| Blade Alley |
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| Release Date | 1983 |
| Original Publisher | PSS (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Supports | Currah MicroSpeech |
| Original Price | £5.95 |
| Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX | 6.95 *** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information! |
| Controls | Kempston Joystick |
| Inspirations | Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom (Arcade coin-op) from Sega Enterprises Ltd (Japan) |
| Average mag. score | 70.42% (4 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 70% (20 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Soft & Easy (Netherlands) | (1983) | as "3D-Ravijn" | |
| #2 - PRISM Micro-informatique S.A. (France) | (1984) |
Compilations
| Full version in | 10 Mega Hits | (1985) | by Beau-Jolly Ltd (UK) | ||
| Full version in | Microsoftware Magazine Vol 2 No 2 | (1985) | by Infinite Software (UK) | - titled "Arcade Alley" | |
| Full version in | Spectrumania 2/04 | (1985) | by Ventamatic (Spain) | ||
| Full version in | Stars Spectrum issue 03 - Juegos | (1985) | by Magazine Stars Spectrum - covertape from issue #3 - 1985 | - titled "Guerra Espacial" | |
| Unauthorized version in | Load 'n' Run issue 17 | (1985/Jun) | by Magazine Load 'n' Run - covertape from issue #17 - 1985/Jun | - titled "Guerre spaziali" |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | BladeAlley.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| BladeAlley.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| BladeAlley(3D-Ravijn)(SoftEasy).tap.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | Dutch | |
| BladeAlley(3D-Ravijn)(SoftEasy).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | Dutch |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| BladeAlley(Ventamatic).scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | - Ventamatic | ||
| BladeAlley.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| BladeAlley.gif | 3,544 | Original | Running screen | |||
| BladeAlley_Front.jpg | 282,677 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| BladeAlley.txt | 1,574 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| BladeAlley.jpg | 242,730 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| BladeAlley_2.jpg | 157,146 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| Blade Alley (1983)(PSS).pok | 33 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| BladeAlley(3D-Ravijn)(SoftEasy).scr | 6,912 | #1 | Loading screen | |||
| BladeAlley(3D-Ravijn)(SoftEasy).jpg | 31,896 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| BladeAlley(PRISMMicro-informatiqueSA).jpg | 399,959 | #2 | Inlay - Front |
Magazine Reviews
| Big K | issue #7-1984/Oct | page 16 | - Review: 2/3 | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #5-1984/Jun | page 33 | - Review: 85% | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #15-1985/Apr | page 50 | - Review - Crash - Crashback | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #7-1984/Jun | page 54 | - Review: 7/10 | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #14-1984/Apr/5 special "week#1" | page 61 | - Review | |
| Sinclair User | issue #27-1984/Jun supplement "Soft Centre 2" | page 4 | - Review: 6/10 |
Magazine References
| Computer Choice | issue 1984/Jun | page 9 | - News/Note | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #5-1984/Jun | page 38 | - CompoEntry | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #7-1984/Aug | page 83 | - CompoResult | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #9-1984/Aug | page 27 | - Feature - Here Come the Talkies! | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #23-1984/Jun/7 special "week#1" | page 41 | - News/Note | |
| Your Computer | issue v.4 #7-1984/Jul | page 57 | - Feature - Spectrum Software |
Magazine Advertisements
Related Magazine References
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #42-1985/Apr | page 116 | - Offer (10 Mega Hits) | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #43-1985/May | page 99 | - Offer (10 Mega Hits) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #15-1985/Apr | page 58 | - News/Note (10 Mega Hits) | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.4 #9-1985/Feb/28 special "week#4" | page 4 | - News/Note (10 Mega Hits) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #37-1985/Apr | page 113 | - Offer (10 Mega Hits) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #38-1985/May | page 117 | - Offer (10 Mega Hits) |
Related Magazine Advertisements
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #42-1985/Apr | page 115 | - Full-page ad (10 Mega Hits) | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #43-1985/May | page 46 | - Full-page ad (10 Mega Hits) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #37-1985/Apr | page 128 | - Full-page ad (10 Mega Hits) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #38-1985/May | page 84 | - Full-page ad (10 Mega Hits) |
Links
| Centre for Computing History | (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) | |
| 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) |
