General info for: Cobra [#ID: 996]
Title:
Release Date:
1986
Original Publisher:
Contributors:
Availability:
Available
Message Language:
English
Machine Type:
ZX-Spectrum 48K
Genre:
Maximum Players:
1
Features:
Graphical Views:
Screen Movements:
Original Price:
£7.95
Other platforms:
Average mag. score:
75.00% (5 reviews)
Annual Awards:
2nd Best Advertisement - 1986 Crash Readers Awards.
2nd Best Music - 1986 Crash Readers Awards.
2nd Best Sound FX - 1986 Crash Readers Awards.
3rd Best Platform Game - 1986 Crash Readers Awards.
2nd Best Music - 1986 Crash Readers Awards.
2nd Best Sound FX - 1986 Crash Readers Awards.
3rd Best Platform Game - 1986 Crash Readers Awards.
Review Awards:
"Crash Smash" at Crash issue v.1 #35 - 1986/Dec page 140
"ZX Computing Globella" at ZX Computing issue #35 - 1987/Mar page 44
"ZX Computing Globella" at ZX Computing issue #35 - 1987/Mar page 44
Known Errors:
Bugfix provided by Bandit:
Bugfix provided by zxbruno, jp, and Einar Saukas:
Modified "BUGFIX" files provided by Einar Saukas (edited TAP image) and jp (Alkatraz loader patch for the original TZX image).
- Killing the Night Slasher when you have the invincibility power-up causes the game to never end. In this case, you are left to endlessly stroll around the level without any enemies. Fixed using the following patch:
org $9490 ; 38032
jp $aef0 ; 195 240 174
org $aef0 ; 44784
cp 7 ; 254 7
jp z,$9566 ; 202 102 149
jp $956a ; 195 106 149
Bugfix provided by zxbruno, jp, and Einar Saukas:
- The original release synchronized with video display by reading IN $FF port, however this routine was incompatible with +2A/+3 due to hardware differences, causing the game to freeze in an infinite loop:
95fe: ld bc,$3f28
The Hit Squad re-release solved this problem by replacing this routine with a fixed loop:
9601: ld a,c
9602: in a,($ff) ; register 'A' always set to $FF in +2A/+3
9604: cp b
9605: jr nc,$9601 ; repeat forever!
9607: ret95fe: ld bc,$0300
9601: dec bc
9602: ld a,b
9603: or c
9604: nop
9605: jr nz,$9601
9607: ret
Modified "BUGFIX" files provided by Einar Saukas (edited TAP image) and jp (Alkatraz loader patch for the original TZX image).
User Score
Stats:
10: 25% (9)
9: 22.2% (8)
8: 30.6% (11)
6: 8.3% (3)
5: 13.9% (5)
Main File Downloads
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TZX
JSSpeccy
Erbe Software S.A. (Spain)
1986
Cobra(MediumCase)(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip
English
(Medium Case)
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#28 - 1988/Apr
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#30 - 1988/Jun
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