Fernando Martin Basket Master (1987)

Fernando Martin Basket Master is a sports action game released in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The title was published by the Spanish company Dinamic Software. The development team included coder Paco Martin, artists Florentino Pertejo and Julio A. Martin Erro, and musician Manuel Cubedo.

The game focuses on one-on-one basketball matches and supports up to two players. It features distinct action-oriented gameplay mechanics and detailed in-game graphics tailored for the 48K hardware.

The original retail price was 875 Ptas. Besides the ZX Spectrum version, the game was also released for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and MSX platforms.

The game holds an average magazine score of 71.25%. Individual review scores include a 9/10 from Sinclair User, 73% from Crash, and 480/1000 from ACE.

The game became a major hit in Russia and the former Soviet states. It saw numerous TR-DOS conversions from groups like Scorpion, VGN, and Perestroika, alongside a vast number of amateur Russian translations. POKE codes appeared in the Spectrofon magazine, and the game was widely distributed on cassette tapes by crackers such as Bill Gilbert and Scorpion Software.