Rob's Retro Rambles - Batty (ZX Spectrum)

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Published on February 10, 2015 10:35:31 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M1XuY2ZXHw

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Batty (1987)

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Given away free with Your Sinclair issue 22 (October 1987) shortly before it got an official release as part of Hit-Pak's "6-Pak Vol. 2" compilation (eventually getting its own release on Elite's budget label, Encore.) Was this the game that started the covertape wars, with magazines getting slimmer and slimmer with more and more games (of varying quality in many cases) stuck to the cover? I don't recall there being too many decent covertapes around before this one, anyway.
Pretty good game though, especially for a free one. Quite something that they gave away the full game and not just a demo.