Notes
AwardsRank #44 - 1984 Sinclair User Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics
Known ErrorsThe game can crash if the player tries to cross the only bridge. "I wasn't given any time to Q&A test", laments John Gibson. "No sooner had I written the last line of code and transferred the game to tape, it was whisked off for duplication. It was actually amazing that the game only had the one major bug. Maybe it's a testament to my programming techniques..." The bug itself caused much friendly banter in the Imagine offices. "My late dear friend Steve Cain used to play Stonkers a lot and he'd worked out how to approach the bridge in such a way as to avoid the crash." Yet many gamers didn't, and the bug created the catchphrase "don't go near the bridge" with which John is still occasionally reminded of today.