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![[In-game screen]](/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/p/PipeMania.gif "In-game screen")
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| Full title | Pipe Mania |
| Year of release | 1990 |
| Publisher | Empire Software (UK) |
| Re-released by | Proein Soft Line (Spain) Touch Down! (UK) |
| Author(s) | Bedrock Software (Brian Rogers), Oxford Digital Enterprises (Kevin R. Ayre) |
| Tie-in licence | The Assembly Line (UK) (original game: Pipe Mania) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Number of players | 2 - turn based |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2, Cursor and Keyboard |
| Type | Arcade: Action |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £9.99 (£14.99 for disk version) 995 ptas. |
| Budget price | £3.99 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | None |
| Additional info | A demo version appeared on side A of covertape MicroHobby issue 199: Tape 22 (MicroHobby)
A demo version appeared on side B of covertape YS issue 54: Smash Tape 31 (Your Sinclair) Also listed on Wikipedia and Freebase |
| SPOT comments | Your Sinclair cover demo; SAM Coupe version £11.99 |
| Series | This game belongs in the following series:
1. Pipe Mania 2. Pipe Mania II |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MSX, NES and SAM Coupe |
| Score |
7.60 (27 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | ||
|  | PipeMania.tzx.zip | 16,938 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | |||
 | PipeMania.dsk.zip | 19,077 | (+3 disk image) | Original release | ||||
|  | PipeMania.tap.zip | 20,218 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | ||||
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| | PipeMania(ProeinSoftLine).tzx.zip | 17,047 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | |||
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| | PipeMania(TouchDown).tzx.zip | 16,965 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | 5017783901061 |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | PipeMania.gif | 5,273 | (Loading screen) |
| PipeMania.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| PipeMania.gif | 5,528 | (In-game screen) | |
 | PipeMania.pdf | 39,867 | (English instructions) |
| PipeMania(ProeinSoftLine).pdf | 221,449 | (Spanish instructions) |
| PipeMania.png | 46,684 | (Game map) |
| PipeMania.jpg | 68,798 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| PipeMania(ProeinSoftLine).jpg | 117,056 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| PipeMania(TouchDown).jpg | 81,802 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| PipeMania.jpg | 210,537 | (Advertisement) | |
| PipeMania_2.jpg | 120,597 | (Advertisement) | |
| PipeMania(ProeinSoftLine).jpg | 350,248 | (Advertisement) |
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| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| ACE | 1.90 | page 10 | (News/Note - ref. "Pipe Dream") | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.90 | page 131 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| ACE | 4.90 | page 59 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ACE | 5.90 | page 110 | (Feature - Hot Off The Shelves) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.90 | page 19 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.90 | page 70 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.90 | page 88 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.90 | page 42 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 6.90 | page 56 | (Review) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 6.90 | page 412 | (Tips) | |
| Your Sinclair | 6.90 | page 10 | (CoverGame) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 6.90 | page 31 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.90 | page 36 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.90 | page 36 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| ACE | 9.90 | page 77 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 9.90 | page 65 | (Feature - Complete Guide to Puzzle games) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.90 | page 16 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 12.90 | page 48 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.91 | page 70 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ACE | 2.91 | page 63 | (Feature - The ACE guide to THE GREATEST GAMES of all time (probably)) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 5.91 | page 227 | (Hack/Poke) | |
| Sinclair User | 8.91 | page 17 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 8.91 | page 26 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 4.92 | page 44 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 4.92 | page 16 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.93 | page 31 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 2.93 | page 42 | (Review) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 5.90 | page 28 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| ACE | 4.90 | page 27 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.90 | page 18 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.90 | page 73 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 4.90 | page 72 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.90 | page 7 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 5.90 | page 2 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.90 | page 6 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.90 | page 36 | (Offer) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.90 | page 4 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.90 | page 8 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.90 | page 24 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 6.90 | page 16 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| ACE | 7.90 | page 39 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 7.90 | page 5 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 7.90 | page 35 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.90 | page 20 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 10.90 | page 49 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
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