Mad Nurse (1987)

Mad Nurse was released in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The game was published by Firebird Software and developed by Peter Gough, who handled the code and in-game graphics, and Simon Pick, who provided the game design and concept.

This arcade action title is designed for a single player and features 2D side-view graphics. The control scheme offers support for cursor keys, Kempston joysticks, and Interface 2 controllers.

The original cassette release was priced at £1.99. Beyond the ZX Spectrum, the game was also made available for the Commodore 64 platform.

The game holds an average magazine score of 53.67%. It received the ZX Computing Globert award from ZX Computing magazine in their May 1987 issue.

In the Soviet Union and Russia, the game circulated on cassette copies released by OK Tronice. Later, it was adapted for TR-DOS by groups such as Kamikaze and Slider. The title also appeared in the Maximum 20 search lists for rare software.