers.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| Stonkers.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| Stonkers.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| Stonkers.gif | 3,899 | Original | Running screen | |||
| Stonkers.jpg | 399,403 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| Stonkers_Back.jpg | 286,120 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| STONKERS.TXT | 9,656 | Original | Instructions | - Docs (from games database) | ||
| Stonkers.txt | 9,360 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| Stonkers.png | 93,865 | Original | Game map | |||
| Stonkers.jpg | 197,853 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| stonkers.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Keith Rundle | ||
| Stonkers (1983)(Imagine Software).pok | 425 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| Stonkers(ABCSoft).jpg | 143,549 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| Stonkers(ABCSoft).zip | 1,972,079 | #1 | Scanned instructions | Spanish | ||
| Stonkers(ABCSoft)_WarrantyCard.jpg | 714,684 | #1 | ? | - Warranty card |
Magazine Reviews
| Big K | issue #1-1984/Apr | page 30 | - Review: 3/3 | |
| Big K | issue #2-1984/May | page 73 | - Review | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #28-1984/Feb | page 32 | - Review | |
| Computer Choice | issue 1984/Apr | page 15 | - Review | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #2-1984/Mar | page 102 | - Review: 78% | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #28-1986/May | page 86 | - Review - Crash - Crashback | |
| Home Computing Weekly | issue #50-1984/Feb/21 special "week#3" | page 30 | - Review | |
| Micro Adventurer | issue #7-1984/May | page 21 | - Review | |
| Sinclair User | issue 1985 special "Annual 1985" | page 50 | - Review: 9/10 | |
| Sinclair User | issue #27-1984/Jun | page 62 | - Review: 9/10 | |
| Sinclair User | issue #32-1984/Nov supplement "Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics" | page 46 | - Review: 9/10 |
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Links
| Centre for Computing History | (Information - in English) | |
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| 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) | |
| Wikipedia | (Information - in English) | |
| ZX Spectrum Reviews | (Magazine Reviews) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
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| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
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