| Xtroth - The Adventure |
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| Release Date | 1985 |
| Original Publisher | Automata UK Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Martijn's WoS score | 68.8% (8 votes) |
Authors/Contributors
| John Hughes (UK) | - ? |
Remarks
| John Hughes recalls: "I started writing Xtroth when I was around 14 years old as a way to learn programming. I would have been maybe 15 years old when I sold the game to Automata. At the time, I didn't know anyone into programming, computing wasn't taught at school and it was very difficult to find any learning resources at all so I was basically self-taught with the aid of whatever ZX Spectrum magazines where available at the time. I obviously knew very little about game design going into this." |
Compilations
| Full version in | Automata 10 Pack Volume Two | (1985) | by Automata UK Ltd (UK) | ||
| Full version in | ZX-Spectrum Vega | (2015/Apr/24) | by Retro Computers Ltd (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | Xtroth-TheAdventure.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| Xtroth-TheAdventure.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| Xtroth-TheAdventure128.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| Xtroth-TheAdventure.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| Xtroth-TheAdventure.gif | 5,502 | Original | Running screen | |||
| xtroth.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Paul E. Collins (with rollback) |
Related Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #22-1985/Nov | page 32 | - Review (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #44-1985/Nov | page 28 | - Review: 4/5 (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #3-1986/Mar | page 26 | - Review: 5/10 (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) |
Related Magazine Advertisements
| Computer Gamer | issue #8-1985/Nov | page 29 | - Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) | |
| Computer Gamer | issue #9-1985/Dec | page 79 | - Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #23-1985/Dec | page 65 | - Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #24-1986/Jan special "Christmas Special 1985/86" | page 64 | - Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #25-1986/Feb | page 33 | - Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #26-1986/Mar | page 47 | - Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #27-1986/Apr | page 47 | - Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) | |
| Sinclair User | issue 1986 special "Annual 1986" | page 110 | - Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #44-1985/Nov | page 72 | - Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #45-1985/Dec | page 38 | - Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #46-1986/Jan | page 12 | - Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #1-1986/Jan | page 49 | - Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #3-1986/Mar | page 42 | - Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #4-1986/Apr | page 37 | - Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume Two) |
Links
| CASA | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (Information - in English) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
| ZX-Art | (Spectrum Graphics) | |
| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
| The Tipshop | (Tips, Maps, Solutions, Cheats, Pokes) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
