Jack the Ripper |
Release Date | 1987 |
Original Publisher | CRL Group PLC (UK) |
Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
Genre | Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated |
Max. Players | 1 |
Authored with | Professional Adventure Writer |
Original Price | £8.95 |
Themes | Detective/Crime Investigation, Horror/Halloween |
Inspirations | Jack the Ripper (People) |
Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 |
Average mag. score | 77.50% (4 reviews) |
Martijn's WoS score | 75% (18 votes) |
#1 - Francisco-Xavier Morell Gonzalez (Spain) | (1987) | ||
#2 - G.I. Games (UK) | (1991) | ||
#3 - Zenobi Software (UK) | (1992) |
Jared Derrett [Jayenne Montana] (UK) | at St. Bride's School | - ? | |
Mark A. Bromley | - Inlay/Poster Art |
The original release is impossible to complete since it crashes at part 3, either going east from the crossroads, or entering the picturesque garden. The re-release is okay and doesn't have this problem. |
JackTheRipper(different).tzx.zip only works on 48k. |
Full version in | Still One More Big Disk | by Zenobi Software (UK) | |||
Full version in | ZX-Spectrum Vega | (2015/Apr/24) | by Retro Computers Ltd (UK) |
Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
JackTheRipper(different).tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - (different) | |
JackTheRipper(different)_2.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - (different) | |
JackTheRipper.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | ||
JackTheRipperPart1.z80.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | - part 1 | |
JackTheRipperPart2.z80.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | - part 2 | |
JackTheRipperPart3.z80.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | - part 3 | |
JackTheRipper(FranciscoXavierMorellGonzalez).z80.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | Spanish | ||
JackTheRipper(G.I.Games).tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | ||
JackTheRipper(ZenobiSoftware).tzx.zip | #3 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | ||
JackTheRipper(ZenobiSoftware).mgt.zip | #3 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | ||
JackTheRipper(ZenobiSoftware).dsk.zip | #3 | ZX-Spectrum 128 +3 | (None) | English |
Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
JackTheRipper.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
JackTheRipper.gif | 1,453 | Original | Running screen | |||
JacktheRipper_Front.jpg | 697,456 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
JacktheRipper_SideA.jpg | 104,778 | Original | Media scan | |||
JacktheRipper_SideB.jpg | 98,981 | Original | Media scan | |||
JackTheRipper.txt | 4,546 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
JackTheRipper(EN).pdf | 81,650 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
JackTheRipper.jpg | 205,221 | Original | Game map | |||
jacktheripper.zip | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Malcolm and Daren | ||
JackTheRipper(ZenobiSoftware).scr | 6,912 | #3 | Loading screen | |||
JackTheRipper.jpg | 153,832 | #3 | Scanned instructions | English |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #75-1988/Jan | page 106 | - Review | |
Crash | issue v.1 #48-1988/Jan special "Christmas Special 1987/88" | page 55 | - Review: 72% | |
Crash | issue v.1 #97-1992/Mar | page 42 | - Review: 80% | |
Sinclair User | issue #70-1988/Jan | page 77 | - Review: 8/10 | |
The Games Machine | issue #3-1988/Feb | page 75 | - Review: 78% |
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