The Comet Game (1986)
- Download the game as TAP/TZX
- Play the tape for a real Spectrum
- Run the game in an online ZX Spectrum emulator
The Comet Game, also known as Halley's Comet, was released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. It was published by Firebird Software and created by Andrew J. Glaister, with inlay and poster art by Steve Weston.
The game is a single-player arcade shoot-em-up. It features specific border effects and supports both Kempston joystick control and redefinable keys.
The original cassette price was £7.95. In addition to the ZX Spectrum version, the title was also released for the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 platforms.
The average magazine score stands at 56%. Crash magazine awarded it 58%, Sinclair User gave it 4 out of 5, and Your Sinclair rated it 3 out of 10.
The game was not widely known in Russia, but appeared in several TR-DOS versions released by groups such as TAW, Phantom Ltd, and tiboh. POKE cheats were published in local electronic magazines, and cracked cassette versions by Szafran and Dynamic also circulated.
Found 1 cracked version (release) of the game
