General info for: Exolon [#ID: 1686]
Title:
Release Date:
1987/Jul
Original Publisher:
Contributors:
Availability:
Available
Message Language:
English
Machine Type:
ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K
Maximum Players:
1
Graphical Views:
Original Price:
£7.95
Average mag. score:
89.50% (4 reviews)
Annual Awards:
2nd Best Shoot'Em Up - 1987 Crash Readers Awards.

3rd Best Game - 1987 Crash Readers Awards.

3rd Best Graphics - 1987 Crash Readers Awards.

3rd Best Platform Game - 1987 Crash Readers Awards.
Known Errors:
Bugfix provided by Ast A. Moore:

  • If the player is hit while jumping from a high enough platform near the top of the screen, the death animation will reach the upper border and crash the game.
Remarks:
Raffaele Cecco commnents on Exolon: "Nigel Brownjohn was a brilliant animator and I asked him early on to design the character. I believe I added the exoskeleton armour and double-gun myself, which was easy to do over the base animated character."
Remarks:
ZXSR: Featured on Four Smash Hits from Hewson Consultants for£9.95 (14.95 on +3 Disk). Other games were Zynaps, Rana Rama and Uridium Plus.

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User Score
Score:
8.3
Total votes:
28


Stats:
  10:  
  17.9% (5)
  9:  
  35.7% (10)
  8:  
  17.9% (5)
  7:  
  14.3% (4)
  6:  
  14.3% (4)

Main File Downloads

Hewson Consultants have told Spectrum Computing that they have no objection to us making this title available for download.

Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK)
1987
Exolon.tap.zip
English
Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK)
1987
Exolon.tzx.zip
English
Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK)
1987
Exolon(48K).mdr.zip
English
Unofficial - Created by Redgatemodels (09/24)
Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK)
1987
Exolon.mdr.zip
English
Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK)
1987
Exolon(128K).mdr.zip
English
Unofficial - Created by Redgatemodels (09/24)
Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK)
1987
Exolon(BUGFIX).tzx.zip
English
Erbe Software S.A. (Spain)
1987
Exolon(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip
English

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Releases
1987/Jul
£7.95
unknown
1987
1987
Authors/Contributors
no team 
Code, In-game Graphics
no team 
In-game Graphics
no team 
Inlay/Poster Art
Compilations featuring this title
Date: 1990
Release Type: Full version
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Date: 1989
Release Type: Full version
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Date: 1987
Release Type: Full version
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Date:
Release Type: Full version
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Date: 1987
Release Type: Full version
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Date: 1990
Release Type: Full version
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Title: Space Ace
Date: 1988
Release Type: Full version
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Publisher: Magazine Load 'n' Run - covertape from issue #44 - 1987/Dec
Date: 1987/Dec
Release Type: Unauthorized version
Alternate Title: Il guastatore
Page: 17 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Page: 14 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 90%
Page: 18 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review - Nuevo
Page: 44 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 10/10
Page: 35 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 9/10
Page: 69 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 78%
Page: 25 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips
Page: 101 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Preview
Page: 44 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CompoEntry
Page: 59 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Page: 61 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips
Page: 46 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Map
Page: 47 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips
Page: 40 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Page: 44 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Page: 43 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Page: 18 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips
Page: 49 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips
Page: 42 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Justicieros
Page: 42 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips - Tokes
Page: 47 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips - Tokes
Issue: 1999/Sep
Page: 0
Article Type: Information
Page: 88 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Preview
Page: 8 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Map
Page: 8 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips
Page: 15 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Page: 10 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips
Page: 12 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Map
Page: 16 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Page: 69 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature
Page: 23 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Letters
Page: 15 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Page: 16 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips
Page: 18 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips
Issue: 1988/Aug
Page: 16
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Issue: 1988/Aug
Page: 16
Article Type: Tips
Page: 10 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Preview
Page: 23 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Page: 23 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips
Page: 39 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Page: 40 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips
Page: 29 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Page: 34 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Page: 45 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad
Page: 37 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad
Page: 25 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad
Page: 10 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad
Page: 15 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad
Page: 114 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review - not a Spectrum article (Space Ace)
Page: 94 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review (Christmas Collection)
Score: 86%
Page: 58 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review (Cecco Collection)
Score: 90%
Page: 92 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review - Crash - Compilation (Space Ace)
Page: 37 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review (Four Smash Hits)
Score: 9/10
Page: 37 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review (Space Ace)
Score: 8/10
Page: 89 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review (Christmas Collection)
Score: 93%
Page: 69 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review (Cecco Collection)
Score: 92%
Page: 9 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note (Four Smash Hits)
Page: 116 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - We Wish You A ... Cheapy Christmas (Space Ace)
Page: 12 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note (Christmas Collection)
Page: 34 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Christmas Compilations (Four Smash Hits)
Page: 49 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CompoEntry (Four Smash Hits)
Page: 121 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CompoResult (Four Smash Hits)
Page: 92 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Collectable Consumables (Space Ace)
Page: 16 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note (Christmas Collection)
Page: 48 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CompoEntry (Christmas Collection)
Page: 22 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CompoResult (Christmas Collection)
Page: 9 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note (Four Smash Hits)
Page: 9 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note (Space Ace)
Page: 98 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Preview (Christmas Collection)
Page: 8 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note (Christmas Collection)
Page: 8 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note (Joystick Thunder)
Page: 61 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert (Space Ace)
Page: 47 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert (Space Ace)
Page: 41 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (Four Smash Hits)
Page: 35 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert (Space Ace)
Page: 33 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert (Space Ace)
Page: 35 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert (Space Ace)
Page: 6 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (Four Smash Hits)
Page: 95 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert (Space Ace)
Page: 91 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert (Space Ace)