Summer Games
Release Date  1988
Original Publisher  U.S. Gold Ltd (UK) - within compilation "Gold, Silver, Bronze"
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Sport Game: Action
Max. Players  4 (Turn based)
Features  Button Mashers, Dynamic Loading Screen, Multi-loader in 128K mode, Multi-loader in 48K mode
Controls  Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys
Sports  Athletics, Multi-sport Event
Tie-in Licences  Summer Games (Software) from Epyx Inc (USA)
Other Platforms  Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Sega Master System
Average mag. score  46.00% (1 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  69.4% (17 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - Kixx (UK)

Authors/Contributors
     Choice Software Ltd (UK) - ?

Series "SummerGames"
     1. Summer Gamesby U.S. Gold Ltd (UK) - within compilation "Gold, Silver, Bronze"
     2. Summer Games IIby U.S. Gold Ltd (UK) - within compilation "Gold, Silver, Bronze"
     3. Winter Games(1986)by U.S. Gold Ltd (UK)
     4. World Games(1987)by U.S. Gold Ltd (UK)
     5. California Games(1988)by U.S. Gold Ltd (UK)
     6. The Games - Winter Edition(1988)by U.S. Gold Ltd (UK)
     7. The Games - Summer Edition(1989)by U.S. Gold Ltd (UK)

Compilations
     Full version inGold, Silver, Bronze(1988)by U.S. Gold Ltd (UK)
     Full version inMega Sports(1992)by U.S. Gold Ltd (UK)

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
SummerGames.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
 SummerGames.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(Alkatraz Protection System)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     SummerGames.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     SummerGames.gif3,334OriginalRunning screen
     SummerGames.txt24,580OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     summergames.rzx0OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Albert Valls (with rollback)
     SummerGames(Kixx).jpg402,576#1Inlay - Front
     SummerGames(Kixx)_Back.jpg247,613#1Inlay - Back

Magazine Reviews
     The Games Machineissue #11-1988/Octpage 78- Review
     Your Sinclairissue #81-1992/Seppage 54- Review: 46%

Related Magazine Reviews
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #14-1988/Novpage 57- Review: 683/1000 (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #87-1989/Janpage 111- Review: 63% (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     Crashissue v.1 #57-1988/Octpage 28- Review: 91% (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     MicroHobbyissue #181-1988/Novpage 40- Review - Nuevo (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     Sinclair Userissue #79-1988/Octpage 96- Review: 43% (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     Sinclair Userissue #126-1992/Augpage 28- Review: 84% (Mega Sports)
     The Games Machineissue #11-1988/Octpage 78- Review: 72% (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     The Games Machineissue #11-1988/Octpage 80- Review: 75% (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     The Games Machineissue #12-1988/Novpage 54- Review: 87% (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     Your Sinclairissue #35-1988/Novpage 34- Review: 8/10 (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     Your Sinclairissue #81-1992/Seppage 54- Review: 62% (Mega Sports)

Related Magazine References
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #14-1988/Novpage 57- News/Note (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     MicroHobbyissue #180-1988/Novpage 22- Preview - Premiere (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.7 #25-1988/Jun/30 special "week#5"page 15- News/Note (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     Sinclair Userissue #125-1992/Julpage 8- News/Note (Mega Sports)
     Sinclair Userissue #126-1992/Augpage 29- Tips (Mega Sports)
     Your Sinclairissue #30-1988/Junpage 7- News/Note (Gold, Silver, Bronze)

Related Magazine Advertisements
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #13-1988/Octpage 28- Full-page ad (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #83-1988/Seppage 92- Full-page ad (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #84-1988/Octpage 122- Full-page ad (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     Crashissue v.1 #56-1988/Seppage 72- Full-page ad (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     Crashissue v.1 #57-1988/Octpage 36- Full-page ad (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     Sinclair Userissue #78-1988/Seppage 17- Full-page ad (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     Sinclair Userissue #79-1988/Octpage 57- Full-page ad (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     Sinclair Userissue #126-1992/Augpage 11- Advert (Mega Sports)
     Sinclair Userissue #128-1992/Octpage 18- Advert (Mega Sports)
     Sinclair Userissue #130-1992/Decpage 40- Advert (Mega Sports)
     The Games Machineissue #10-1988/Seppage 107- Full-page ad (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     The Games Machineissue #11-1988/Octpage 26- Full-page ad (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     Your Sinclairissue #33-1988/Seppage 116- Full-page ad (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
     Your Sinclairissue #34-1988/Octpage 18- Full-page ad (Gold, Silver, Bronze)

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