Alternative Games Called Slap Fight
| Genre: | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
| Series: | Number 11 in Arcade Collection (Spectrum) |
| Publisher: | The Hit Squad |
| Cover Art Language: | English |
| Machine Compatibility: | Spectrum 48K, Spectrum 128K, Spectrum +2, Spectrum +3 |
| Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
| Available For: | Amstrad CPC464, Commodore 64/128 & Spectrum 48K/128K/+2 |
| Compatible Emulators: | ZXSpin (PC (Windows)) Nutria (PC (MS-DOS)) |
| Original Release Date: | 8th June 1990 |
| Original Release Price: | £2.99 |
| Market Valuation: | £2.50 (How Is This Calculated?) |
| Item Weight: | 64g |
| Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Clear |
| Author(s): | Nick Bruty |
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Arcade Collection (Spectrum)
Computer & Video Games
1st June 1990
As budget shoot-'em-ups go, there are few as good as this. Get a copy... if you aren't heartily sick of the whole spaceship-blasting thing. Read Review
Crash
1st August 1987
Slap Fight is a disappointment, but fans of the Spectrum Xevious conversion might find it reasonable. Read Review
Crash
1st September 1990
A very run of the mill shoot-'em-up: the gameplay has been copied so many times in other games you wonder why they keep producing them! Thumbs down. Read Review
Sinclair User
19th April 1990
Classic shoot-em-up action; miss this and you're a dead anchovy. Read Review
Sinclair User
25th May 1987
Generally a fine conversion from an excellent original coin-op. But watch out for those invisible bullets! Read Review
Your Sinclair
1st September 1987
Buy it, you won't regret it! A zappin', rappin' fast moving shoot-'em-up. One of the best I've seen, and I've seen lots! Read Review
Your Sinclair
1st August 1990
It's starts hard and gets harder, and it's been so beautifully thought-out that anyone who knows their shoot-'em ups will find it hard to stay away. Read Review
Full Instructions
Slap Fight
You are the pilot of the Slapfighter and must destroy the evil alien swarms which confront you, wave after deadly wave on the ever-hostile planet of Orac.
As you progress further into the game, the landscape becomes more and more hostile and more enemy life forms group together to attack you in lethal waves. When you destroy certain aliens, they sometimes yield a star, pick up the star (by flying over t) and this will then highlight the icon at the bottom of the screen.
To select the icon highlighted, press the space bar and this will award you the indicated capability. If however you choose not to select this then when you next pick up a further star the next icon in the line will be highlighted, and so on. If you go through the icons without selecting any of the facilities offered then after the last one has been highlighted it will reset back to the first icon.
The facilities offered are in the following order:
- Speed (times 5)
- Shot (this reverts you to your original firepower status)
- Side (this gives you firepowe eminating from the sides of your craft)
- Wing (times 3, this enhances the size of your ship and its firing rate)
- Bomb (this enables you to designate explosions in front of your ship)
- Lazer (this projects an invisible beam in front of your craft)
- H. Miss (homing missiles, this gives you multi-directional rate of fire of missiles which home in on all targets)
- Shield (this gives you temporary invulnerability from all shots fired at you for a limited time; the time is affected by the number of hits that are inflicted).
Game Controls
The game is controlled by joystick and the Space Bar, or keyboard which is redefinable.
Joystick (Kempston, Sinclair or Cursor)
1 - Pause, 2 - Restart Game, Fire - Fire
SPACE - Activates currently active icons (redefinable)
Loading
LOAD"" (ENTER)
Miscellaneous
This game was mentioned in the following articles:
- Slap Fight (The Hit Squad)
- Slap Fight (The Hit Squad)
- Slap Fight (The Hit Squad)
- Slap Fight (The Hit Squad)
- Slap Fight (The Hit Squad)
- Slap Fight (The Hit Squad)
- Slap Fight (The Hit Squad)
- Slap Fight (The Hit Squad)
- Slap Fight (The Hit Squad)
- Slap Fight (The Hit Squad)
- Slap Fight (The Hit Squad)
- Slap Fight (The Hit Squad)
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| Download | What It Contains |
|---|---|
 | A digital version of Slap Fight suitable for ZXSpin (PC (Windows)), Nutria (PC (MS-DOS)) |
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