Soldier of Light (1988)

Soldier of Light was released in 1988 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The game was published by ACE Software and developed by Christian F. Urquhart and Doc, with inlay and poster art provided by Alan Craddock.

This single-player arcade shoot-em-up is based on the Taito Corporation arcade coin-op. The release features a custom screen loader and supports Kempston joystick control alongside redefinable keys.

The cassette version of the game retailed for £7.99. Beyond the ZX Spectrum, the title was made available for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX, Amiga, and Atari ST platforms.

The game holds an average magazine score of 61.32%. Critical reception varied across publications, ranging from a high of 86% in The Games Machine to lower ratings in magazines such as ACE and Your Sinclair.

In the 90s, the game was widely distributed on cassette tapes by crackers such as Konstantin and Plomba Soft. Later, the title received several TR-DOS disk adaptations from groups like AmoNik and SG-Team.