Gothik (1987)

Gothik is a maze arcade game released in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The title was published by Firebird Software Ltd, with Paul Hutchinson handling the code and game design alongside Drew Northcott. The inlay and poster art were created by David John Rowe.

The game is designed for a single player. It features specific functionality including a password system, with the password HELMET documented in Sinclair User.

The original retail price for the cassette version was £7.95. The game was also released on the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 platforms.

The game holds an average magazine score of 68.76% based on five reviews. Your Sinclair awarded it the 'Your Sinclair Megagame' status with a score of 9/10, while Crash and The Games Machine both awarded it 56%.

In Russia, the game gained popularity through numerous TR-DOS versions released by groups such as Brain'94 and Monsters Productions. POKE codes for the game were published in magazines like Micro and Emulate. Cracked cassette versions featuring cheats by crackers like ELY and OAV were also widely circulated.