Dick Tracy (1990)

Dick Tracy was released in 1990 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. Published by the French company Titus, the game was created by Hervé Trisson, with inlay and poster art provided by Johnny Kwan.

The game is a single-player arcade shoot-'em-up. It serves as an adaptation of the Touchstone Pictures movie, translating key elements of the film into the technical constraints of the 8-bit platform.

The cassette version was priced at £10.99, while the disk version retailed for £14.99. The title was also released on several other platforms, including Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Sega Master System, Amiga, Sega Mega Drive, and Atari ST.

Critical reception averaged 56%. Sinclair User awarded the game 78%, while Your Sinclair and Crash provided scores of 53% and 37% respectively.

In Russia and the former Soviet states, the game gained attention through various TR-DOS adaptations released by groups like SG-Team, Flash Inc, and Dmitriy Kulikov. It was frequently mentioned in the magazine Power by users searching for an expanded version with five additional levels. A cracked cassette version by Smok was also available.