Xavior
Release Date  1984
Original Publisher  PSS (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Arcade Game: Maze
Max. Players  1
Supports  Currah MicroSpeech
Original Price  £5.95
Controls  Kempston Joystick
Average mag. score  60.50% (2 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  52% (5 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - CLJ Industries (France)(1984)

Authors/Contributors
     Paul Hutchinson (UK) - ?

Known Errors
     Bugfix provided by Mr. Anonymous:
  • The doors to the final chamber are supposed to open when the last DNA fragment is picked up, but this never happens. Unfortunately, the game checks this condition BEFORE incrementing the DNA counter, ie. you have just collected the 256th DNA but the game still thinks it's the 255th when performing the check.
    Fixed using POKE 61630,5

Modified "BUGFIX" file provided by Einar Saukas.

Series "Xavior"
     1. Xavior(1984)by PSS (UK)
     2. The Covenant(1985)by PSS (UK)

Compilations
     Full version in55(1985)by PSS (UK)
     Full version inWOW Games(1986/Apr/21)by War On Want (UK)

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
 Xavior.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(Unspecified custom loader)English
 Xavior.z80.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
Xavior(BUGFIX).tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
Xavior(CLJIndustries).tzx.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     Xavior.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     Xavior.gif4,909OriginalRunning screen
     Xavior_Front.jpg516,734OriginalInlay - Front
     Xavior(EN).pdf300,645OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     Xavior(EN).txt9,762OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     Xavior.png142,571OriginalGame map
     Xavior (1984)(PSS).pok182OriginalPOK pokes file
     Xavior(CLJIndustries).jpg142,239#1Inlay - Front

Magazine Reviews
     Crashissue v.1 #13-1985/Febpage 46- Review: 71%
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #91-1984/Dec/4 special "week#1"page 22- Review
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.3 #45-1984/Nov/8 special "week#2"page 75- Review
     Sinclair Userissue #37-1985/Aprpage 30- Review: 5/10

Magazine References
     Crashissue v.1 #15-1985/Aprpage 78- Letters
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #87-1984/Nov/6 special "week#1"page 9- News/Note

Related Magazine Reviews
     Computer Gamerissue #15-1986/Junpage 62- Review (WOW Games)
     MicroHobbyissue #82-1986/Junpage 15- Review - Nuevo (WOW Games)
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #18-1986/May/1 special "week#1"page 45- Review (WOW Games)
     Your Sinclairissue #7-1986/Julpage 30- Review: 9/10 (WOW Games)

Related Magazine References
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #55-1986/Maypage 8- News/Note (WOW Games)
     Computer Gamerissue #13-1986/Aprpage 6- News/Note (WOW Games)
     Crashissue v.1 #27-1986/Aprpage 15- News/Note (WOW Games)
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #6-1986/Feb/6 special "week#1"page 9- News/Note (WOW Games)
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #11-1986/Mar/13 special "week#2"page 4- News/Note - War on Want tape finalised (WOW Games)
     Sinclair Programsissue #35-1985/Seppage 11- News/Note (55)
     Sinclair Userissue #51-1986/Junpage 10- News/Note (WOW Games)
     Your Computerissue v.6 #4-1986/Aprpage 19- News/Note (WOW Games)
     Your Sinclairissue #5-1986/Maypage 8- News/Note (WOW Games)
     Your Spectrumissue #18-1985/Seppage 6- News/Note (55)
     ZX Computingissue #24-1986/Aprpage 8- News/Note (WOW Games)

Related Magazine Advertisements
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #57-1986/Julpage 86- Full-page ad (WOW Games)
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #60-1986/Octpage 47- Full-page ad (WOW Games)
     Computer Gamerissue #17-1986/Augpage 89- Full-page ad (WOW Games)
     Crashissue v.1 #29-1986/Junpage 30- Full-page ad (WOW Games)
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #34-1985/Aug/22 special "week#4"page 27- Advert (55)
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #36-1985/Sep/5 special "week#1"page 35- Advert (55)
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.5 #16-1986/Apr/17 special "week#3"page 37- Full-page ad (WOW Games)
     Sinclair Userissue #51-1986/Junpage 14- Full-page ad (WOW Games)
     Your Sinclairissue #7-1986/Julpage 16- Full-page ad (WOW Games)
     Your Sinclairissue #8-1986/Augpage 78- Full-page ad (WOW Games)
     ZX Computingissue #26-1986/Junpage 60- Full-page ad (WOW Games)

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