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| Full title | Skate or Die |
| Year of release | 1989 |
| Publisher | Electronic Arts (UK) |
| Re-released by | Dro Soft (Spain) |
| Author(s) | Kinetic Designs (Mike Talbot, Tim McCarthy, Sarah Day, Drew Northcott, Richard Cheek) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2 (left), Interface 2 (right) and Keyboard |
| Type | Arcade: Action |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £8.95 (£14.95 for disk version) 1200 ptas. |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | Multiple schemes (see individual downloads) |
| Additional info | A demo version appeared on side B of covertape YS issue 36: Smash Tape 12 (Your Sinclair)
Also listed on Wikipedia and Freebase |
| SPOT comments | Your Sinclair cover demo |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and NES |
| Score |
4.25 (8 votes) |
| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Year | Encoding scheme | ||
| SkateOrDie.tzx.zip | 122,716 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 1989 | None | |||||
| SkateOrDie.tap.zip | 127,615 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | 1989 | |||||||
| SkateOrDie(DroSoft).tzx.zip | 85,156 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | M-21975-1990 | 1990 | Unspecified custom loader |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
| SkateOrDie.gif | 4,704 | (Loading screen) | |
| SkateOrDie.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) | |
| SkateOrDie.gif | 6,153 | (In-game screen) | |
| SkateOrDie.txt | 2,484 | (English instructions) | |
| SkateOrDie(DroSoft).pdf | 25,052 | (Spanish instructions) | |
| SkateOrDie.jpg | 32,266 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| SkateOrDie_2.jpg | 62,220 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| SkateOrDie(DroSoft)_Back.jpg | 116,130 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| SkateOrDie(DroSoft)_Front.jpg | 144,300 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| SkateOrDie.jpg | 197,232 | (Advertisement) | |
| SkateOrDie_2.jpg | 515,963 | (Advertisement) |
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| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| ACE | 12.87 | page 17 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.87 | page 180 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| ACE | 1.88 | page 69 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.88 | page 26 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ACE | 7.88 | page 77 | (Feature - Sports Sims) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 12.88 | page 12 | (CoverGame) | [full page] |
| ACE | 1.89 | page 36 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 1.89 | page 117 | (Review - not a Spectrum article) | |
| New Computer Express | 4.89 | page 450 | (Preview) | |
| Crash | 5.89 | page 14 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 5.89 | page 64 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.89 | page 18 | (Review) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 9.89 | page 358 | (Preview) | |
| MicroHobby | 6.89 | page 38 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Computer & Video Games | 12.87 | page 30 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| ACE | 1.88 | page 66 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 1.88 | page 14 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 2.88 | page 322 | (Two-page ad) | |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.89 | page 27 | (Advert - coming soon ...) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.89 | page 22 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.89 | page 27 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.89 | page 11 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 2.89 | page 11 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 4.89 | page 80 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |