Hi! I was in contact with the authors of this game, and uncovered some details
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=3585
- The game is from Argentina (Idem Software), the same for all the authors.
- The game has an award: 2nd place winner of a local programming competition organized by the local magazine K64 (issue 18, Sep 1986).
There is also an entry on the StrategyWiki page: https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Pac-Man%27s_Revenge
I'm not sure who is the publisher of the game. I'm pretty sure is not Idem Soft, since it is just a name invented for the competition. The magazine probably distributed the game at some point (it has a copyright message on the loading screen, so, someone more or less official published the work), but the authors confirmed they have no idea.
Pacman's Revenge details
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Regardless of the result of the investigation, that loading screen is going to give me nightmares...
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Great discovery anyway. I bet these Argentinian guys couldn't sleep when they learnt that they are classified as Spanish in biggest Spectrum database
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When I contacted them via Twitter, they were totally unaware of all this. I sent them the loading screen and the reaction was "where you got THAT from?".
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Hi! I'm reviving this thread as I managed to recover a tape image file of this game, from an old C60 tape with other pirated games.
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgPCAEAr-t4Cy0Yb4GnE-3XdOmqm
I've already sent it via the ZXDB edit form, but I'm sharing it here too
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgPCAEAr-t4Cy0Yb4GnE-3XdOmqm
I've already sent it via the ZXDB edit form, but I'm sharing it here too