General info for: Automania [#ID: 339]
Title:
Automania
Also known as:
Manic Mechanic
Release Date:
1984
Original Publisher:
Mikro-Gen Ltd (UK)
Creators:
Chris Hinsley (UK)
Contributors:
Graham Campbell
Availability:
Available
Message Language:
Machine Type:
ZX-Spectrum 48K
Genre:
Arcade Game: Platform
Maximum Players:
1
Controls:
Interface 2 (right)
Kempston Joystick
Redefineable keys
Original Price:
£6.95
Other platforms:
Commodore 64
Average mag. score:
74.00% (2 reviews)

Automania image, screenshot or loading screen
Automania image, screenshot or loading screen
User Score
Score:
7
Total votes:
12
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Stats:
  9:  
  16.7% (2)
  8:  
  16.7% (2)
  7:  
  41.7% (5)
  6:  
  8.3% (1)
  5:  
  8.3% (1)
  4:  
  8.3% (1)

Main File Downloads

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TZX     JSSpeccy
Mikro-Gen Ltd (UK)
1984
Automania(JacksonSoft).tzx.zip
Italian
(JacksonSoft)
TAP     JSSpeccy    QAOP
Mikro-Gen Ltd (UK)
1984
Automania.tap.zip
English
TZX
Mikro-Gen Ltd (UK)
1984
Automania.tzx.zip
English
TZX     JSSpeccy
Aackosoft (Netherlands)
1984
Automania(Aackosoft).tzx.zip
English

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Releases

 Mikro-Gen Ltd (UK)
1984
£6.95

 Aackosoft (Netherlands)
1984
Authors/Contributors
Chris Hinsley (UK)     
no team 
Graham Campbell  
no team 
Inlay/Poster Art
Compilations featuring this title
Title: 10 Mega Hits
Publisher: Beau-Jolly Ltd (UK)
Date: 1985
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Title: Jackson Soft Oro Spectrum #3
Publisher: Magazine Jackson Soft Oro Spectrum - covertape from issue #3 - 1985/Jul
Date: 1985/Jul
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Title: Microvalue 6 Pack
Publisher: Tynesoft (UK)
Date: 1987
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Title: Pyjamarama + Automania
Publisher: Mikro-Gen Ltd (UK)
Date:
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Title: Rugby Manager + Automania
Publisher: Tynesoft (UK)
Date: 1985
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Title: Load 'n' Run issue 10
Publisher: Magazine Load 'n' Run - covertape from issue #10 - 1984/Nov
Date: 1984/Nov
Release Type: Unauthorized version
Alternate Title: Il meccanico
Titles in "Wally Week" Series
Number: 1
Title: Automania
Publisher: Mikro-Gen Ltd (UK)
Release: 1984
Number: 2
Title: Pyjamarama
Publisher: Mikro-Gen Ltd (UK)
Release: 1984
Number: 3
Title: Everyone's a Wally
Publisher: Mikro-Gen Ltd (UK)
Release: 1985
Number: 4
Title: Herbert's Dummy Run
Publisher: Mikro-Gen Ltd (UK)
Release: 1985
Number: 5
Title: Three Weeks in Paradise
Publisher: Mikro-Gen Ltd (UK)
Release: 1986
Number: 6
Title: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Publisher: Mikro-Gen Ltd (UK)
Release:
Additional File Downloads

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Magazine Reviews

Crash
Issue: v.1 #7 - 1984/Aug
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 88%

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #17 - 1985/Jun
Page: 108 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review - Crash - Crashback

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #73 - 1984/Jul/31 special "week#5" supplement "ZX User 05"
Page: 16 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #32 - 1984/Aug/9 special "week#2"
Page: 48 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #34 - 1984/Aug/23 special "week#4"
Page: 19 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Sinclair Answers
Issue: #1 - 1984/Sep
Page: 34 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Sinclair Programs
Issue: #24 - 1984/Oct
Page: 29 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Sinclair User
Issue: #31 - 1984/Oct
Page: 43 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 6/10

 Your Spectrum
Issue: #9 - 1984/Nov
Page: 60 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Magazine References

Crash
Issue: v.1 #20 - 1985/Sep
Page: 64 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke

 Micro Adventurer
Issue: #17 - 1985/Mar
Page: 30 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Arcade adventures

 SSD-II
Issue: 1999/Sep
Page: 0
Article Type: Information

 Sinclair User
Issue: #39 - 1985/Jun
Page: 58 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - The Wally Guide to Mikro-Gen
Magazine Advertisements

