The Golden Baton
Aliases  Golden Baton
Release Date  1983
Original Publisher  Digital Fantasia (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated
Max. Players  1
Supports  Currah MicroSpeech
Original Price  £9.95
Features  Split-screen pics/text
Other Platforms  Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4
Average mag. score  68.00% (1 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  73.6% (11 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - Channel 8 Software (UK)(1983)
     #2 - Paxman Promotions (UK)

Authors/Contributors
     Brian Howarth (UK) - ?

Series "Mysterious Adventures"
     1. The Golden Baton(1983)by Digital Fantasia (UK)
     2. Arrow of Death Part 1(1983)by Digital Fantasia (UK)
     3. Arrow of Death Part 2(1983)by Digital Fantasia (UK)
     4. Escape from Pulsar 7(1983)by Digital Fantasia (UK)
     5. Feasibility Experiment(1983)by Digital Fantasia (UK)
     6. The Time Machine(1983)by Digital Fantasia (UK)
     7. Circus(1983)by Digital Fantasia (UK)
     8. The Wizard Akyrz(1983)by Digital Fantasia (UK)
     9. Perseus & Andromeda(1983)by Digital Fantasia (UK)
     10. Ten Little Indians(1984)by Digital Fantasia (UK)
     11. Waxworks(1983)by Digital Fantasia (UK)

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
GoldenBatonThe(different).tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English - (different)
GoldenBatonThe(different)_2.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English - (different)
GoldenBatonThe.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
GoldenBatonThe(Channel8Software).tzx.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
 GoldenBatonThe(Channel8Software).z80.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
 GoldenBatonThe(different)(Channel8Software).z80.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English - (different)

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     GoldenBatonThe.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     GoldenBatonThe.gif3,596OriginalRunning screen
     GoldenBatonThe_Front.jpg77,399OriginalInlay - Front
     GoldenBatonThe.gif7,792OriginalGame map
     goldenbaton.rzx0OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Malcolm (with rollback)
     GoldenBatonThe(PaxmanPromotions).jpg47,200#2Inlay - Front

Magazine Reviews
     Crashissue v.1 #4-1984/Maypage 74- Review - Crash Living Guide: 68%
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.2 #45-1983/Nov/10 special "week#2"page 68- Review

Magazine References
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #36-1984/Octpage 134- News/Note
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #37-1984/Novpage 133- Tips
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #38-1984/Decpage 168- Tips
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #41-1985/Mar supplement "Book of Adventure"page 30- Tips
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #43-1985/Maypage 108- Tips
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #50-1985/Dec supplement "Adventure Supplement"page 24- Tips
     Computer Choiceissue 1984/Febpage 56- Feature - Step Into Adventure Land
     Computing Todayissue 1983/Junpage 64- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #9-1984/Octpage 88- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #9-1984/Octpage 89- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #10-1984/Novpage 117- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #41-1987/Junpage 69- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #44-1987/Seppage 71- Tips
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #83-1984/Oct/9 special "week#2"page 10- Tips
     Micro Adventurerissue #14-1984/Decpage 32- Tips
     Micro Adventurerissue #15-1985/Janpage 42- Tips
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #42-1985/Oct/17 special "week#3"page 18- Tips
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.6 #8-1987/Feb/19 special "week#3"page 22- Tips
     Sinclair Userissue #38-1985/Maypage 109- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #11-1986/Novpage 69- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #12-1986/Decpage 78- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #15-1987/Marpage 56- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #44-1989/Augpage 56- Tips
     ZX Magazínissue 2002/Jan special "2002/01-2003/04"page 14- Solution

Magazine Advertisements
     Big Kissue #1-1984/Aprpage 80- Advert
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #21-1983/Julpage 106- Full-page ad - not a Spectrum advert
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #23-1983/Seppage 82- Advert
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     Personal Computer Gamesissue #1-1983/Sep special "Summer"page 20- Advert
     Personal Computer Gamesissue #1-1983/Sep special "Summer"page 26- Full-page ad - not a Spectrum advert
     Personal Computer Gamesissue #3-1984/Febpage 12- Advert
     Personal Computer Gamesissue #4-1984/Marpage 127- Advert
     Personal Computer Gamesissue #5-1984/Aprpage 84- Advert
     Personal Computer Newsissue #26-1983/Sep/7page 44- Advert
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