Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware

Release Date	1985
Original Publisher	U.S. Gold Ltd (UK)
Min. Hardware	ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language	English
Genre	Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up
Max. Players	1
Original Price	£7.95
Controls	Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick
Tie-in Licences	Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom (Arcade coin-op) from Sega Enterprises Ltd (Japan)
Other Platforms	Atari 2600, Atari 5200, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX
Average mag. score	48.00% (3 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score	57.9% (21 votes)

Re-releases

#1 - Erbe Software S.A. (Spain)

(1985)

Authors/Contributors

F. David Thorpe [Frederick David Thorpe] (UK)

- Load Screen

Compilations

	Full version in	The Gold Collection	(1986)	by U.S. Gold Ltd (UK)
	Full version in	The Sega Collection	(1985)	by U.S. Gold Ltd (UK)

Main File Downloads

*Filename*	*Release*	*Machine*	*Scheme*	*Language*	*Comments*
BuckRogers-PlanetOfZoom.tap.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(???)	English
BuckRogers-PlanetOfZoom.tzx.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(SpeedLock 1)	English

Additional File Downloads

*Filename*	*Size*	*Release*	*Type*	*Language*	*Comments*
BuckRogers-PlanetOfZoom.scr	6,912	Original	Loading screen
BuckRogers-PlanetOfZoom.gif	1,631	Original	Running screen
BuckRogers-PlanetofZoom_Front.jpg	413,687	Original	Inlay - Front
BuckRogers-PlanetOfZoom(EN).pdf	191,497	Original	Instructions	English
BuckRogers-PlanetOfZoom(EN).txt	6,513	Original	Instructions	English
BuckRogers-PlanetOfZoom.jpg	207,849	Original	Advertisement
buckzoom.rzx	0	Original	RZX playback file		- Recorded by Albert Valls (with rollback)
Buck Rogers Planet of Zoom (1985)(US Gold).pok	33	Original	POK pokes file

Magazine Reviews

Crash	issue v.1 #20-1985/Sep	page 124	- Review: 67%
Home Computing Weekly	issue #124-1985/Aug/6 special "week#1"	page 11	- Review
Sinclair Programs	issue #35-1985/Sep	page 15	- Review: 37%
Sinclair User	issue #42-1985/Sep	page 28	- Review: 2/5
Your Spectrum	issue #18-1985/Sep	page 37	- Review

Magazine References

	SSD-II	issue 1999/Sep	page 0	- Information
	Your Sinclair	issue #81-1992/Sep	page 29	- Hack/Poke

Magazine Advertisements

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