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| Full title | Daley Thompson's Decathlon |
| Year of release | 1984 |
| Publisher | Ocean Software Ltd (UK) |
| Re-released by | EDOS (UK) Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) IBSA (Spain) The Hit Squad (UK) Zafi Chip (Spain) |
| Author(s) | Paul Owens, Christian F. Urquhart, F. David Thorpe |
| Tie-in licence | Daley Thompson (UK) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2, Cursor, Redefineable keys |
| Type | Sport: Action |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £6.90 1700 ptas. |
| Budget price | £2.99 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | Multiple schemes (see individual downloads) |
| Additional info | Appeared on tape 1, side B of the compilation They Sold a Million (The Hit Squad)
Appeared on tape 1, side B of the compilation They Sold a Million (alternative) (The Hit Squad) Participant in the C&VG 1984 Golden Joystick Awards Also listed on Freebase |
| Remarks | Winner of the C&VG 1984 Golden Joystick Awards - Best Arcade Style Game. |
| Series | This game belongs in the following series:
1. Daley Thompson's Decathlon 2. Daley Thompson's Supertest 3. Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 |
| Score |
8.13 (230 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Year | Encoding scheme | ||
 | DaleyThompsonsDecathlon(LargeCase).tzx.zip | 48,819 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 1984 | SpeedLock 1 | ||||
| DaleyThompsonsDecathlon(SmallCase).tzx.zip | 48,838 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 1984 | SpeedLock 1 | ||||
|  | DaleyThompsonsDecathlon.tap.zip | 49,273 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | 1984 | |||||
| DaleyThompsonsDecathlon(TheHitSquad).tzx.zip | 60,507 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | SC01 | 5013156410048 | 1989 | SpeedLock 7 | ||
| DaleyThompsonsDecathlon(ZafiChip).tzx.zip | 48,449 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | ZS-48_018 | M-36965-1984 | 1984 | SpeedLock 1 |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | DaleyThompsonsDecathlon.gif | 6,291 | (Loading screen) |
| DaleyThompsonsDecathlon.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| DaleyThompsonsDecathlon.gif | 5,079 | (In-game screen) | |
 | DaleyThompsonsDecathlon.txt | 2,258 | (English instructions) |
| DaleyThompsonsDecathlon(ZafiChip).txt | 822 | (Spanish instructions) |
| DaleyThompsonsDecathlon.png | 68,788 | (Game map) |
| DaleyThompsonsDecathlon.jpg | 635,684 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| DaleyThompsonsDecathlon_2.jpg | 438,954 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| DaleyThompsonsDecathlon(IBSA).jpg | 165,747 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| DaleyThompsonsDecathlon(TheHitSquad).jpg | 94,100 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| DaleyThompsonsDecathlon(ZafiChip).jpg | 95,963 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| DaleyThompsonsDecathlon.jpg | 221,053 | (Advertisement) | |
| DaleyThompsonsDecathlon(ZafiChip).jpg | 246,524 | (Advertisement) |
| The Tipshop has hints, cheats and/or POKEs for this game! |
| This title is available for sale at The Preservation Team Shop! |
| 9 player reviews [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Home Computing Weekly | 8.84 | page 301 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer Choice | 9.84 | page 9 | (News/Note) | |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.84 | page 21 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| TV Gamer | 9.84 | page 7 | (News/Note) | |
| Your Spectrum | 9.84 | page 12 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.84 | page 41 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.84 | page 93 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.84 | page 30 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 11.84 | page 21 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 11.84 | page 255 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 11.84 | page 30 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.84 | page 26 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.84 | page 133 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.84 | page 191 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 12.84 | page 27 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 12.84 | page 117 | (Feature - Challenge Chamber) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 12.84 | page 126 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 12.84 | page 127 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 12.84 | page 57 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 12.84 | page 59 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.85 | page 26 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.85 | page 96 | (Feature - Crash Readers Awards) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.85 | page 144 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.85 | page 157 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Answers | 1.85 | page 24 | (Review) | |
| Crash | 2.85 | page 76 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.85 | page 5 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.85 | page 126 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 2.85 | page 143 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 2.85 | page 343 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 2.85 | page 20 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.85 | page 60 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 3.85 | page 341 | (Letter - Problems, problems) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 3.85 | page 419 | (Feature - Critic's Choice) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.85 | page 108 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.85 | page 40 | (Feature - Sports Scene supplement) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.85 | page 92 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 6.85 | page 7 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 6.85 | page 8 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 6.85 | page 30 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.85 | page 64 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.85 | page 146 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 9.85 | page 9 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.89 | page 53 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.89 | page 43 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 12.89 | page 30 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.91 | page 57 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.91 | page 17 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 11.84 | page 13 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 7.87 | page 29 | (Tokes) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby Especial | 11.85 | page 25 | (Supercincuenta) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby Especial | 6.86 | page 15 | (Tokes) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby Especial | 12.87 | page 18 | (Informe) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Computer & Video Games | 8.84 | page 141 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 8.84 | page 432 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 8.84 | page 402 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.84 | page 9 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 9.84 | page 97 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 9.84 | page 57 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 9.84 | page 196 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.84 | page 88 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.84 | page 27 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 11.84 | page 24 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.84 | page 21 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| C&VG Yearbook | 0.85 | page 31 | (Advert) | |
| Personal Computer Games | 1.85 | page 128 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.85 | page 27 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 2.85 | page 78 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 2.85 | page 5 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.85 | page 69 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.85 | page 55 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.85 | page 75 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 3.85 | page 9 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.85 | page 63 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 4.85 | page 75 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 4.85 | page 147 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 8.85 | page 60 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.89 | page 115 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 7.89 | page 19 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 7.89 | page 57 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 7.89 | page 48 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 8.89 | page 9 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.89 | page 23 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 10.89 | page 69 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 10.89 | page 66 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
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