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<h2 id="games">Games</h2> <h3>1982</h3> <ul><li><i>Rescue</i></li></ul> <h3>1983</h3> <ul><li><i>3D Desert Patrol</i></li> <li><i>Alien Maze</i></li> <li><i>Bomber</i></li> <li><i>Caveman</i></li> <li><i>Crawler</i></li> <li><i>Derby Day</i></li> <li><i>Draughts</i></li> <li><i>Escape from Manhattan</i></li> <li><i>Galactic Patrol</i></li> <li><i>Grand National</i></li> <li><i>Jackpot</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Lunar_Rescue/du27MHyu">Lunar Rescue</a></i></li> <li><i>One Day Cricket</i></li> <li><i>Pandemonia</i></li> <li><i>Test Match</i></li> <li><i>The Omega Run</i></li> <li><i>The Orb</i></li> <li><i>Space Mission</i></li> <li><i>Zaraks</i></li></ul> <h3>1984</h3> <ul><li><i>£.s.d.</i></li> <li><i>Ahhh!!</i></li> <li><i>Cricket 64</i></li> <li><i>Glug Glug</i></li> <li><i>Handicap Golf</i></li> <li><i>Handy Andy</i></li> <li><i>Incredible Adventure</i></li> <li><i>Olympics</i></li> <li><i>Orpheus in the Underworld</i></li> <li><i>Show Jumping</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Terrahawks/aqI0vR2c">Terrahawks</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><i>The Great Detective</i></li> <li><i>The Magic Roundabout</i></li> <li><i>Tritz</i></li> <li><i>Whirlybird</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1984_video_game)/kj0kv5pW">The War of the Worlds</a></i></li> <li><i>The Warlock's Treasure</i></li> <li><i>The Woods of Winter</i></li></ul> <h3>1985</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Blade_Runner_(1985_video_game)/qTarh5go">Blade Runner</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Bored_of_the_Rings_(video_game)/TjVuRu49">Bored of the Rings</a></i>2</li> <li><i>Endurance</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Formula_One_(1985_video_game)/fkoGIgPe">Formula One</a></i></li> <li><i>Juggernaut</i></li> <li><i>Space Doubt</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Tau_Ceti_(video_game)/v2Eye87x">Tau Ceti</a></i></li> <li><i>The Causes of Chaos</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Rocky_Horror_Show_(video_game)/Y0kJXfyv">The Rocky Horror Show</a></i></li></ul> <h3>1986</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Academy_(video_game)/J2wzUVVs">Academy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Bugsy_(video_game)/79gtfCRR">Bugsy</a></i></li> <li><i>Doctor What!</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Dracula_(1986_video_game)/GhFe0Wbh">Dracula</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Hercules_(1984_video_game)/DVSoyxyT">Hercules</a></i>1</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Pilgrim_(video_game)/zGJmnBS8">Pilgrim</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Robin_of_Sherlock/gSUxImSK">Robin of Sherlock</a></i>2</li> <li><i>Room Ten</i></li> <li><i>Samurai</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Boggit/44XSF5Hs">The Boggit</a></i></li> <li><i>The Very Big Cave Adventure</i></li></ul> <h3>1987</h3> <ul><li><i>Ball Breaker</i></li> <li><i>Book of the Dead</i></li> <li><i>Cyborg</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Death_or_Glory_(video_game)/BFpMwnJF">Death or Glory</a></i></li> <li><i>Federation</i>3</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Frankenstein_(video_game)/dTfCWWSz">Frankenstein</a></i></li> <li><i>From Darkness into Light</i></li> <li><i>I-Alien</i></li> <li><i>IQ</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Jack_the_Ripper_(1987_video_game)/m1ARb60h">Jack the Ripper</a></i></li> <li><i>Jet-Boys</i></li> <li><i>Last Mohican</i></li> <li><i>Lifeforce</i></li> <li><i>Loads of Midnight</i></li> <li><i>Mandroid</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Murder_off_Miami/R2oL29sX">Murder off Miami</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Ninja_Hamster/qaRxoNWz">Ninja Hamster</a></i></li> <li><i>Oink!</i></li> <li><i>Outcast</i></li> <li><i>Plasmatron</i></li> <li><i>Sun Star</i></li> <li><i>They Call Me Trooper</i></li> <li><i>Traxxion</i></li> <li><i>Vengeance</i></li></ul> <h3>1988</h3> <ul><li><i>Ball Breaker II</i></li> <li><i>CounterForce</i></li> <li><i>Cyberknights</i></li> <li><i>Discovery</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/International_Soccer/IqQBb5mT">International Soccer</a></i>4</li> <li><i>Kellogg's Tour 1988</i></li> <li><i>NATO Assault Course</i></li> <li><i>Purple Heart</i></li> <li><i>Road Warrior</i></li> <li><i>Sophistry</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Thunder_Cross_(video_game)/HBfv9mo1">Thunder Cross</a></i></li> <li><i>Time Fighter</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/To_Hell_and_Back_(video_game)/nMAqqQMT">To Hell and Back</a></i></li> <li><i>Trigger Happy</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Wolfman_(video_game)/JppLBglB">Wolfman</a></i></li></ul> <h3>1989</h3> <ul><li><i>Inner Space</i></li> <li><i>Lancaster</i></li> <li><i>Professional Soccer</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Search_for_the_Titanic/qjEfpB58">Search for the Titanic</a></i></li></ul> <h3>1990</h3> <ul><li><i>Hellhole</i></li></ul> <h3>Unreleased</h3> <ul><li><i>Enchantress</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><i>Spearhead</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><i>The Blues Brothers</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li><i>The Malinsay Massacre</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="software">Software</h2> <ul><li><i>Fifth</i> (1983)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li><i>Stargazer Secrets</i> (1983)</li> <li><i>Highway Code</i> (1984)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li><i>3D Game Maker</i> (1987)</li> <li><i>2D Game Maker</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>Hi-Rise Scaffold Construction Set</i> (Unreleased)</li></ul> <h2 id="platforms">Platforms</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Acorn_Electron/I0IDnl9N">Acorn Electron</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Amiga/60B3A9of">Amiga</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Amstrad_CPC/U2F6jDXY">Amstrad