Miami Vice (1986)

Ocean Software released Miami Vice in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The development team included James Cornelius Bowman, Dawn Drake, and Simon Butler, who based the title on the Universal City Studios television series.

This arcade shoot-em-up is designed for a single player. The game leverages the official license of the hit police drama to bring its crime-fighting theme to the home computer format.

The cassette version of the game was priced at £7.95. Beyond the ZX Spectrum, Miami Vice was also released for the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 platforms.

Critical reception varied significantly, with Crash magazine awarding 27% and Your Sinclair giving it an 8/10 score. The game holds an average magazine rating of 53.5%.

In the Soviet Union, the game gained recognition through a review in ZX-Review magazine. It was widely available on disk systems, featuring numerous TR-DOS versions released by groups such as LAKS, Slider, and Mike Blum.