| Death Pit |
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| Release Date | never (1985) |
| Original Publisher | Durell Software Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Platform |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Controls | Cursor, Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys |
| Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 |
| Martijn's WoS score | 73.3% (18 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Monument Microgames (UK) | (never (2017)) | ||
| * Release price: £11.00 |
Authors/Contributors
| Clive Townsend (UK) | - ? |
Remarks
| The game was advertised quite extensively in 1985 by Durell and was completed but not considered good enough for release. An article in issue 25 of Crash remarked: "although halfway through the project there was a moment when it looked like the game might make a commercial release, it didn't come up to scratch". Clive Townsend, however, did use some of the routines from this game in the programming of Saboteur. The available development version was recovered in 2007. |
Series "Death Pit"
| 1. | Death Pit | (1985) | by Durell Software Ltd (UK) | |
| 2. | Doom Pit | (2018) | by Monument Microgames (UK) |
Compilations
| Full version in | Death Pit & Doom Pit | (2018) | by Monument Microgames (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | DeathPit.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| DeathPit.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| 0009662-load-2.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| DeathPit.gif | 3,391 | Original | Running screen | |||
| DeathPit.jpg | 188,390 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| DeathPit.pdf | 22,836 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| DeathPit.txt | 7,747 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| DeathPit.png | 233,937 | Original | Game map | |||
| DeathPit_2.png | 76,585 | Original | Game map | |||
| DeathPit.jpg | 159,654 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| deathpit.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Daren (with rollback) - Unreleased game by Durell | ||
| Death Pit (1985)(Durell Software).pok | 36 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| DeathPit_Inlay-ClamCase.jpg | 1,440,087 | Original | ? | - Fan-made cassette inlay | ||
| DeathPit_Inlay-JewelCase.jpg | 1,676,038 | Original | ? | - Fan-made cassette inlay | ||
| DeathPit(MonumentMicrogames).jpg | 535,178 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| DeathPit(MonumentMicrogames)_Tape.jpg | 94,833 | #1 | Media scan | |||
| DeathPit(MonumentMicrogames)(EN).pdf | 1,095,964 | #1 | Instructions | English |
Magazine Advertisements
| Crash | issue v.1 #11-1984/Dec | page 50 | - Two-page ad | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #13-1984/Dec | page 6 | - Two-page ad | |
| Your Computer | issue v.4 #12-1984/Dec | page 12 | - Two-page ad | |
| ZX Computing | issue #16-1984/Dec | page 14 | - Two-page ad |
Links
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| Speccy Screenshot Maps | (Information - in English) | |
| Speccy Screenshot Maps | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (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) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
