| Sword Slayer |
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| Release Date | 1988 |
| Original Publisher | Players Software (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Beat-em-up/Solo |
| Max. Players | 2 (Simultaneous) |
| Original Price | £1.99 |
| Features | AY Sound, AY Speech |
| Graphical Views | Side-view 2D Graphics |
| Controls | Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
| Screen Movements | Static Screen |
| Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC |
| Average mag. score | 50.00% (1 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 47% (10 votes) |
Authors/Contributors
| Kevin Parker (UK) | at One Week Productions | - Code | |
| Jabba Severn [Martin Severn] (UK) | at One Week Productions | - In-game Graphics, Load Screen | |
| Mike Brown (UK) | - Music | ||
| Andy Severn [Andrew Severn] (UK) | - Sound Effects | ||
| Sonja Knight [Paul Griffiths] (UK) | - Sound Effects | ||
| Peter Austin (UK) | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Remarks
| Came with a demo of Joe Blade II on the B-side. |
Compilations
| Full version in | Combat Simulation Volume 1 | (1990) | by Players Software (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | SwordSlayer.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (None) | English | |
| SwordSlayer128.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (???) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| SwordSlayer.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| SwordSlayer.gif | 4,199 | Original | Running screen | |||
| SwordSlayer.jpg | 772,173 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| SwordSlayer_Back.jpg | 508,335 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| SwordSlayer.ay.zip | 1,602 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
| SwordSlayer(EN).txt | 2,140 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| swordslayer.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Rafal (with rollback) | ||
| Sword Slayer (1988)(Players Software).pok | 81 | Original | POK pokes file |
Magazine Reviews
| Your Sinclair | issue #33-1988/Sep | page 50 | - Review: 5/10 |
Magazine References
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.7 #23-1988/Jun/16 special "week#3" | page 25 | - News/Note | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #39-1989/Mar | page 27 | - Hack/Poke |
Links
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (Information - in English) | |
| ZX Spectrum Reviews | (Magazine Reviews) | |
| 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) |
