How to be a Hero (1987)

Game author(s): Xcel (Stuart P. Middleton, Dave Stevenson, Lee Stevenson, Robert Burden)

Publisher: Mastertronic Added Dimension

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How to be a Hero was released in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The game was published by Mastertronic Added Dimension and developed by Stuart P. Middleton, Dave Stevenson, Lee Stevenson, and Robert Burden, with inlay and poster art provided by John Smyth.

This single-player maze arcade game features support for Kempston and Interface 2 joysticks, as well as fully redefineable keyboard controls. The title is based on the arcade coin-op originals from Atari Games and Tengen.

The cassette version was priced at £2.99. In addition to the ZX Spectrum release, the game was also available on the Amstrad CPC platform.

The game holds an average magazine score of 62.00%. It received a 70% rating in Crash issue 40, a 56% rating in Crash issue 43, and a 6/10 score from Your Sinclair. It was also awarded the ZX Computing Globert in the May 1987 issue of ZX Computing.

Found 2 cracked versions (releases) of the game