Tanium (1988)

Tanium is an arcade shoot-em-up released in 1988 for the ZX Spectrum by Players Software. The game was designed by Proteus Developments, with programming by Colin Swinbourne and Kevin Parker, graphics by Jabba Severn, and music and sound effects by Andy Severn and Mike Brown. Peter Austin contributed the inlay and poster artwork.

This single-player arcade title supports input via Kempston Joystick and Interface 2.

The cassette cost £1.99.

The game received mixed critical reception, with Crash magazine awarding it 45% and Your Sinclair giving it a 5/10 score.

In Russia, Tanium became a well-known title, supported by numerous TR-DOS disk adaptations and a Russian translation by Masterstudio. POKE codes were featured in magazines like Micro and ZX Power, and cracked tape versions by groups such as Phonex and Master Studio were widely circulated.