Diamond (1988)

Diamond was released in 1988 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. Published by Destiny Software, the game was created by John Bigelow and Patti Rose Casanova, with inlay and poster art provided by John Smyth.

Categorized as an arcade maze game, Diamond supports a single player. The game engine features multi-directional scrolling. Players can control the action using redefinable keys, a Kempston joystick, or an Interface 2 controller.

The cassette version retailed for £8.99, while the disk version was priced at £12.99. The game was also made available for the Commodore 64 and included a free cassette single featuring the track «What A Girl Wants» by The Company She Keeps.

Reviews were mixed, resulting in an average magazine score of 52% across four publications. Crash awarded the game 70%, while C&VG, Sinclair User, and Your Sinclair assigned scores of 4/10, 48%, and 5/10 respectively.

In the Soviet Union and Russia, the game became available through numerous TR-DOS versions released by groups such as Phantom Ltd and AmoNik. Cracked cassette versions by Stjc, SAN-SAN, and Bill were also in circulation.