Penetrator

Arcade Game: Shoot-em-upEnglishZX-Spectrum 48K
Entry Summary
ID3649
TitlePenetrator
MachineZX-Spectrum 48K
LanguageEnglish
GenreArcade Game: Shoot-em-up
Max Players2
Available TypeA
Without Load ScreenNo
Without InlayNo
People
Authors
Publishers
PermalinkBack to Explorer
Downloads
TypeLinkSizeMD5FlagsDetailsComments
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/p/Penetrator.tzx.zip19,748-
NoneOriginal release (O)
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1983rel #0
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/p/Penetrator.tap.zip22,875-
Undetermined
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1983rel #0
Loading screen/pub/sinclair/screens/load/p/scr/Penetrator.scr6,912-
rel #0
Running screen/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/p/Penetrator.gif1,262-
rel #0
Instructions/pub/sinclair/games-info/p/Penetrator.txt7,775-
Englishrel #0
Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/p/Penetrator.png31,149-
rel #0
Advertisement/pub/sinclair/games-adverts/p/Penetrator.jpg273,515-
rel #0
Advertisement/pub/sinclair/games-adverts/p/Penetrator_2.jpg283,055-
rel #0
POK pokes file/zxdb/sinclair/pokes/p/Penetrator (1983)(Melbourne House).pok1290b93e8eedfce1c8f0d83d7e0824cc97b
rel #0
Inlay - Front/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0003649/Penetrator.jpg303,663ddea2f39a24ca1580ea164a8b55ce47b
NoneSingle jewel case
rel #0
Inlay - Front/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0003649/Penetrator_2.jpg346,752493ac65385a8eaa1febfb54a46b439a2
NoneSingle jewel case
rel #0
Inlay - Back/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0003649/Penetrator_Back.jpg227,9600afd0acc651d81a8058b099919cfdc78
NoneSingle jewel case
rel #0
Inlay - Back/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0003649/Penetrator_Back_2.jpg275,716b94d06f0b6add6db093ceb4b3eb508f8
NoneSingle jewel case
rel #0
Media scan/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0003649/Penetrator_Tape.jpg92,20107e026ce1923323080e78500f1b97014
None
rel #0
RZX playback filehttps://archive.org/download/rzxarchive/penetrator.rzx--
rel #0
Recorded by Daren (with rollback)
Media scan/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0003649/Penetrator_SideA.jpg123,519ba9fd296ffa7e1cf4c5528b72b6d3b59
None
rel #0
Media scan/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0003649/Penetrator_SideB.jpg119,768c4525f2f6d6afff90ceacf0dab42a099
None
rel #0
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/p/Penetrator(InvestronicaS.A.).tzx.zip19,752-
NoneRe-release (R)
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1983rel #1
Instructions/pub/sinclair/games-info/p/Penetrator(InvestronicaS.A.).txt480-
Spanishrel #1
Inlay - Front/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/Rereleases/p/Penetrator(InvestronicaS.A.).jpg61,144-
rel #1
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/p/Penetrator(Microbyte1).tzx.zip19,650-
NoneRe-release (R)
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1987rel #2
Inlay - Front/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/Rereleases/p/Penetrator(Microbyte).jpg92,330-
rel #2
Releases
Release #YearDownloads
#0198217
#119833
#219872
Origins
TypeTitlePublicationIssueDate
standalonePenetratorMelbourne House-1982
Relations
DirectionTypeEntry
ToOriginal platform forPenetrator
Tags / Members
TagTypeCategoryMember SeqLinks
AlternatingTurn Mode-
-
C&VG Spectrum Top Ten 1983Annual Awards-
Link
Golden Joystick Awards 1983Annual AwardsBest Arcade-Style Game of the Year2
Link
Kempston JoystickControl Option-
-
Ports
TitlePlatformOfficialLink
-Commodore 64YesLink
Remakes
No remakes recorded
Scores
WebsiteScoreVotes
WorldOfSpectrum7.91145
Notes
TypeText
RemarksVeronika recalls: "It had a game editor, which we wrote because we were tired of calculating bitmaps by hand; and we ended up putting that on the tape as well, and it became part of the game."
AwardsRank #40 - 1984 Sinclair User Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics
Aliases
No aliases
Licenses
NameTypeOfficialLinks
ScrambleArcade coin-opNo
Site
Web links
WebsiteLanguageURL
Speccy Screenshot Mapsenhttp://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=Penetrator
Wikipediaenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetrator_%28computer_game%29
Centre for Computing Historyenhttps://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/9412/Penetrator/
MobyGamesenhttps://www.mobygames.com/game/penetrator
RZX Archiveenhttps://www.rzxarchive.co.uk/p.php#penetrator
The Tipshopenhttps://www.the-tipshop.co.uk/cgi-bin/info.pl?name=Penetrator
UVLenhttps://www.uvlist.net/game-14207-Penetrator
The Spectrum Show - Youtubeenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFTpqP9TI7Q&t=18m10s
RZX Archive - YouTubeenhttps://youtu.be/UCaREFbyK8E
Spectrum Computing RZX - YouTubeenhttps://youtu.be/UaISI9VmK6w
Modern ZX-Retro Gamingenhttps://youtu.be/oQCDmFVqwZ0
Files
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