| Chronos |
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| Aliases | Chronos: A Tapestry of Time |
| Release Date | 1987 |
| Original Publisher | Mastertronic Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £1.99 |
| Features | AY Sound |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
| Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC |
| Average mag. score | 65.00% (3 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 80.5% (78 votes) |
Standalone re-releases
| #1 - Dro Soft (Spain) | (1987) |
Authors/Contributors
| Steven Tatlock (UK) | at The Radical Tubes | - Code | |
| John P. Tatlock (UK) | at The Radical Tubes | - Game Design/Concept, In-game Graphics | |
| Tim Follin [Timothy Follin] (UK) | at The Radical Tubes | - Music | |
| Gremlin [2] | - Load Screen |
Annual Awards
| 3rd Easiest Game - 1987 Crash Readers Awards. (with Barbarian (Palace)) |
Compilations
| Full version in | Sinclair Game Compilation | (1988) | by Sinclair Research Ltd (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | Chronos.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| Chronos.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| Chronos(DroSoft).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| Chronos.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| Chronos.gif | 3,666 | Original | Running screen | |||
| Chronos.jpg | 410,560 | Original | Inlay - Front | - Single jewel case | ||
| Chronos_Back.jpg | 158,898 | Original | Inlay - Back | - Single jewel case | ||
| Chronos_Tape.jpg | 70,710 | Original | Media scan | |||
| Chronos.ay.zip | 2,486 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
| Chronos.mp3.zip | 2,846,248 | Original | Sampled in-game/theme music in MP3 format | |||
| Chronos.txt | 2,896 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| Chronos.jpg | 40,416 | Original | Game map | |||
| Chronos_2.png | 220,219 | Original | Game map | |||
| chronos.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Kostya | ||
| Chronos (1987)(Mastertronic).pok | 213 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| Chronos(DroSoft).jpg | 59,065 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| Chronos(DroSoft).pdf | 87,225 | #1 | Instructions | Spanish |
Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #41-1987/Jun | page 21 | - Review: 55% | |
| MicroHobby | issue #171-1988/Jun | page 43 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Sinclair User | issue #63-1987/Jun | page 55 | - Review: 3/5 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #19-1987/Jul | page 67 | - Review: 8/10 | |
| Your Spectrum/CZ | issue #10-1999/Aug | page 3 | - Review |
Magazine References
| Crash | issue v.1 #43-1987/Aug | page 58 | - Tips | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #91-1991/Aug | page 49 | - Tips | |
| FIFO | issue #1-1990 | page 18 | - Tips | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.6 #17-1987/May/1 special "week#1" | page 61 | - News/Note | |
| SSD-II | issue 1999/Sep | page 0 | - Information | |
| Sinclair User | issue #65-1987/Aug | page 16 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Sinclair User | issue #105-1990/Nov | page 18 | - Tips | |
| Sinclair User | issue #117-1991/Nov | page 19 | - Tips | |
| YS Smash Tips | issue 1988/Aug | page 9 | - Hack/Poke | |
| YS Smash Tips | issue 1988/Aug | page 9 | - Tips | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #18-1987/Jun | page 10 | - Preview | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #20-1987/Aug | page 78 | - Tips | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #21-1987/Sep | page 47 | - Map | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #21-1987/Sep | page 47 | - Tips | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #21-1987/Sep | page 53 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #25-1988/Jan | page 39 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #25-1988/Jan | page 40 | - Tips | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #87-1993/Mar | page 27 | - Hack/Poke |
Links
| Centre for Computing History | (Information - in English) | |
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| Modern ZX-Retro Gaming | (Information - in English) | |
| Modern ZX-Retro Gaming | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| Speccy Screenshot Maps | (Information - in English) | |
| Spectrum Computing RZX - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (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) |
