Galletron (1987)

Galletron was released in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The game was published by Bulldog Software and developed by Steve Elward and Russ Beaton.

The title is a single-player arcade shoot-em-up. It features a small gameplay area covering less than 50% of the screen. Players can control the action using a Kempston joystick, Interface 2, or redefined keys, including cursor options.

The game was sold on cassette for £1.99. In addition to the ZX Spectrum version, it was also released for the Amstrad CPC platform.

Critical reception was mixed, with an average magazine score of 39.50% based on two reviews. It received 29% in Crash magazine and a 5/10 rating from Your Sinclair.

In Russia, the game became known through cracked cassette versions by Fanatic Stas and Rudy. POKE codes for the game were published in magazines like ZX-News and Micro. There were also TR-DOS disk versions released by Phantom Ltd and AREASoft.