General info for: Virus [#ID: 5587]
Title:
Release Date:
1988
Original Publisher:
Authors according to SPOT/SPEX:
Steven Dunn & David Braben
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Availability:
Available
Message Language:
English
Machine Type:
ZX-Spectrum 48K
Maximum Players:
1
Features:
Graphical Views:
Original Price:
£7.95
Other platforms:
Average mag. score:
80.02% (5 reviews)
Remarks:
This version started as a bedroom project, as Firebird did not believe the game was viable on 8-bit systems. It was not until Steve Dunn had written a demo of the ship flying over the landscape that anything official was signed.

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User Score
Score:
7.2
Total votes:
6


Stats:
  9:  
  16.7% (1)
  7:  
  66.7% (4)
  6:  
  16.7% (1)

Main File Downloads

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Firebird Software Ltd (UK)
1988
Virus.tap.zip
English
Firebird Software Ltd (UK)
1988
Virus.tzx.zip
English
Firebird Software Ltd (UK)
1988
Virus.dsk.zip
English

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Releases
1988
£7.95
1988
Authors/Contributors
no team 
Compilations featuring this title
Publisher: Magazine Sinclair User - covertape from issue #77 - 1988/Aug
Date: 1988/Aug
Release Type: Demo version
Alternate Title:
Publisher: Magazine Crash - covertape from issue v.1 #83 - 1990/Dec
Date: 1990/Dec
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Publisher: Magazine Load 'n' Run - covertape from issue #55 - 1988/Dec
Date: 1988/Dec
Release Type: Unauthorized version
Alternate Title: Invasion
Page: 54 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review - not a Spectrum article
Page: 94 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 631/1000
Page: 30 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review - not a Spectrum article
Page: 14 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 77%
Page: 43 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review - Nuevo
Page: 26 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 95%
Page: 38 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 75%
Page: 70 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 9/10
Page: 67 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - 100 Top Games
Page: 16 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - The Key to Three Dee
Page: 14 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Preview
Page: 49 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Page: 34 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Page: 4 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CoverGame
Page: 22 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Preview - Premiere
Page: 16 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note
Page: 18 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - The greats of 88
Issue: 1999/Sep
Page: 0
Article Type: Information
Page: 9 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CoverGame
Page: 39 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Offer
Page: 18 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Preview
Page: 54 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Page: 35 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Page: 29 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Page: 75 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Your Sinclair 50th birthday!!!
Page: 47 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad
Page: 36 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad