Black Tiger (1989)

Black Tiger was released in 1990 for the ZX Spectrum. It was published by U.S. Gold and developed by Tiertex, featuring cover art by Peter Andrew Jones.

This arcade shoot-em-up supports a single player and utilizes side-view 2D graphics with multi-directional scrolling. The game includes a custom screen loader and employs a multi-loader system for both 48K and 128K modes, with the gameplay area occupying less than half of the screen.

The cassette version cost £9.99, while the disk version cost £14.99.

The game received an average magazine score of 79.40%. It was rated 85% by Sinclair User, 80% by The Games Machine, and 78% by Crash.

The game was widely distributed in Russia and the former Soviet Union. It saw numerous TR-DOS disk adaptations by groups such as C.C.'91, Moment Records, and Zer0. Cracked cassette versions were also common, with releases from Rajsoft and Kicia.