General info for: Jack the Nipper [#ID: 2564]
Title:
Jack the Nipper
Release Date:
1986
Original Publisher:
Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd (UK)
Creators:
Greg A. Holmes (UK)
Nick Laa (UK)
Peter M. Harrap (UK)
John Holmes (UK)
Availability:
Available
Message Language:
English
Machine Type:
ZX-Spectrum 48K
Genre:
Arcade Game: Adventure
Maximum Players:
1
Controls:
Cursor
Interface 2 (right)
Kempston Joystick
Original Price:
£7.95
Other platforms:
Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX
Average mag. score:
86.88% (8 reviews)
Review Awards:
"Crash Smash" at Crash issue v.1 #30 - 1986/Jul page 16

"Crash Smash" at Crash issue v.1 #67 - 1989/Aug page 44

"Your Sinclair Megagame" at Your Sinclair issue #9 - 1986/Sep page 28

"ZX Computing Globert" at ZX Computing issue #29 - 1986/Sep page 17


Jack the Nipper image, screenshot or loading screen
Jack the Nipper image, screenshot or loading screen
User Score
Score:
7.3
Total votes:
15
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Stats:
  10:  
  13.3% (2)
  9:  
  13.3% (2)
  8:  
  26.7% (4)
  7:  
  20% (3)
  6:  
  6.7% (1)
  5:  
  6.7% (1)
  4:  
  13.3% (2)

Main File Downloads

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TAP     JSSpeccy    QAOP
Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd (UK)
1986
JackTheNipper.tap.zip
English
TZX
Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd (UK)
1986
JackTheNipper.tzx.zip
English
TZX     JSSpeccy
Kixx (UK)
1986
JackTheNipper(Kixx).tzx.zip
English

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Releases

 Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd (UK)
1986
£7.95

 Erbe Software S.A. (Spain)
1986

 Kixx (UK)
1986
£2.99
Authors/Contributors
Greg A. Holmes (UK)  
no team 
Nick Laa (UK)  
no team 
Peter M. Harrap (UK)  
no team 
John Holmes (UK)  
no team 
Compilations featuring this title
Title: 10 Great Games
Publisher: Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd (UK)
Date: 1987/Dec
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Title: 6 Game Action Pack
Publisher: Boots (UK)
Date: 1987
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Title: Boots Action Pack
Publisher: Boots (UK)
Date: 1987
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Title: Dix Jeux Fantastiques
Publisher: Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd [FR] (UK/France)
Date:
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Title: ZX-Spectrum Vega
Publisher: Retro Computers Ltd (UK)
Date: 2015/Apr/24
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Titles in "Jack the Nipper" Series
Number: 1
Title: Jack the Nipper
Publisher: Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd (UK)
Release: 1986
Number: 2
Title: Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers
Publisher: Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd (UK)
Release: 1987
Additional File Downloads

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Magazine Reviews

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
Issue: #24 - 1989/Sep
Page: 84 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 5/5

 ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
Issue: #26 - 1989/Nov
Page: 113 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 3/5

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #59 - 1986/Sep
Page: 21 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review - not a Spectrum article

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #17 - 1986/Aug
Page: 62 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #30 - 1986/Jul
Page: 16 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 93%

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #67 - 1989/Aug
Page: 44 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 90%

 MicroHobby
Issue: #95 - 1986/Sep
Page: 10 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review - Nuevo

 Sinclair User
Issue: #53 - 1986/Aug
Page: 38 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 5/5

 Your Computer
Issue: v.6 #9 - 1986/Sep
Page: 43 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 4/5

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #9 - 1986/Sep
Page: 28 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 9/10

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #45 - 1989/Sep
Page: 46 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 82%

 ZX Computing
Issue: #29 - 1986/Sep
Page: 17 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: Good
Magazine References

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #57 - 1986/Jul
Page: 8 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #60 - 1986/Oct
Page: 99 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Map

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #60 - 1986/Oct
Page: 99 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #61 - 1986/Nov supplement "IDEAS Central Handbook No. 2"
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Solution - IDEAS Central Handbook #2

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #61 - 1986/Nov supplement "IDEAS Central Handbook No. 2"
Page: 9 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Map - IDEAS Central Handbook #2

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #62 - 1986/Dec
Page: 102 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #17 - 1986/Aug
Page: 4 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #31 - 1986/Aug
Page: 60 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Map

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #31 - 1986/Aug
Page: 60 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Solution

