Runestone
Release Date  1986
Original Publisher  Games Workshop (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated
Max. Players  1
Original Price  £7.95
Groups  Firebird's HOT
Other Platforms  Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64
Average mag. score  89.00% (5 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  84.4% (36 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - Firebird Software Ltd (UK)(1986)
     * Release price: £7.95

Authors/Contributors
     Alan Davis (UK) - ?
     Simon Freeman (UK) - ?
     Simon Jay (UK) - ?
     Steve Weston (UK) - Inlay/Poster Art

Review Awards
     "Crash Smash"at Crashissue v.1 #17 - 1985/Junpage 100
     "ZX Computing Monster Hit"at ZX Computingissue #24 - 1986/Aprpage 96

Remarks
     Originally written in BASIC. Later re-released by Firebird with enhanced graphics and code.

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
Runestone(FirebirdSoftwareLtd).tap.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English - Cracked version
 Runestone(FirebirdSoftwareLtd).tzx.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(SoftLock)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     Runestone(FirebirdSoftwareLtd).scr6,912#1Loading screen
     Runestone.gif3,787#1Running screen
     Runestone(FirebirdSoftware)_Front.jpg246,886#1Inlay - Front
     Runestone(FirebirdSoftware)_Back.jpg191,658#1Inlay - Back
     Runestone.pdf92,462#1InstructionsEnglish
     Runestone_FirebirdSoftware_Instructions.pdf1,734,515#1Instructions
     Runestone.jpg444,015#1Game map
     Runestone_Scroll-Fragment.jpg113,309#1? - Scroll fragment

Magazine Reviews
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #53-1986/Marpage 79- Review
     Computer Gamerissue #3-1985/Junpage 57- Review
     Computer Gamerissue #4-1985/Julpage 44- Review
     Computer Gamerissue #12-1986/Marpage 36- Review
     Crashissue v.1 #17-1985/Junpage 100- Review: 9/10
     Crashissue v.1 #25-1986/Febpage 83- Review: 9/10
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #111-1985/May/7 special "week#1"page 14- Review
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #114-1985/May/28 special "week#4"page 24- Review
     Sinclair Programsissue #32-1985/Junpage 14- Review: 85%
     Sinclair Userissue #40-1985/Julpage 97- Review: 4/5
     Sinclair Userissue #49-1986/Aprpage 75- Review: 5/5
     Your Sinclairissue #1-1986/Janpage 86- Review
     ZX Computingissue #24-1986/Aprpage 96- Review

Magazine References
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #53-1986/Marpage 79- Tips
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #60-1986/Octpage 79- Letters
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #73-1987/Novpage 114- Tips
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #74-1987/Decpage 156- Tips
     Computer Gamerissue #9-1985/Decpage 6- News/Note
     Crashissue v.1 #14-1985/Marpage 58- News/Note
     Crashissue v.1 #27-1986/Aprpage 79- Letters
     Crashissue v.1 #29-1986/Junpage 95- Letters
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #130-1985/Sep/17 special "week#3"page 15- Tips
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #133-1985/Oct/8 special "week#2"page 37- Tips
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #25-1985/Jun/20 special "week#3"page 4- News/Note
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #38-1985/Sep/19 special "week#3"page 4- News/Note
     SSD-IIissue 1999/Seppage 0- Information
     Sinclair Programsissue #33-1985/Julpage 20- Feature - Questline
     Sinclair Programsissue #33-1985/Julpage 20- Tips
     Sinclair Programsissue #33-1985/Julpage 21- Map
     Sinclair Userissue #101-1990/Julpage 46- News/Note
     YS Smash Tipsissue 1988/Augpage 41- Hack/Poke
     Your Sinclairissue #9-1986/Seppage 79- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #15-1987/Marpage 81- Hack/Poke
     Your Sinclairissue #26-1988/Febpage 80- Tips
     Your Spectrumissue #21-1985/Decpage 12- News/Note
     ZX Computingissue #26-1986/Junpage 89- Tips
     ZX Computingissue #30-1986/Octpage 87- Tips

Magazine Advertisements
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #52-1986/Febpage 36- Advert
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #53-1986/Marpage 90- Advert
     Computer Gamerissue #12-1986/Marpage 46- Advert
     Crashissue v.1 #25-1986/Febpage 4- Advert
     Crashissue v.1 #26-1986/Marpage 113- Advert
     Sinclair Userissue #47-1986/Febpage 65- Advert
     Sinclair Userissue #48-1986/Marpage 48- Advert
     Your Sinclairissue #3-1986/Marpage 82- Advert
     Your Sinclairissue #4-1986/Aprpage 33- Advert
     ZX Computingissue #24-1986/Aprpage 92- Advert

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