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![[Loading screen]](/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/load/b/gif/Beach-Head.gif "Loading screen")
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![[In-game screen]](/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/b/Beach-Head.gif "In-game screen")
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| Full title | Beach-Head |
| Year of release | 1984 |
| Publisher | US Gold Ltd (UK) |
| Re-released by | ABC Soft (Spain) Americana Software Ltd (UK) Dro Soft (Spain) Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) Microbyte [1] (Spain) |
| Author(s) | David J. Anderson, Ian Morrison, F. David Thorpe |
| Tie-in licence | Access Software Inc (USA) (original game: Beach-Head) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 2 - alternating |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2, Cursor, Redefineable keys |
| Type | Arcade: Shoot-em-up |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £7.95 1900 ptas. |
| Budget price | £1.99 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | Multiple schemes (see individual downloads) |
| Additional info | Appeared on tape 1, side A of the compilation Gold Collection, The (US Gold Ltd)
Appeared on tape 3, side B of the compilation History in the Making (US Gold Ltd) Appeared on the compilation Multimixx 2 (Kixx) Appeared on tape 1, side A of the compilation They Sold a Million (The Hit Squad) Appeared on side A of covertape Stars Spectrum issue 05 - Juegos (Stars Spectrum), as 'Desembarco' Appeared on side A of covertape SU issue 82: Megatape 11 (Sinclair User) Participant in the C&VG 1984 Golden Joystick Awards Also listed on Wikipedia and Freebase |
| Remarks | Runner-up in the C&VG 1984 Golden Joystick Awards - Best Strategy Game. Also came as bonus with Heavy Metal on the B-side. |
| SPOT comments | Sinclair User cover game |
| Series | This game belongs in the following series:
1. Beach-Head 2. Beach-Head II |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4 and MSX |
| Score |
7.92 (62 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Year | Encoding scheme | ||
 | Beach-Head.tzx.zip | 27,252 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 1984 | SpeedLock 1 | ||||
|  | Beach-Head.tap.zip | 25,806 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | 1984 | |||||
| Beach-Head(AmericanaSoftwareLtd).tzx.zip | 26,758 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | 1984 | SpeedLock 1 | ||||
| Beach-Head(DroSoft).tzx.zip | 26,475 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | 2MT138 | M-35434-1988 | 1988 | SpeedLock 1 |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | Beach-Head.gif | 5,292 | (Loading screen) |
| Beach-Head.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| Beach-Head.gif | 2,960 | (In-game screen) | |
 | Beach-Head.txt | 5,929 | (English instructions) |
| Beach-Head(DroSoft).pdf | 22,949 | (Spanish instructions) |
| Beach-Head.png | 69,655 | (Game map) |
| Beach-Head.jpg | 66,874 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| Beach-Head(AmericanaSoftwareLtd).jpg | 39,364 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| Beach-Head(DroSoft).jpg | 87,054 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| Beach-Head.jpg | 223,620 | (Advertisement) |
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| This title is available for sale at The Preservation Team Shop! |
| 1 player review [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Personal Computer Games | 8.84 | page 19 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.84 | page 24 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 9.84 | page 14 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.84 | page 22 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 10.84 | page 306 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.84 | page 14 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 11.84 | page 226 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Big K | 12.84 | page 50 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 12.84 | page 52 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 12.84 | page 15 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.84 | page 42 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 12.84 | page 63 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.85 | page 143 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Answers | 1.85 | page 24 | (Review) | |
| Computer & Video Games | 6.85 | page 69 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.85 | page 54 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 7.85 | page 15 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 8.85 | page 22 | (Feature - The Spectrum Collection - 15 classics) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 9.85 | page 64 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 2.86 | page 35 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 6.88 | page 225 | (News/Note) | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 6.88 | page 325 | (News/Note) | |
| Sinclair User | 1.89 | page 8 | (CoverGame) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 12.84 | page 16 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Computer & Video Games | 6.84 | page 60 | (Full-page ad - not a Spectrum advert) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 7.84 | page 123 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.84 | page 27 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 9.84 | page 8 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 9.84 | page 177 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.84 | page 88 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.84 | page 94 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 10.84 | page 304 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 10.84 | page 129 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 10.84 | page 131 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 10.84 | page 157 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 10.84 | page 201 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.84 | page 160 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.84 | page 125 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.84 | page 197 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 11.84 | page 120 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.84 | page 27 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 11.84 | page 92 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.84 | page 160 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.84 | page 76 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 12.84 | page 99 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.84 | page 85 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 12.84 | page 176 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.85 | page 50 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.85 | page 40 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 1.85 | page 16 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.85 | page 40 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 1.85 | page 18 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.85 | page 18 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.85 | page 56 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.85 | page 14 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 2.85 | page 38 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.85 | page 18 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.85 | page 40 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.85 | page 116 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.85 | page 14 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 3.85 | page 134 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 4.85 | page 113 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 4.85 | page 125 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.85 | page 143 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.85 | page 36 | (Advert) | [full page] |
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