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #32 - 1986/Sep
Page: 54 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #33 - 1986/Oct
Page: 72 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #45 - 1987/Oct
Page: 57 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #45 - 1987/Oct
Page: 61 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #55 - 1988/Aug
Page: 43 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #59 - 1988/Dec
Page: 45 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #91 - 1991/Aug
Page: 52 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 MicroHobby
Issue: #104 - 1986/Nov
Page: 35 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Justicieros

 MicroHobby
Issue: #107 - 1986/Dec
Page: 39 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips - Tokes

 MicroHobby
Issue: #109 - 1986/Dec
Page: 39 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips - Tokes

 MicroHobby
Issue: #110 - 1987/Jan
Page: 31 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips - Tokes

 MicroHobby
Issue: #121 - 1987/Mar
Page: 30 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips - Tokes

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

 Sinclair User
Issue: #53 - 1986/Aug
Page: 95 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CompoEntry

 Sinclair User
Issue: #55 - 1986/Oct
Page: 18 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Map

 Sinclair User
Issue: #55 - 1986/Oct
Page: 18 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Sinclair User
Issue: #56 - 1986/Nov
Page: 20 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke

 Sinclair User
Issue: #56 - 1986/Nov
Page: 20 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Sinclair User
Issue: #57 - 1986/Dec
Page: 49 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke

 Sinclair User
Issue: #100 - 1990/Jun
Page: 16 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Sinclair User
Issue: #126 - 1992/Aug
Page: 13 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke

 YS Smash Tips
Issue: 1988/Aug
Page: 26
Article Type: Hack/Poke

 Your Computer
Issue: v.6 #9 - 1986/Sep
Page: 87 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CompoEntry

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #9 - 1986/Sep
Page: 12 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CompoEntry

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #10 - 1986/Oct supplement "Trainspotters Guide to Games Playing"
Page: 1 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #13 - 1987/Jan
Page: 19 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Letters

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #13 - 1987/Jan
Page: 27 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CompoResult

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #28 - 1988/Apr
Page: 29 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #48 - 1989/Dec
Page: 44 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #50 - 1990/Feb
Page: 70 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Your Sinclair 50th birthday!!!

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #57 - 1990/Sep
Page: 34 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips
Magazine Advertisements

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #58 - 1986/Aug
Page: 77 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #16 - 1986/Jul
Page: 9 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #17 - 1986/Aug
Page: 12 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #18 - 1986/Sep
Page: 41 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #30 - 1986/Jul
Page: 99 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #31 - 1986/Aug
Page: 81 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.5 #26 - 1986/Jun/26 special "week#4"
Page: 12 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.5 #28 - 1986/Jul/10 special "week#2" supplement "Amstrad CPCs and PCWs"
Page: 10 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.5 #35 - 1986/Aug/28 special "week#4"
Page: 12 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Sinclair User
Issue: #53 - 1986/Aug
Page: 51 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Sinclair User
Issue: #54 - 1986/Sep
Page: 35 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #8 - 1986/Aug
Page: 16 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #9 - 1986/Sep
Page: 77 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 ZX Computing
Issue: #27 - 1986/Jul
Page: 4 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 ZX Computing
Issue: #28 - 1986/Aug
Page: 2 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 ZX Computing
Issue: #29 - 1986/Sep
Page: 9 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad
Related Magazine Reviews

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
Issue: #4 - 1988/Jan
Page: 96 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review (10 Great Games)

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #48 - 1988/Jan special "Christmas Special 1987/88"
Page: 34 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review - Crash - Compilation (10 Great Games)
Related Magazine References

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
Issue: #4 - 1988/Jan
Page: 95 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Christmas Crackers (10 Great Games)

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #48 - 1988/Jan special "Christmas Special 1987/88"
Page: 34 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Christmas Compilations (10 Great Games)
Related Magazine Advertisements

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
Issue: #8 - 1988/May
Page: 14 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (10 Great Games)

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #51 - 1988/Apr
Page: 56 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (10 Great Games)

 The Games Machine
Issue: #6 - 1988/May
Page: 115 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (10 Great Games)

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #28 - 1988/Apr
Page: 12 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (10 Great Games)
Related Links

 ZX Spectrum Reviews (English)

 Centre for Computing History (English)

 Centre for Computing History (English)

 MobyGames (English)

 RZX Archive (English)

 The Tipshop (English)

 UVL (English)

 Wikipedia (English)

Other Sites

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 The TZX Vault (Software Preservation)

 ZX-Art (Spectrum Graphics)

 ZXInfo (ZXDB Front End)

 Every Game Going (Multi-Platform Archive)

 The Tipshop (Tips, Maps, Solutions, Cheats, Pokes)

 New World Of Spectrum (Spectrum Archive)

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