Down to Earth (1987)

Down to Earth was released in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The game was published by Firebird Software and created by a team including Darren Byford, Martin Pointer, Antony R. Lill, Ralph Emery, and MOS.

This arcade action title supports a single player. The game features border effects and provides control options for Kempston Joystick and Interface 2.

The cassette version was priced at £1.99. The game is based on software licensed from First Star Software Inc.

The game holds an average magazine score of 62.33%. It received an 8/10 rating from Your Sinclair, a 6/10 from Sinclair User, and a 47% score from Crash magazine.

In the USSR and Russia, the game became a notable title with numerous TR-DOS versions released by groups such as Olegsoft and Scorpion. It received several Russian translations and had POKE codes published in local magazines. Cracked cassette versions by teams like Plomba Soft and MAC were common, and the game even inspired a local sequel.