The Race Against Time
Aliases  The Race Against Time for Sport Aid '88
Release Date  1988
Original Publisher  Code Masters Plus (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K
Language  English
Genre  Arcade Game: Adventure
Max. Players  1
Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX  4.99
*** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information!
Features  Charity
Controls  Kempston Joystick
Sports  Athletics
Tie-in Licences  Sport Aid (Brand)
Other Platforms  Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64
Average mag. score  70.25% (4 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  64% (10 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - Serma Software (Spain)(1988)
     * Release price: 875.00 Ptas

Authors/Contributors
     The Oliver Twins (UK) - ?
     Stuart J. Ruecroft (UK) - ?
     David Whittaker (UK) - Music
     Nigel Fletcher (UK) - Inlay/Poster Art

Remarks
     Music by Peter Gabriel - "Games without Frontiers".

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
TheRaceAgainstTime(48K).tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     RaceAgainstTimeThe.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     RaceAgainstTimeThe.gif4,691OriginalRunning screen
     RaceAgainstTimeThe.jpg984,838OriginalInlay - Front
     RaceAgainstTimeThe_2.jpg1,004,756OriginalInlay - Front
     RaceAgainstTimeThe_Back.jpg839,167OriginalInlay - Back
     RaceAgainstTimeThe.txt8,349OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     RaceAgainstTimeThe.jpg595,231OriginalGame map
     RaceAgainstTimeThe_Africa.png44,794OriginalGame map
     RaceAgainstTimeThe_Asia.png34,597OriginalGame map
     RaceAgainstTimeThe_Australia.png29,723OriginalGame map
     RaceAgainstTimeThe_Europe.png43,226OriginalGame map
     RaceAgainstTimeThe_NorthAmerica.png38,699OriginalGame map
     RaceAgainstTimeThe_SouthAmerica.png29,868OriginalGame map
     RaceAgainstTimeThe.jpg288,196OriginalAdvertisement
     RaceAgainstTimeThe.rzx.zip132,350OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Pavel Plíva (with rollback) [denied]
     Race Against Time, The (1988)(Code Masters Plus).pok109OriginalPOK pokes file
     RaceAgainstTimeThe(SermaSoftware).jpg386,055#1Inlay - Front
     RaceAgainstTimeThe(SermaSoftware).pdf19,524#1InstructionsSpanish

Magazine Reviews
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #81-1988/Julpage 56- Review: 7/10
     Crashissue v.1 #54-1988/Julpage 13- Review: 79%
     MicroHobbyissue #177-1988/Seppage 27- Review - Nuevo
     Sinclair Userissue #76-1988/Julpage 62- Review: 52%
     Your Sinclairissue #31-1988/Julpage 41- Review: 8/10

Magazine References
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #12-1988/Seppage 86- Map
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #79-1988/Maypage 9- CompoEntry
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #79-1988/Maypage 9- News/Note
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #80-1988/Junpage 9- News/Note
     Crashissue v.1 #50-1988/Marpage 8- News/Note
     Crashissue v.1 #55-1988/Augpage 8- News/Note
     Crashissue v.1 #55-1988/Augpage 37- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #56-1988/Seppage 40- Map
     FIFOissue #7-1991page 26- Solution
     MicroHobbyissue #176-1988/Seppage 15- Preview - Premiere
     MicroHobbyissue #182-1988/Novpage 66- Feature - Justicieros
     MicroHobbyissue #186-1989/Marpage 61- Tips - Tokes
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.7 #4-1988/Jan/28 special "week#4"page 1- News/Note
     Sinclair Userissue #72-1988/Marpage 11- News/Note
     Sinclair Userissue #74-1988/Maypage 21- News/Note
     Sinclair Userissue #75-1988/Junpage 25- News/Note
     Your Sinclairissue #31-1988/Julpage 6- News/Note
     Your Sinclairissue #36-1988/Decpage 7- News/Note

Magazine Advertisements
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.7 #29-1988/Jul/28 special "week#4"page 41- Full-page ad
     The Games Machineissue #10-1988/Seppage 117- Full-page ad

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