Big Box
Compilation · ZX-Spectrum 48K · 1 players · English
Beau-Jolly Ltd · 1991
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Publication
Although "Hacker" is the title present in the cover art and advertised as part of the compilation, it is only included in the C64 version. Both Spectrum and Amstrad compilations have "Hacker II" instead.
Documents
- BigBox(EN).pdfInstructions English5,054 KB
Other files
- BigBox_Front.jpgInlay - Front 1,608 KB
- BigBox_SideA.jpgMedia scan 231 KB
- BigBox_SideB.jpgMedia scan 229 KB
- BigBox.gifRunning screen 127 KB
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Scores
In the magazines
- Sinclair User #1161991 · Overall30%
In the magazines 1
Sinclair User #116Oct 1991 · p.3930%30%
Overall 30%
Garth Sumpter 30%
Label: Beau-Jolly Memory: 48K/128K Price: £T.B.A. Reviewer: Garth Sumpter Well this just has to one of the biggest compilations this reviewer has ever seen. It also has to be one of the most varied. Not only in the types of games involved but also in the insipid crapiness of some of them. First off let's say that it should take at least three days to just shuffle through all of the thirty titles in this compilation which actually does include some belters including, Enduro Racer, Aliens, Spindizzy, and Rampage. The rest are pretty mediocre but then you expect the rough with the smooth in a compilation. What you don't expect is complete and utter drivel. I mean there re titles like Activision's Sailing, Space Shuttle and Ghostbusters - all real turkeys along with all three of the Gamestar flops - Championship Football, Baseball and Basketball. So there's the Good, the Bad and the Average. Here's the list of the also rans. Ghostbusters, Hacker, Big Trouble in Little China, Barry McGuigan, Explorer, ACE 2088, Super Sprint, Knightmare, Galactic Games, Guardalcanal, Space Shuttle, The Real Ghostbusters, Xarq, Dandy, Mermaid Madness, Star Raiders, Prodigy, Park Patrol, High Frontier, Firetrap, Toy Bizarre and Karnov. It's probably not a bad way to start off your Spectrum collection but as the good games in the compilation number only four, then you'd be far wiser in carefully investing in either the products on budget or even better, spend your money on smaller compilations with a higher percentage of good games.
Quelle horreur! It's a festering pack of Millwall supporters!!!
Contains
- ACE 2088
- Aliens
- Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing
- Big Trouble in Little China
- Championship Baseball
- GBA Championship Basketball
- GFL Championship Football
- Dandy
- Enduro Racer
- Explorer
- FireTrap
- Galactic Games
- Ghostbusters
- Guadalcanal
- Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers
- High Frontier
- Karnov
- Knightmare
- Mermaid Madness
- Park Patrol
- Prodigy
- Rampage
- The Real Ghostbusters
- Sailing
- Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space
- Spindizzy
- Star Raiders II
- Super Sprint
- Toy Bizarre
- Xarq
Related
- Ports
- (Amstrad CPC), (Commodore 64)
- Same entry at
- Spectrum ComputingZXInfo
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