| Nightshade |
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| Release Date | 1985/Aug |
| Original Publisher | Ultimate Play The Game (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Adventure |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Edited with | Nightshade - The Map Editor Nightshade Editor |
| Original Price | £9.95 |
| Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX | 9.99 *** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information! |
| Features | Small Gameplay Area (<50%) |
| Graphical Views | Isometric 3D Graphics |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
| Themes | Horror/Halloween |
| Groups | Filmation 2 |
| Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MSX |
| Average mag. score | 71.60% (5 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 83.6% (94 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - ABC Soft (Spain) | (1985) | ||
| * Release price: 2100.00 Ptas | |||
| #2 - Dro Soft (Spain) | |||
| #3 - Ricochet (UK) | (1985) | ||
| * Release price: £1.99 |
Authors/Contributors
| Tim Stamper (UK) | - Inlay/Poster Art | ||
| Chris Stamper (UK) | - ? |
Review Awards
| "Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #21 - 1985/Oct | page 10 |
Compilations
| Full version in | Spectrum Load'n'Run v2 issue 04 | by Magazine Spectrum Load'n'Run - covertape from issue v.2 #4 - 1986/May | - titled "Valpurgis" | ||
| Full version in | Ultimate Play The Game: The Collected Works | (1988) | by Ultimate Play The Game (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
| Nightshade.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | ||
| Nightshade(Ricochet).tzx.zip | #3 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| Nightshade.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| Nightshade.gif | 6,028 | Original | Running screen | |||
| Nightshade.jpg | 452,578 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| Nightshade_Tape.jpg | 62,083 | Original | Media scan | |||
| Nightshade.ay.zip | 938 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
| NGHTSHDE.TXT | 14,843 | Original | Instructions | - Docs (from games database) | ||
| Nightshade.txt | 14,436 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| Nightshade(EN).pdf | 651,204 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| niteshademap.jpg | 200,776 | Original | Game map | |||
| Nightshade.jpg | 179,078 | Original | Game map | |||
| Nightshade_2.jpg | 280,425 | Original | Game map | |||
| Nightshade_3.png | 356,626 | Original | Game map | |||
| Nightshade_Poster.jpg | 1,183,248 | Original | Official company shipped poster | - Posters/ Nightshade | ||
| Nightshade.jpg | 154,206 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| Nightshade.rzx.zip | 200,261 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by xmikex and Jamie Angus (with rollback) - [denied] | ||
| Nightshade (1985)(Ultimate Play The Game).pok | 611 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| Nightshade(ABCSoft).jpg | 119,851 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| Nightshade(ABCSoft)_Poster.jpg | 468,635 | #1 | Poster | |||
| Nightshade(ABCSoft).jpg | 246,131 | #1 | Advertisement | |||
| Nightshade(DroSoft).jpg | 45,755 | #2 | Inlay - Front | |||
| Nightshade(DroSoft).txt | 1,395 | #2 | Instructions | Spanish | ||
| Nightshade(Ricochet).jpg | 560,625 | #3 | Inlay - Front | |||
| Nightshade(Ricochet)_Back.jpg | 540,276 | #3 | Inlay - Back |
Magazine Reviews
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #49-1985/Nov | page 22 | - Review | |
| Computer Gamer | issue #7-1985/Oct | page 67 | - Review | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #21-1985/Oct | page 10 | - Review: 91% | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #51-1988/Apr | page 85 | - Review - Crash - Run It Again: 27% | |
| Home Computing Weekly | issue #127-1985/Aug/27 special "week#4" | page 8 | - Review | |
| MicroHobby | issue #45-1985/Sep | page 11 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.4 #36-1985/Sep/5 special "week#1" | page 43 | - Review | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.4 #37-1985/Sep/12 special "week#2" | page 14 | - Review | |
| Sinclair User | issue #43-1985/Oct | page 22 | - Review: 5/5 | |
| Sinclair User | issue #44-1985/Nov supplement "Top 50 Sinclair User Classic" | page 25 | - Review | |
| Sinclair User | issue #70-1988/Jan | page 91 | - Review: 8/10 | |
| Your Computer | issue v.5 #10-1985/Oct | page 29 | - Review: 3/5 | |
| Your Spectrum | issue #20-1985/Nov | page 45 | - Review | |
| ZX Magazín | issue 1994/Mar special "1994/03-1994/04" | page 18 | - Review |
Magazine References
Magazine Advertisements
Related Magazine Reviews
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #87-1989/Jan | page 115 | - Review (Ultimate Play The Game: The Collected Works) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #56-1988/Sep | page 86 | - Review: 97% (Ultimate Play The Game: The Collected Works) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #33-1988/Sep | page 86 | - Review: 9/10 (Ultimate Play The Game: The Collected Works) |
Related Magazine References
| Crash | issue v.1 #53-1988/Jun | page 8 | - News/Note (Ultimate Play The Game: The Collected Works) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #56-1988/Sep | page 113 | - CompoEntry (Ultimate Play The Game: The Collected Works) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #56-1988/Sep | page 113 | - Feature (Ultimate Play The Game: The Collected Works) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #89-1989/Aug | page 76 | - Offer (Ultimate Play The Game: The Collected Works) |
Related Magazine Advertisements
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #81-1988/Jul | page 115 | - Full-page ad (Ultimate Play The Game: The Collected Works) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #54-1988/Jul | page 79 | - Full-page ad (Ultimate Play The Game: The Collected Works) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #55-1988/Aug | page 107 | - Full-page ad (Ultimate Play The Game: The Collected Works) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #76-1988/Jul | page 17 | - Full-page ad (Ultimate Play The Game: The Collected Works) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #77-1988/Aug | page 33 | - Full-page ad (Ultimate Play The Game: The Collected Works) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #31-1988/Jul | page 92 | - Full-page ad (Ultimate Play The Game: The Collected Works) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #32-1988/Aug | page 75 | - Full-page ad (Ultimate Play The Game: The Collected Works) |
Links
| Centre for Computing History | (Information - in English) | |
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| Speccy Screenshot Maps | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (Information - in English) | |
| Wikipedia | (Information - in English) | |
| ZX Spectrum Reviews | (Magazine Reviews) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
| ZX-Art | (Spectrum Graphics) | |
| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
