Motos (1987)

Motos was released in 1987 by Mastertronic Added Dimension for the ZX Spectrum. The development team included coder Matthew Rhodes, in-game artist Ste Pickford, and musicians Jas C. Brooke and Lyndon Brooke, who created the music and load screen respectively.

This action puzzle game supports up to two players and features AY sound capabilities. It serves as a home computer conversion of the original Namco arcade coin-op.

In addition to the ZX Spectrum, the game was released for the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 platforms.

The game holds an average magazine score of 81.33%. Sinclair User awarded it a perfect 10/10 score and designated it as a Sinclair User Classic.

In Russia, the game gained significant popularity through numerous TR-DOS adaptations and several independent localized versions. Magazines like Micro featured POKE codes for infinite lives. Additionally, many cracked tape versions were released by developers such as Alexey Mednonogov and Jansoft.