Sky Runner (1987)

Game author(s): Orpheus Ltd (Richard Wilkins, Geoff M. Phillips), John Lewis, Damon Redmond, Ian Martin

Publisher: Cascade Games Ltd

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Sky Runner is an arcade shoot-'em-up released in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. Published by Cascade Games Ltd, the game was created by a team consisting of Richard Wilkins, Geoff M. Phillips, John Lewis, Damon Redmond, and Ian Martin.

The game supports a single player and offers flexible control options, including Kempston and Interface 2 joysticks, Cursor keys, and fully redefinable keys. The software utilizes Padlock Protection to prevent unauthorized copying.

The original cassette was priced at £9.95. In addition to the ZX Spectrum version, the game was also released for the Commodore 64 platform.

The game holds an average magazine score of 68%. It received a 64% rating from Crash, a 4/5 score from Sinclair User, and a 6/10 from Your Sinclair. It also earned the ZX Computing Globert award in the May 1987 issue of ZX Computing.

Found 3 cracked versions (releases) of the game