The War of the Worlds
Release Date  1984
Original Publisher  CRL Group PLC (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Genre  Arcade Game: Adventure
Max. Players  1
Authored with  MCoder II
Supports  Currah MicroSpeech
Original Price  £7.95
Tie-in Licences  The War of the Worlds (Music) from Jeff Wayne (UK)
Inspirations  The War of the Worlds (Book) from H.G. Wells (UK)
Average mag. score  45.33% (3 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  42.1% (14 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - CRL Group PLC (UK)(1984)as "Der Krieg der Welten"
     #2 - MCN Software [NL] (Netherlands)(1984)

Authors/Contributors
     Nigel Taylor (UK) - ?
     Michael Trim (UK) - Inlay/Poster Art

Music References
     Includes the following music: Jeff Wayne, "The War Of the Worlds"

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
WarOfTheWorldsThe.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
WarOfTheWorldsThe.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
WarOfTheWorldsThe(KriegDerWeltenDer)(CRLGroupPLC).tzx.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)German
WarOfTheWorldsThe(MCNSoftware[NL]).tzx.zip#2ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     WarOfTheWorldsThe.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     WarOfTheWorldsThe.gif2,771OriginalRunning screen
     WaroftheWorldsThe_Front.jpg509,518OriginalInlay - Front
     WaroftheWorldsThe_Back.jpg355,004OriginalInlay - Back
     WaroftheWorldsThe_Media.jpg94,582OriginalMedia scan
     WaroftheWorldsThe_Media_2.jpg103,291OriginalMedia scan
     WarOfTheWorldsThe.txt3,655OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     WarOfTheWorldsThe.jpg311,587OriginalAdvertisement
     warworlds.rzx0OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Mousey (with rollback)
     War of the Worlds, The (1984)(CRL Group).pok459OriginalPOK pokes file
     WarOfTheWorldsThe(KriegDerWeltenDer).jpg95,361#1Inlay - Front
     WarOfTheWorldsThe(MCNSoftware[NL])_Front.jpg807,767#2Inlay - Front
     WarOfTheWorldsThe(MCNSoftware[NL])_Back.jpg568,885#2Inlay - Back
     WarOfTheWorldsThe(MCNSoftware[NL])_SideA.jpg134,269#2Media scan
     WarOfTheWorldsThe(MCNSoftware[NL])(NL)_Scan.jpg54,070#2Scanned instructionsDutch
     WarOfTheWorldsThe(MCNSoftware[NL])(NL)_Scan_2.jpg178,226#2Scanned instructionsDutch

Magazine Reviews
     Crashissue v.1 #7-1984/Augpage 44- Review: 46%
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #70-1984/Jul/10 special "week#2"page 22- Review
     Personal Computer Gamesissue #10-1984/Seppage 58- Review: 5/10
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.3 #27-1984/Jul/5 special "week#1"page 53- Review
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.3 #31-1984/Aug/2 special "week#1"page 38- Review
     Sinclair Answersissue #1-1984/Seppage 33- Review
     Sinclair Userissue #32-1984/Novpage 30- Review: 4/10

Magazine References
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #34-1984/Augpage 19- CompoEntry
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #36-1984/Octpage 13- CompoResult
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #39-1985/Janpage 157- Tips
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #45-1984/Jan/17 special "week#3"page 6- News/Note
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #67-1984/Jun/19 special "week#3"page 8- News/Note
     Micro Adventurerissue #9-1984/Julpage 6- News/Note
     Personal Computer Gamesissue #8-1984/Julpage 14- News/Note
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.3 #1-1984/Jan/5 special "week#1"page 1- News/Note
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.3 #23-1984/Jun/7 special "week#1"page 5- News/Note
     Your Computerissue v.4 #6-1984/Junpage 45- News/Note
     Your Spectrumissue #7-1984/Seppage 10- News/Note
     ZX Computingissue #15-1984/Octpage 15- News/Note

Magazine Advertisements
     Big Kissue #3-1984/Junpage 96- Full-page ad
     Big Kissue #6-1984/Seppage 16- Two-page ad
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #34-1984/Augpage 4- Two-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #6-1984/Julpage 64- Two-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #7-1984/Augpage 16- Two-page ad
     Personal Computer Gamesissue #10-1984/Seppage 4- Two-page ad
     Sinclair Userissue #31-1984/Octpage 68- Two-page ad
     Your Computerissue v.4 #6-1984/Junpage 206- Full-page ad
     Your Computerissue v.4 #7-1984/Julpage 4- Two-page ad

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