Bombscare (1984)

Game author(s): Richard Stevenson, Philip Durbidge, Marco Duroe

Publisher: Dollarsoft

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Bombscare was released in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The game was published by Dollarsoft, with programming handled by Richard Stevenson and Philip Durbidge, and in-game graphics created by Marco Duroe.

This arcade platformer is designed for a single player. The control scheme includes support for Kempston joysticks and allows players to redefine keys to their preference.

The original price for the cassette version was £2.5. The game was also made available on the Amstrad CPC platform.

It holds an average magazine score of 55%. Crash magazine awarded it 60%, while Personal Computer News gave the title a score of 5/10.

The game gained recognition in Russia through numerous TR-DOS versions released by groups such as Power of Sound, AmoNik, and BrokImSoft. POKE codes were frequently published in local electronic magazines, and cracked cassette versions were also available.

Found 1 cracked version (release) of the game