Styx (Spectrum game)
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Styx | |
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Developer(s) | Matthew Smith |
Publisher(s) | Bug-Byte |
Platform(s) | ZX Spectrum |
Release date | 1983 |
Genre(s) | Action game / Maze game |
Mode(s) | Single player |
Media | Cassette tape |
Input methods | Computer keyboard |
For the computer game by Windmill software, see Styx (game).
Styx was an action maze game published by Bug-Byte Software in 1983. It was the first ZX Spectrum game written by Matthew Smith, and the first of his three-game contract with the company. He went on to write Manic Miner in the same year, as well as a sprite designer utility for Adrian Sherwin to use in developing The Birds and the Bees.
[edit] Critical reaction
Sinclair User described the game as "reasonably lively"[1], whilst CRASH said the game "would not be interesting if it weren’t for the fact that it’s not easy."[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Sinclair User issue 20 at Sinclair User Magazine Online.
- ^ Crash issue 3 at the Crash Online Edition.