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| Full title | Academy |
| Also known as | Tau Ceti II |
| Year of release | 1987 |
| Publisher | CRL Group PLC (UK) |
| Re-released by | EDOS (UK) Mind Games Espana S.A. (Spain) Summit Software [1] (UK) |
| Author(s) | Pete Cooke, Ian Ellery |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Kempston and Keyboard |
| Type | Arcade: Shoot-em-up |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £9.95 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | None |
| Additional info | Features Vector Graphics Also listed on Wikipedia and Freebase |
| Remarks | Includes Star Map from Sol. |
| SPOT comments | Tau Ceti 2 |
| Series | This game belongs in the following series:
1. Tau Ceti -- Tau Ceti - The Special Edition 2. Academy |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC |
| Score |
8.40 (179 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Year | ||
|  | Academy.tzx.zip | 77,303 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 9780854010417 | 1987 | ||
|  | Academy.tap.zip | 42,543 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | 1987 | ||||
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| | Academy(SummitSoftware1).tzx.zip | 41,897 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | SS276 | 5015103882762 | 1988 |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | Academy.gif | 4,575 | (Loading screen) |
| Academy.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| Academy.gif | 3,558 | (In-game screen) | |
 | Academy.txt | 19,136 | (English instructions) |
| Academy.jpg | 145,365 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| Academy(SummitSoftware).jpg | 74,980 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| Academy_IdentificationChart.jpg | 86,049 | (Identification chart) |
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| 1 player review [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| ZX Computing | 7.86 | page 6 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 9.86 | page 94 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 11.86 | page 4 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.86 | page 9 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 11.86 | page 116 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.86 | page 112 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 12.86 | page 54 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.86 | page 158 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.86 | page 111 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 12.86 | page 51 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 12.86 | page 82 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 12.86 | page 82 | (Feature) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.87 | page 178 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.87 | page 66 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 1.87 | page 52 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.87 | page 69 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.87 | page 58 | (Feature) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.87 | page 58 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.87 | page 15 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 3.87 | page 40 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 3.87 | page 45 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 4.87 | page 63 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 4.87 | page 16 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.87 | page 60 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.87 | page 49 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Crash | 7.87 | page 54 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| ACE | 1.88 | page 143 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| ACE | 3.88 | page 108 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| ACE | 4.88 | page 67 | (Feature - Shoot-Em-Ups) | [full page] |
| ACE | 4.88 | page 115 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| ACE | 5.88 | page 107 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| YS Smash Tips | 8.88 | page 1 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 12.88 | page 33 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 1.87 | page 20 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Popular Computing Weekly | 11.86 | page 422 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.86 | page 65 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 12.86 | page 133 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.87 | page 44 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 2.87 | page 26 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.87 | page 79 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.87 | page 61 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.87 | page 9 | (Offer) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.87 | page 9 | (Offer) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 6.87 | page 65 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 8.87 | page 79 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.87 | page 152 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| ACE | 12.87 | page 67 | (Advert) | [full page] |
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