| Book of the Dead |
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| Release Date | 1987 |
| Original Publisher | The Essential Myth (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Authored with | The Graphic Adventure Creator |
| Original Price | £3.95 |
| Themes | Ancient Mythology |
| Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 |
| Average mag. score | 79.33% (3 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 74.6% (13 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - CRL Group PLC (UK) | (1987) | ||
| * Release price: £8.95 |
Authors/Contributors
| Mark Davies (UK) | - ? | ||
| Andrew Dean (UK) | - ? | ||
| Lee Hodgson (UK) | - ? |
Compilations
| Full version in | Guildmasters Vol 1 | (1992) | by The Guild (UK) | ||
| Full version in | ZX-Spectrum Vega | (2015/Apr/24) | by Retro Computers Ltd (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | BookOfTheDead.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| BookOfTheDead(CRLGroupPLC).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Injectaload) | English | ||
| BookOfTheDead(different)(CRLGroupPLC).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | - (different) | |
| BookOfTheDeadPart1(CRLGroupPLC).z80.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | - part 1 | |
| BookOfTheDeadPart2(CRLGroupPLC).z80.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | - part 2 | |
| BookOfTheDead(CRLGroupPLC).dsk.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 128 +3 | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| BookOfTheDead.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| BookOfTheDead.gif | 2,798 | Original | Running screen | |||
| BookOfTheDead.pdf | 84,205 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| bookofthedead.zip | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Malcolm (with rollback) | ||
| BookOfTheDead(CRLGroupPLC).scr | 6,912 | #1 | Loading screen | |||
| BookoftheDead(CRLGroup)_Front.jpg | 806,711 | #1 | Inlay - Front | English | ||
| BookoftheDead(CRLGroup)_Media.jpg | 94,809 | #1 | Media scan |
Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #41-1987/Jun | page 64 | - Review: 88% | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.6 #10-1987/Mar/6 special "week#1" | page 21 | - Review | |
| Sinclair User | issue #66-1987/Sep | page 32 | - Review: 7/10 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #16-1987/Apr | page 86 | - Review: 8/10 |
Magazine References
| Crash | issue v.1 #41-1987/Jun | page 69 | - Solution - solution part 1 | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #43-1987/Aug | page 76 | - Letters | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.6 #32-1987/Aug/14 special "week#2" | page 45 | - News/Note | |
| Sinclair User | issue #82-1989/Jan | page 87 | - Tips | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #22-1987/Oct | page 11 | - Preview | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #22-1987/Oct | page 83 | - News/Note | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #24-1987/Dec | page 103 | - News/Note | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #27-1988/Mar | page 85 | - Tips | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #28-1988/Apr | page 69 | - Tips | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #32-1988/Aug | page 73 | - Tips | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #33-1988/Sep | page 101 | - Tips | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #63-1991/Mar | page 52 | - Solution | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #65-1991/May | page 48 | - News/Note |
Related Magazine References
| Your Sinclair | issue #74-1992/Feb | page 30 | - News/Note (Guildmasters Vol 1) |
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