Gyroscope (1985)

Melbourne House released Gyroscope in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The development team included Steve Lamb, Tony Mack, and Dave Dew, with music composed by Mark Alexander. Steinar Lund provided the inlay and poster art.

This maze-based arcade game features isometric 3D graphics. It supports Kempston and Interface 2 joysticks alongside cursor controls. Designed for a single player, the gameplay is based on the original arcade coin-op by Atari Games.

The game retailed at £7.95 on cassette. It was also made available for the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, and Acorn platforms.

Gyroscope earned an average magazine score of 93%. It received the Crash Smash award from Crash magazine and the C+VG Blitz Game accolade from C&VG.

In the Soviet Union and Russia, the game became well-known through numerous TR-DOS versions released by groups such as LAKS and Jack O'Lantern. Cracked cassette versions by Future Soft were also available. Additionally, POKE codes for the game frequently appeared in the local electronic press.