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| Full title | Thunder Blade |
| Year of release | 1988 |
| Publisher | US Gold Ltd (UK) |
| Re-released by | Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) Kixx (UK) Musical 1 S.A. (Spain) |
| Author(s) | Tiertex Ltd (Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, Mark Tait), Blue Turtle (Leigh Christian) |
| Tie-in licence | Sega Enterprises Ltd (Japan) (arcade coin-op: Thunder Blade) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Kempston, Cursor and Keyboard |
| Type | Arcade: Shoot-em-up |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £8.99 (£12.99 for disk version) 875 ptas. |
| Budget price | £3.99 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | Multiple schemes (see individual downloads) |
| Additional info | Appeared on side A of the compilation 2 Por 1: Thunder Blade + Cybernoid II (Erbe Software S.A.)
Appeared on tape 1, side B of the compilation Coin-Op Hits (US Gold Ltd) Appeared on tape 2, side A of the compilation Genial (Erbe Software S.A.) Appeared on tape 4, side A of the compilation Sega Master-Mix (US Gold Ltd) Appeared on the compilation Thunder Blade + Rygar (Erbe Software S.A.) Appeared on the compilation Winners (US Gold Ltd) A demo version appeared on side A of covertape Crash issue 59: Sneak Preview 3 (Crash) A demo version appeared on side A of covertape MicroHobby issue 182: Tape 1 (MicroHobby) Features Vector Graphics Also listed on Freebase and Lost in Translation |
| SPOT comments | Crash cover demo |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and Sega Master System |
| Score |
6.06 (34 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Year | Encoding scheme | ||
 | ThunderBlade.tzx.zip | 106,551 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 5013442542149 | 1988 | Alkatraz Protection System | |||
 | ThunderBlade.dsk.zip | 91,759 | (+3 disk image) | Original release | 1988 | |||||
|  | ThunderBlade128.z80.zip | 27,792 | ((non-TZX) Z80 snapshot image) | 1988 | |||||
|  | ThunderBlade48.tap.zip | 54,044 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | 1988 | |||||
| ThunderBlade(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip | 106,792 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | SE450 | M-40781-1988 | 1988 | Alkatraz Protection System | ||
| ThunderBlade(Kixx).tzx.zip | 106,575 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | KIXX006 | 5013442548547 | 1988 | Alkatraz Protection System | ||
| ThunderBlade(Musical1S.A.).tzx.zip | 128,261 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | M1J007 | M-24131-1991 | 1991 | Alkatraz Protection System |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | ThunderBlade.gif | 5,511 | (Loading screen) |
| ThunderBlade.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| ThunderBlade.gif | 4,444 | (In-game screen) | |
 | ThunderBlade.txt | 6,545 | (English instructions) |
| ThunderBlade(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).pdf | 23,870 | (Spanish instructions) |
| ThunderBlade.jpg | 160,004 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| ThunderBlade_2.jpg | 83,000 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| ThunderBlade(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 65,925 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| ThunderBlade(Kixx).jpg | 113,182 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| ThunderBlade.jpg | 457,023 | (Advertisement) | |
| ThunderBlade_2.jpg | 262,008 | (Advertisement) | |
| ThunderBlade_3.jpg | 196,190 | (Advertisement) | |
| ThunderBlade_4.jpg | 189,978 | (Advertisement) | |
| ThunderBlade_5.jpg | 873,770 | (Advertisement) | |
| ThunderBlade(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 339,694 | (Advertisement) |
| The Tipshop has hints, cheats and/or POKEs for this game! |
| This title is available for sale at The Preservation Team Shop! |
| 1 player review [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Popular Computing Weekly | 7.88 | page 401 | (News/Note) | |
| Sinclair User | 9.88 | page 30 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.88 | page 112 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.88 | page 120 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 11.88 | page 246 | (Feature - The Race For Christmas No.1) | |
| New Computer Express | 11.88 | page 328 | (Review) | |
| Sinclair User | 11.88 | page 86 | (Feature) | [full page] |
| ACE | 12.88 | page 19 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.88 | page 148 | (CoverGame) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.88 | page 184 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.88 | page 191 | (Feature - The Crash arcade game Challenge) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.88 | page 906 | (Preview - Christmas Crackers supplement) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 12.88 | page 16 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 12.88 | page 39 | (Review - not a Spectrum article) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 12.88 | page 439 | (Review - not a Spectrum article) | |
| Your Sinclair | 12.88 | page 126 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| ACE | 1.89 | page 56 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.89 | page 22 | (Review) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 1.89 | page 222 | (Tips) | |
| Sinclair User | 1.89 | page 33 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 2.89 | page 56 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 2.89 | page 40 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ACE | 3.89 | page 72 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 4.89 | page 40 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.89 | page 33 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 8.89 | page 32 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 10.90 | page 15 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.91 | page 50 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 4.91 | page 80 | (Review) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 11.88 | page 15 | (Premiere) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 1.89 | page 41 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 2.89 | page 61 | (Justicieros) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| ACE | 11.88 | page 29 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.88 | page 16 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.88 | page 147 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.88 | page 52 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| ACE | 12.88 | page 30 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 11.88 | page 48 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| ACE | 12.88 | page 68 | (Multipage ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.88 | page 28 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.88 | page 150 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 12.88 | page 18 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 12.88 | page 87 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 12.88 | page 98 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.88 | page 6 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 12.88 | page 10 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 12.88 | page 52 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| ACE | 1.89 | page 92 | (Multipage ad) | [full page] |
| ACE | 1.89 | page 112 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.89 | page 2 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.89 | page 29 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.89 | page 70 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.89 | page 76 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 1.89 | page 6 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 1.89 | page 100 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.89 | page 2 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.89 | page 2 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| ACE | 2.89 | page 26 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| ACE | 2.89 | page 44 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.89 | page 2 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 2.89 | page 6 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 2.89 | page 114 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| ACE | 3.89 | page 44 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.89 | page 74 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.89 | page 8 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.89 | page 73 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 7.89 | page 76 | (Offer) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.91 | page 17 | (Advert - Kixx advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.91 | page 72 | (Advert - Kixx advert) | [full page] |
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