Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future (1986)
- Download the game as TAP/TZX
- Play the tape for a real Spectrum
- Run the game in an online ZX Spectrum emulator
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future was released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The game was published by Virgin Games Ltd and developed by a team consisting of Dave B. Chapman, Martin Wheeler, Neil Strudwick, and Irwan Owen.
This arcade adventure game for a single player is based on the Eagle comic strip. It supports Kempston joystick and Cursor control schemes and features a custom screen loader.
The cassette version of the game was priced at £9.95. The title was also released on the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 platforms.
The game received critical acclaim with an average magazine score of 94%. It earned several prestigious awards, including the Crash Smash, Sinclair User Classic, and Your Sinclair Megagame titles, and was named Game of the Month by C&VG.
In Russia, the game became well-known through numerous cracked cassette versions. Later, TR-DOS adaptations were released by the groups Tron and Phantom Family. POKE codes for the game were also published in the magazine ZX Power.
Found 15 cracked versions (releases) of the game
