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| Full title | Flying Shark |
| Year of release | 1987 |
| Publisher | Firebird Software Ltd (UK) |
| Re-released by | Dro Soft (Spain) |
| Author(s) | Graftgold Ltd (Dominic Robinson, John Cumming, Gavin Wade, Drew Northcott) |
| Tie-in licence | Taito Corporation (Japan) (arcade coin-op: Flying Shark) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 2 - alternating |
| Controls | Redefineable keys |
| Type | Arcade: Shoot-em-up |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £7.95 1500 ptas. |
| Budget price | £1.99 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | Firebird BleepLoad |
| Additional info | Appeared on tape 1, side B of the compilation Taito Coin-Op Hits (Imagine Software Ltd)
Appeared on side A of covertape SU issue 117: Great Eight 6 (Sinclair User) Also listed on Wikipedia, Freebase and Lost in Translation |
| SPOT comments | Sinclair User cover game |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 |
| Score |
8.61 (189 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Year | ||
 | FlyingShark.tzx.zip | 30,476 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 5012439011125 | 1987 | |||
|  | FlyingShark.tap.zip | 30,445 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | 1987 |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | FlyingShark.gif | 8,401 | (Loading screen) |
| FlyingShark.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| FlyingShark.gif | 4,025 | (In-game screen) | |
 | FlyingShark.txt | 2,823 | (English instructions) |
| FlyingShark(DroSoft).pdf | 7,637 | (Spanish instructions) |
| FlyingShark.jpg | 499,007 | (Game map) |
| FlyingShark_2.jpg | 1,376,808 | (Game map) |
| FlyingShark_3.jpg | 67,452 | (Game map) |
| FlyingShark_4.png | 118,841 | (Game map) |
| FlyingShark_5.jpg | 1,301,069 | (Game map) |
| FlyingShark.jpg | 143,881 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| FlyingShark(DroSoft).jpg | 224,422 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| FlyingShark.jpg | 175,812 | (Advertisement) | |
| FlyingShark_Poster.jpg | 361,993 | (Sinclair User magazine poster) | |
 | FlyingShark.ay.zip | 4,777 | (Ripped in-game and theme music in AY format) |
| FlyingShark.mp3.zip | 1,618,535 | (Sampled in-game and theme music in MP3 format) |
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| 7 player reviews [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Sinclair User | 8.87 | page 21 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 12.87 | page 16 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.88 | page 9 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.88 | page 18 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ACE | 2.88 | page 42 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.88 | page 20 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.88 | page 35 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 2.88 | page 54 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Kamikaze Guide | 2.88 | page 6 | (Map) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.88 | page 58 | (Poster) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 2.88 | page 10 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.88 | page 16 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.88 | page 16 | (Map) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 3.88 | page 67 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.88 | page 62 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.88 | page 62 | (Map) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.88 | page 62 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.88 | page 30 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| ACE | 10.88 | page 9 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| ACE | 10.88 | page 49 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ACE | 10.88 | page 49 | (Feature - 100 Top Games) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 11.88 | page 428 | (Review - not a Spectrum article) | |
| Crash | 12.88 | page 45 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 12.88 | page 34 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.89 | page 54 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.89 | page 36 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.89 | page 26 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 6.91 | page 21 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.91 | page 6 | (CoverGame) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.92 | page 14 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.92 | page 16 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 3.88 | page 22 | (Premiere) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 4.88 | page 40 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 7.88 | page 48 | (Justicieros) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| ACE | 11.87 | page 78 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.87 | page 23 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.87 | page 89 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.88 | page 104 | (Offer) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.88 | page 73 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.88 | page 60 | (Offer) | [full page] |
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