| ID | 6993 |
|---|---|
| Title | Snowball |
| Machine | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Adventure Game: Text-Only |
| Max Players | 1 |
| Available Type | A |
| Without Load Screen | No |
| Without Inlay | No |
| Type | Link | Size | MD5 | Flags | Details | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/s/Snowball.tzx.zip | 21,645 | - | NoneOriginal release (O) | ||
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/s/Snowball.tap.zip | 21,359 | - | Undetermined | ||
| Loading screen | /pub/sinclair/screens/load/s/scr/Snowball.scr | 6,912 | - | |||
| Running screen | /pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/s/Snowball.gif | 2,546 | - | |||
| Instructions | /pub/sinclair/games-info/s/Snowball.txt | 19,743 | - | |||
| ? | /pub/sinclair/games-extras/Snowball_CoverArt.jpg | 332,529 | - | Cover art | ||
| RZX playback file | https://archive.org/download/rzxarchive/snowball.rzx | - | - | Recorded by Hippy Smith | ||
| Instructions | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0006993/Snowball(EN).pdf | 1,119,459 | 53d0f534473f677b8fc27ee75b4d2f2f | None | ||
| Media scan | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0006993/Snowball_Media.jpg | 98,381 | d1c5dedb8be5a13953abc45b603e67e8 | None | ||
| Media scan | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0006993/Snowball_Media_2.jpg | 160,494 | 94e3ad01a1e9034bb6815e3ce7171ff8 | None | ||
| Inlay - Front | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0006993/Snowball.jpg | 1,253,952 | 98d4388026ed159cc82153afd9973c79 | NoneClamshell case (big) |
| Type | Title | Publication | Issue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| standalone | Snowball | Level 9 Computing Ltd | - | 1983 |
| Tag | Type | Category | Member Seq | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crash Readers Awards 1984 | Annual Awards | Best Text-Only Adventure | 1 | LinkOther awards:
1st in category "Best Programmer" - Stephen Crow
2nd in category "Best Programmer" - Keith Burkhill
3rd in category "Best Programmer" - Jonathan Smith
4th in category "Best Programmer" - David Jones
5th in category "Best Programmer" - Steve Turner
1st in category "Best Software House" - Elite Systems Ltd
2nd in category "Best Software House" - Ocean Software Ltd
3rd in category "Best Software House" - Hewson Consultants Ltd
4th in category "Best Software House" - Imagine Software Ltd
5th in category "Best Software House" - Gargoyle Games |
| Silicon Dreams Trilogy | Series | 1 | - |
| Website | Score | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| WorldOfSpectrum | 8.33 | 29 |
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Credits | Tim Noyce and Pete Sherwood are the artists for the original publication. |
| Remarks | The game is advertised as having more than 7.000 locations. In reality there are about 200 unique locations and the rest is part of a maze with exact locations, changing only the color. |