1983/Jun

Available

English

ZX-Spectrum 48K

1

Amiga, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Commodore 64 (unofficial), Commodore Plus/4, MSX, Ondra SPO 186 (unofficial), Tesla PMD 85 (unofficial)

90.50% (4 reviews)

3rd place in the C&VG 1983 Golden Joystick Awards - Game of the Year 1983.

Rank #03 - 1984 Sinclair User Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics

Winner of the C&VG 1983 Golden Joystick Awards - Best Arcade Style Game.

"C+VG Reviewers Choice" at C&VG (Computer & Video Games) issue #23 - 1983/Sep page 131

Includes the following music: Johann Strauss Jr., An der schönen, blauen Donau op. 314 "The Blue Danube" waltz [title screen]; Edvard Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite op. 46, IV. In The Hall Of The Mountain King [in game]

Famously moved onto Software Projects label after Matthew Smith left Bug-Byte through a legal loophole.

Probably the most famous Speccy game of all time.

Appeared in Computer and Videogames greatest 100 games off all time at position 100 in January 2000 (the only Speccy game in the entire list).

An early version of the game featuring 16 caverns was officially announced at the Earls Court Computer Fair in June 1983 by Bug-Byte Software. Later, Matthew Smith added another 4 caverns for the official Bug-Byte Software release.

The Software Projects version has modified graphics of enemies at "The Warehouse" and "Amoebatron's Revenge" caverns.

The Ventamatic release is based on the Software Projects version and it's fully translated into Spanish, with some cavern names drastically changed.

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