Metal Army (1988)

Metal Army is a platform arcade game released in 1988 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. Published by Players Software, the development team included coder Mark Haden, in-game artist David Wright, load screen designer Martin Severn, and story writer Simon Daniels.

The game is a single-player platformer featuring Kempston joystick support for character control. Peter Austin contributed the inlay and poster art for the release.

The cassette version of the game retailed for £1.99. In addition to the ZX Spectrum, the title was also made available for the Amstrad CPC platform.

The game holds an average magazine score of 74.50%. It received a 79% rating from Sinclair User and a 7/10 score from Your Sinclair.

The game became well-known in the USSR and Russia, featuring numerous TR-DOS adaptations by groups such as Kvazar, Scorpion Soft, and goodboy. It also received an official translation by Studio K&S and appeared in various cracked cassette versions released by teams like Inxs Soft, DJS, and KIS.