Hysteria (1987)

Hysteria was released in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. Published by Software Projects Ltd, the game was created by a team including Jonathan M. Smith, Karen Davies, Tony Pomfret, and Stephen Wahid.

This single-player action arcade game features 2D side-view graphics and horizontal scrolling. Players can control the action using a Kempston or Interface 2 joystick, the cursor, or custom redefinable keys.

The original retail price for the cassette was £7.95. In addition to the ZX Spectrum release, the game was also made available for the Commodore 64.

The title holds an average magazine score of 81.95%. It received the Your Sinclair Megagame award and was recognized as a C+VG Hit by Computer & Video Games magazine.

In Russia, the game gained significant traction through over a dozen TR-DOS adaptations released by various groups such as Unicum Group and VGN-Soft. Magazines like Revival and IzhNews frequently featured POKE codes for the title. Additionally, cracked cassette versions were distributed by teams including Phonex and Winisoft.