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![[Loading screen]](/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/load/d/gif/DarkSceptre.gif "Loading screen")
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![[In-game screen]](/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/d/DarkSceptre.gif "In-game screen")
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| Full title | Dark Sceptre |
| Year of release | 1987 |
| Publisher | Firebird Software Ltd (UK) |
| Author(s) | Beyond Software, Maelstrom Games Ltd (Mike Singleton, David Gautrey, Alan Jardine) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2, Cursor, Redefineable keys |
| Type | Tactical Combat |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £7.95 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | Firebird BleepLoad |
| Additional info | Appeared on tape 1, side A of the compilation 10 Computer Hits 5 (Beau-Jolly Ltd)
Appeared on tape 3, side A of the compilation 30 Red Hot Hits (Beau-Jolly Ltd) Appeared on side A of covertape SU issue 121: Great Eight 10 (Sinclair User) Also listed on Wikipedia and Freebase |
| SPOT comments | Sinclair User cover game |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC |
| Score |
8.44 (57 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | ||
 | DarkSceptre.tzx.zip | 43,321 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 5012439011088 | |||
|  | DarkSceptre.tap.zip | 42,891 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | DarkSceptre.gif | 6,333 | (Loading screen) |
| DarkSceptre.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| DarkSceptre.gif | 6,119 | (In-game screen) | |
 | DarkSceptre.txt | 12,444 | (English instructions) |
| DarkSceptre.jpg | 191,606 | (Game map) |
| DarkSceptre.jpg | 112,313 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| DarkSceptre.jpg | 180,167 | (Advertisement) | |
| DarkSceptre_2.jpg | 147,422 | (Advertisement) |
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| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Crash | 5.86 | page 56 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 5.86 | page 21 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 6.86 | page 90 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 7.86 | page 5 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 7.86 | page 88 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.86 | page 121 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 8.86 | page 8 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 8.86 | page 11 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 8.86 | page 7 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 9.86 | page 24 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.86 | page 10 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.87 | page 98 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 2.87 | page 105 | (News/Note) | |
| Sinclair User | 3.87 | page 20 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.87 | page 92 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ACE | 12.87 | page 85 | (Feature - Of Strategic Importance) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.87 | page 11 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 12.87 | page 55 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 12.87 | page 10 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| ACE | 1.88 | page 91 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 1.88 | page 78 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.88 | page 50 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.88 | page 39 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.88 | page 32 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.88 | page 40 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 4.88 | page 62 | (Map) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 4.88 | page 13 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.88 | page 32 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.92 | page 6 | (CoverGame) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Crash | 8.86 | page 69 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.86 | page 111 | (Full-page ad - Play by Mail advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 8.86 | page 16 | (Full-page ad - Play by Mail advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 8.86 | page 6 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 8.86 | page 33 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 8.86 | page 75 | (Full-page ad - Play by Mail advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 9.86 | page 45 | (Full-page ad - Play by Mail advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 9.86 | page 64 | (Full-page ad - Play by Mail advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 9.86 | page 87 | (Full-page ad - Play by Mail advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.86 | page 105 | (Full-page ad - Play by Mail advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 10.86 | page 82 | (Full-page ad - Play by Mail advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 10.86 | page 89 | (Full-page ad - Play by Mail advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.86 | page 48 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 11.86 | page 70 | (Full-page ad - Play by Mail advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.86 | page 104 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.87 | page 63 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.87 | page 100 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.87 | page 32 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 12.87 | page 85 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
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