Swords & Sorcery
Aliases  Swords and Sorcery
Release Date  1985
Original Publisher  PSS (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Adventure Game: RPG
Max. Players  1
Original Price  £9.95
Features  Border Effects
Other Platforms  Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64
Average mag. score  81.60% (5 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  80.4% (45 votes)

Standalone re-releases
     #1 - Summit Software [1] (UK)(1985)
     * Release price: £3.99

Authors/Contributors
     Mike Simpson (UK) - ?
     Paul Hutchinson (UK) - Load Screen
     Roger Pearse - Inlay/Poster Art

Review Awards
     "C+VG Game of the Month"at C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #51 - 1986/Janpage 14
     "Crash Smash"at Crashissue v.1 #24 - 1986/Jan special "Christmas Special 1985/86"page 162

Remarks
     The used game engine is called MIDAS.

Series "SwordsAndSorcery"
     1. Swords & Sorcery(1985)by PSS (UK)
     2. Heroquestby PSS (UK)

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
SwordsSorcery.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
SwordsSorcery.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
 SwordsSorcery(SummitSoftware1).tzx.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(Unspecified custom loader)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     SwordsAndSorcery.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     SwordsAndSorcery.gif6,201OriginalRunning screen
     SwordsSorcery_Front.jpg1,431,626OriginalInlay - Front - Clamshell case (big)
     Swords&Sorcery_Tape.jpg93,527OriginalMedia scan
     SwordsSorcery(EN).pdf1,337,604OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     SwordsAndSorcery.jpg757,382OriginalGame map
     SwordsSorcery_GameAddMat.pdf1,010,517OriginalGame additional materialEnglish - This is a scan of the Hints & Tips booklet that was issued to game reviewers - it contains essential information to play the game successfully (it's extremely hard without it!)
     SwordsAndSorcery.jpg234,419OriginalAdvertisement
     SwordsAndSorcery(SummitSoftware).jpg709,373#1Inlay - Front - Single jewel case
     SwordsAndSorcery(SummitSoftware)_Back.jpg578,730#1Inlay - Back - Single jewel case
     Swords&Sorcery(SummitSoftware)_Media.jpg123,382#1Media scan

Magazine Reviews
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #51-1986/Janpage 14- Review
     Crashissue v.1 #24-1986/Jan special "Christmas Special 1985/86"page 162- Review: 9/10
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #47-1985/Nov/21 special "week#3"page 49- Review
     Sinclair Userissue #47-1986/Febpage 83- Review: 4/5
     Your Sinclairissue #2-1986/Febpage 29- Review: 7/10
     Your Sinclairissue #91-1993/Julpage 31- Review: 68%
     ZX Computingissue #23-1986/Febpage 40- Review: 5/5

Magazine References
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #53-1986/Marpage 60- Map
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #53-1986/Marpage 63- Tips
     Computer Gamerissue #4-1985/Julpage 6- News/Note
     Computer Gamerissue #9-1985/Decpage 12- Feature
     Computer Gamerissue #17-1986/Augpage 14- Feature - The Spectrum Collection - Update
     Crashissue v.1 #9-1984/Octpage 90- Preview
     Crashissue v.1 #13-1985/Febpage 58- News/Note
     Crashissue v.1 #18-1985/Julpage 64- Letters
     Crashissue v.1 #23-1985/Decpage 162- Preview
     Crashissue v.1 #24-1986/Jan special "Christmas Special 1985/86"page 44- CompoEntry
     Crashissue v.1 #24-1986/Jan special "Christmas Special 1985/86"page 44- Feature
     Crashissue v.1 #26-1986/Marpage 15- News/Note
     Crashissue v.1 #27-1986/Aprpage 64- CompoResult
     Crashissue v.1 #28-1986/Maypage 65- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #29-1986/Junpage 73- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #29-1986/Junpage 94- Letters
     Crashissue v.1 #29-1986/Junpage 110- Letters
     Crashissue v.1 #37-1987/Febpage 54- Hack/Poke
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #85-1984/Oct/23 special "week#4"page 4- News/Note
     Micro Adventurerissue #13-1984/Novpage 6- News/Note
     Personal Computer Gamesissue #13-1984/Decpage 110- News/Note
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.3 #40-1984/Oct/4 special "week#1"page 5- News/Note
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #42-1985/Oct/17 special "week#3"page 4- News/Note
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #51-1985/Dec/19 special "week#3"page 6- Letters
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #1-1985/Dec/26 special "week#4"page 35- News/Note
     SSD-IIissue 1999/Seppage 0- Information
     Sinclair Programsissue #28-1985/Febpage 10- News/Note
     Sinclair Userissue #50-1986/Maypage 8- News/Note
     Sinclair Userissue #52-1986/Julpage 56- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #3-1986/Marpage 39- CompoEntry
     Your Sinclairissue #5-1986/Maypage 63- News/Note
     Your Sinclairissue #6-1986/Junpage 80- CompoResult
     Your Sinclairissue #30-1988/Junpage 80- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #41-1989/Maypage 61- News/Note
     Your Sinclairissue #44-1989/Augpage 57- Tips
     Your Spectrumissue #10-1984/Decpage 12- News/Note
     ZX Computingissue #17-1985/Febpage 82- News/Note
     ZX Computingissue #24-1986/Aprpage 6- News/Note

Magazine Advertisements
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #37-1984/Novpage 186- Full-page ad
     Computer Gamerissue #10-1986/Janpage 17- Full-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #10-1984/Novpage 73- Full-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #11-1984/Decpage 115- Full-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #12-1985/Jan special "Christmas Special 1984/85"page 97- Full-page ad
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     Home Computing Weeklyissue #81-1984/Sep/25 special "week#4"page 21- Advert
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #83-1984/Oct/9 special "week#2"page 13- Advert
     Micro Adventurerissue #12-1984/Octpage 48- Full-page ad
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     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #46-1985/Nov/14 special "week#2"page 15- Full-page ad
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     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #48-1985/Nov/28 special "week#4"page 5- Advert
     Your Computerissue v.4 #11-1984/Novpage 11- Full-page ad
     Your Computerissue v.4 #12-1984/Decpage 11- Full-page ad
     Your Computerissue v.5 #1-1985/Janpage 11- Full-page ad

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