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| Full title | Deus Ex Machina |
| Year of release | 1984 |
| Publisher | Automata UK Ltd (UK) |
| Re-released by | Investronica S.A. (Spain) |
| Author(s) | Mel Croucher, Andrew Stagg |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2 and Keyboard |
| Type | Simulation |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £15.00 |
| Budget price | £9.95 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | None |
| Additional info | Appeared on side A of covertape ZX Files Megatape 3 (ZX Files)
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 Original Game. The accompanying audio tape was created with the voices of Ian Dury, Jon Pertwee, Donna Bailey and Frankie Howerd. |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Commodore 64 and MSX |
| Score |
8.33 (74 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Year | ||
|  | DeusExMachina.tzx.zip | 29,064 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 5012403480018 | 1984 | ||
|  | DeusExMachina.tap.zip | 52,158 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | 1984 |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | DeusExMachina.gif | 6,612 | (Loading screen) |
| DeusExMachina.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| DeusExMachina.gif | 3,540 | (In-game screen) | |
 | DeusExMachina.txt | 25,496 | (English instructions) |
| DeusExMachina.jpg | 354,658 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| DeusExMachina.jpg | 170,483 | (Advertisement) | |
| DeusExMachina_2.jpg | 179,661 | (Advertisement) | |
| DeusExMachina(InvestronicaS.A.).jpg | 228,461 | (Advertisement) | |
 | DeusExMachinaPart1.mp3.zip | 21,501,863 | (Bonus soundtrack(s) in MP3 format) |
| DeusExMachinaPart2.mp3.zip | 21,670,536 | (Bonus soundtrack(s) in MP3 format) |
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| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 101 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 10.84 | page 419 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 10.84 | page 107 | (Letter - Bounds of decency) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 10.84 | page 38 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.84 | page 52 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.84 | page 40 | (Feature) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 11.84 | page 17 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 11.84 | page 507 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 11.84 | page 523 | (Feature - Xmas soft hits) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 11.84 | page 29 | (Review) | [full page] |
| TV Gamer | 11.84 | page 8 | (News/Note) | |
| Your Computer | 11.84 | page 51 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Big K | 12.84 | page 44 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 12.84 | page 54 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 12.84 | page 34 | (Feature) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.84 | page 40 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 12.84 | page 52 | (Feature - Deus Ex Machina) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 12.84 | page 52 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Answers | 1.85 | page 47 | (Review) | |
| Home Computing Weekly | 2.85 | page 401 | (News/Note - Non-starter wins race) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.85 | page 114 | (Feature - Software distribution report) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 3.85 | page 419 | (Feature - Critic's Choice) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 4.85 | page 82 | (Feature - Ballad of the Piman) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 4.85 | page 94 | (Feature - Software distribution report) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 4.85 | page 52 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.85 | page 7 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 11.85 | page 404 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.86 | page 8 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| ACE | 5.88 | page 36 | (Feature - Aliens Alive! (self-evolution in games)) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 8.85 | page 12 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby Especial | 11.85 | page 22 | (Supercincuenta) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 121 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 156 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 325 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 364 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 415 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 472 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Big K | 10.84 | page 13 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 10.84 | page 314 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 10.84 | page 34 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 10.84 | page 84 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Big K | 11.84 | page 13 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.84 | page 36 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 11.84 | page 228 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 11.84 | page 542 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 11.84 | page 46 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 11.84 | page 25 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Big K | 12.84 | page 108 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.84 | page 190 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 12.84 | page 336 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 12.84 | page 19 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 12.84 | page 56 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 1.85 | page 66 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.85 | page 58 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.85 | page 59 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Big K | 2.85 | page 52 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.85 | page 23 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 2.85 | page 4 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.85 | page 109 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 4.85 | page 156 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 4.85 | page 9 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 12.85 | page 79 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.85 | page 65 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.86 | page 64 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.86 | page 12 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.86 | page 49 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.86 | page 33 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.86 | page 47 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 3.86 | page 42 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 4.86 | page 47 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 4.86 | page 37 | (Advert) | [full page] |
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