Mikie (1985)

Mikie was released in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum 48K by publisher Imagine Software Ltd. The development team included programmer Jonathan M. Smith, musician Martin Galway, and F. David Thorpe, who provided the load screen, while Bob Wakelin created the inlay and poster art.

This arcade action game supports a single player and is based on the original Konami coin-op. It features perpendicular 2.5D graphics and offers flexible control options, including Kempston Joystick, Interface 2, or fully redefinable keys.

The cassette version was priced at £7.95. The game was also released on several other platforms, including Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, and Acorn.

The game holds an average magazine score of 80%. It earned the Crash Smash award from Crash magazine and the Your Sinclair Hot Shot distinction from Your Sinclair.

The game became well-known in Russia due to numerous TR-DOS conversions by groups such as ASV Corp, Roversoft, and HomeSoft. POKE codes for the game were frequently published in electronic magazines like Revival and Micro. Cracked cassette versions by teams including Jansoft and Future Soft were also common.