Bear Bovver (1983)
- Download the game as TAP/TZX
- Play the tape for a real Spectrum
- Run the game in an online ZX Spectrum emulator
Bear Bovver was released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The game was published by Artic Computing and developed by creators Jon Ritman and Guy Stevens.
It is a single-player arcade platformer based on the original arcade coin-ops by Bally Midway and Data East USA. The game features support for Kempston joystick controls.
The original cassette cost £6.95. Beyond the ZX Spectrum, the game was also made available on the Commodore 64.
The game holds an average magazine score of 80%. Crash magazine awarded it 90% and a Crash Smash accolade, while Sinclair User rated it 8/10 and Personal Computer Games gave it a score of 7/10.
The game became well-known in the USSR through numerous TR-DOS releases by groups such as Phantom Ltd and ANS Soft. It appeared in local magazines with POKE codes and was also available in cracked cassette versions by V.D.G.
Found 5 cracked versions (releases) of the game