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #33 - 1984/Jul
Page: 109 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #34 - 1984/Aug
Page: 43 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #37 - 1984/Nov
Page: 123 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #39 - 1985/Jan
Page: 42 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad - Automania + Pyjamarama twin-pack

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #7 - 1984/Aug
Page: 8 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #12 - 1985/Jan special "Christmas Special 1984/85"
Page: 99 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad - Automania + Pyjamarama twin-pack

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #61 - 1984/May/8 special "week#2"
Page: 27 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert - Watch out for Wally Week

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #62 - 1984/May/15 special "week#3"
Page: 19 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert - Wally Week is coming!

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #63 - 1984/May/22 special "week#4"
Page: 23 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert - Next week - it's Wally Week

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #64 - 1984/May/29 special "week#5"
Page: 39 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #65 - 1984/Jun/5 special "week#1" supplement "ZX User 01"
Page: 16 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #68 - 1984/Jun/26 special "week#4"
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #78 - 1984/Sep/4 special "week#1"
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #79 - 1984/Sep/11 special "week#2"
Page: 3 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #80 - 1984/Sep/18 special "week#3"
Page: 3 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #81 - 1984/Sep/25 special "week#4"
Page: 3 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #82 - 1984/Oct/2 special "week#1"
Page: 3 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #82 - 1984/Oct/2 special "week#1"
Page: 19 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #83 - 1984/Oct/9 special "week#2"
Page: 3 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #84 - 1984/Oct/16 special "week#3"
Page: 3 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #90 - 1984/Nov/27 special "week#4"
Page: 47 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad - Automania + Pyjamarama twin-pack

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #93 - 1984/Dec/18 special "week#3"
Page: 63 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad - Automania + Pyjamarama twin-pack

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #20 - 1984/May/17 special "week#3"
Page: 27 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert - Wally Week is coming!

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #21 - 1984/May/24 special "week#4"
Page: 24 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert - Next week - it's Wally Week

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #22 - 1984/May/31 special "week#5"
Page: 15 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #25 - 1984/Jun/21 special "week#3"
Page: 47 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #27 - 1984/Jul/5 special "week#1"
Page: 27 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #39 - 1984/Sep/27 special "week#4"
Page: 4 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #41 - 1984/Oct/11 special "week#2"
Page: 45 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #47 - 1984/Nov/22 special "week#4"
Page: 71 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad - Automania + Pyjamarama twin-pack

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #49 - 1984/Dec/6 special "week#1"
Page: 103 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Sinclair User
Issue: #28 - 1984/Jul
Page: 126 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Sinclair User
Issue: #33 - 1984/Dec
Page: 159 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Sinclair User
Issue: #34 - 1985/Jan
Page: 137 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad - Automania + Pyjamarama twin-pack

 Your Computer
Issue: v.4 #7 - 1984/Jul
Page: 11 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Your Computer
Issue: v.4 #9 - 1984/Sep
Page: 139 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Your Computer
Issue: v.4 #12 - 1984/Dec
Page: 172 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Your Computer
Issue: v.5 #1 - 1985/Jan
Page: 44 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Your Computer
Issue: v.5 #1 - 1985/Jan
Page: 175 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad - Automania + Pyjamarama twin-pack
Related Magazine Reviews

Crash
Issue: v.1 #45 - 1987/Oct
Page: 106 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review - Crash - Compilation (Microvalue 6 Pack)
Related Magazine References

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #42 - 1985/Apr
Page: 116 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Offer (10 Mega Hits)

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #43 - 1985/May
Page: 99 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Offer (10 Mega Hits)

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #15 - 1985/Apr
Page: 58 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note (10 Mega Hits)

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.4 #9 - 1985/Feb/28 special "week#4"
Page: 4 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note (10 Mega Hits)

 Sinclair User
Issue: #37 - 1985/Apr
Page: 113 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Offer (10 Mega Hits)

 Sinclair User
Issue: #38 - 1985/May
Page: 117 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Offer (10 Mega Hits)
Related Magazine Advertisements

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #42 - 1985/Apr
Page: 115 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (10 Mega Hits)

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #43 - 1985/May
Page: 46 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (10 Mega Hits)

 Sinclair User
Issue: #37 - 1985/Apr
Page: 128 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (10 Mega Hits)

 Sinclair User
Issue: #38 - 1985/May
Page: 84 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (10 Mega Hits)
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 RZX Archive (English)

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