| The Extricator |
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| Aliases | The Exricator |
| Release Date | 1986 |
| Original Publisher | Precision Games (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Authored with | The Quill Adventure System |
| Original Price | £1.99 |
| Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX | 2.99 *** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information! |
| Other Platforms | Commodore 64 |
| Average mag. score | 75.00% (2 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 60% (4 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - G.I. Games (UK) | (1991) | ||
| #2 - Zenobi Software (UK) | (1993) |
Authors/Contributors
| Peter Hoar (UK) | at The Eighteam | - ? | |
| Cathy Hoar (UK) | at The Eighteam | - ? | |
| David Hayter (UK) | at The Eighteam | - ? | |
| Sean Boral (UK) | at The Eighteam | - ? |
Remarks
| Came with a music track called "Frantic", by Baz Hoar, on the B-side. All of its sounds have been digitally sampled through a Spectrum micro and played back through the Spectrum's own keyboard and then multi-tracked on a Porta-Studio. |
Series "Extricator Trilogy"
| 1. | The Extricator | (1986) | by Precision Games (UK) | |
| 2. | The Energem Enigma | (1987) | by Precision Games (UK) |
Compilations
| Full version in | The GI Games Collection - Volume Two | (1993) | by Venturesoft (UK) | ||
| Full version in | ZX-Spectrum Vega | (2015/Apr/24) | by Retro Computers Ltd (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | ExtricatorThe(different).tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - (different) |
| ExtricatorThe(different)_2.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - (different) |
| ExtricatorThe.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| ExtricatorTheV1.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - v1 |
| ExtricatorTheV2.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - v2 |
| ExtricatorTheV3.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - v3 |
| ExtricatorThe(G.I.Games).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| ExtricatorThe(ZenobiSoftware).mgt.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| ExtricatorThe(different).scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | - different | ||
| ExtricatorThe(different)_2.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | - different | ||
| ExtricatorTheV1.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| ExtricatorTheV2.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| ExtricatorTheV3.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| ExtricatorThe.gif | 5,015 | Original | Running screen | |||
| ExtricatorThe.jpg | 59,491 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| ExtricatorThe_2.jpg | 83,678 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| ExtricatorThe.mp3.zip | 5,206,083 | Original | Bonus soundtrack(s) in MP3 format | |||
| extricator.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Paul E. Collins (with rollback) | ||
| ExtricatorThe(G.I.Games).scr | 6,912 | #1 | Loading screen |
Magazine Reviews
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #57-1986/Jul | page 87 | - Review | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #29-1986/Jun | page 90 | - Review: 8/10 | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.5 #5-1986/Jan/30 special "week#5" | page 17 | - Review | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #5-1986/May | page 66 | - Review: 7/10 |
Magazine References
| Sinclair User | issue #117-1991/Nov | page 38 | - Tips |
Magazine Advertisements
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.5 #6-1986/Feb/6 special "week#1" | page 32 | - Classified - ref. "The Extractor" | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.5 #7-1986/Feb/13 special "week#2" | page 31 | - Classified |
Links
| CASA | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (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) |