CPC</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Amstrad_PCW/eUHIck5p">Amstrad PCW</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Atari_ST/9GsYSlaM">Atari ST</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/BBC_Micro/YJxxPlIl">BBC Micro</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Commodore_64/3TPcKDbb">Commodore 64</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Commodore_Plus%2f4/ubQLsy5o">Commodore Plus/4</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/MS-DOS/fVrrz1uN">MS-DOS</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Oric-1/FDBJwRcj">Oric-1</a>/<a href="/facts/Oric_Atmos/FDBJwRcj">Atmos</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/ZX81/I0uDYb3n">ZX81</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <p>1 <i>Hercules</i> was originally released in 1984 by Interdisc 2 <i>Bored of the Rings</i> and <i>Robin of Sherlock</i> were originally released in 1985 by <a href="/facts/Delta_4/bApIsmpE">Delta 4</a> 3 <i>Federation</i> was originally released as <i>Quann Tulla</i> in 1985 by 8th Day Software 4 <i>International Soccer</i> was originally only released on cartridge in 1983 by <a href="/facts/Commodore_International/SlfXKbCN">Commodore International</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Retro_Gamer_Magazine/GaU4SE9e">Retro Gamer Magazine</a></i>, issue 97, Graeme Mason</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/company/crl-group-plc">CRL Group</a> at <a href="/facts/MobyGames/ErGhXfX5">MobyGames</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.eurogamer.net/the-story-behind-the-worst-game-ever-made">The story behind the worst game ever made</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"CRASH 9 - News". <a href="http://www.crashonline.org.uk/09/news.htm" target="_blank">http://www.crashonline.org.uk/09/news.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"From cavemen to rocky horrors". Amstrad Action (19): 30. August 1985. at World of Spectrum <a href="/wiki/World_of_Spectrum" target="_blank">/wiki/World_of_Spectrum</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Bram Stoker's Dracula". Eurogamer. 26 October 2007. <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/bram-stokers-dracula-review" target="_blank">http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/bram-stokers-dracula-review</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Dracula unbound: The story behind the first 18 certificated video game". Eurogamer. March 2015. <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-03-01-dracula-unbound-the-story-behind-the-first-18-certificated-video-game" target="_blank">http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-03-01-dracula-unbound-the-story-behind-the-first-18-certificated-video-game</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Your Sinclair". <a href="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=YourSinclair/Issue60/Pages/YourSinclair6000058.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=YourSinclair/Issue60/Pages/YourSinclair6000058.jpg</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Your Spectrum 09 - Joystick Jury". <a href="http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/yr09/yr09_59.htm" target="_blank">http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/yr09/yr09_59.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Doctor What! At Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware". <a href="https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=1416" target="_blank">https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=1416</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"World of Spectrum - Enchantress". <a href="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0011680" target="_blank">http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0011680</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"World of Spectrum - Spearhead". <a href="https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/software/games/spearhead-crl-group-plc" target="_blank">https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/software/games/spearhead-crl-group-plc</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"The Blues Brothers (C64) - 1987 CRL - GTW64". <a href="https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/the-blues-brothers/" target="_blank">https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/the-blues-brothers/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"World of Spectrum - the Malinsay Massacre". <a href="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0011871" target="_blank">http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0011871</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Taylor, Richard. "Fifth User's Manual". World Of Spectrum. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. <a href="https://worldofspectrum.org//pub/sinclair/games-info/f/Fifth.txt" target="_blank">https://worldofspectrum.org//pub/sinclair/games-info/f/Fifth.txt</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"Highway Code at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware". <a href="https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=9110" target="_blank">https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=9110</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Funny Old Game Innit Cecil?". Computer and Video Games. No. 86. EMAP. December 1988. p. 99. Retrieved 19 December 2022. <a href="https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-086/page/n97/mode/2up" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-086/page/n97/mode/2up</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"Zzap Test: International Soccer". Zzap. No. 76. Newsfield. 9 June 1988. p. 75. Retrieved 19 December 2022. <a href="https://archive.org/details/zzap64-magazine-039/page/n75/mode/2up" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/zzap64-magazine-039/page/n75/mode/2up</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>