- Styx (Spectrum game)
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title= Styx
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developer= Matthew Smith
publisher=Bug-Byte
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released= 1983
genre=Action game / Maze game
modes=Single player
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platforms=ZX Spectrum
media=Cassette tape
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input=Computer keyboard "Styx" was an action maze game published by
Bug-Byte Software in 1983. It was the firstZX 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".Critical reaction
Sinclair User described the game as "reasonably lively" [ [http://www.sincuser.f9.co.uk/020/softwre.htm Sinclair User issue 20] at Sinclair User Magazine Online.] , whilst CRASH said the game "would not be interesting if it weren’t for the fact that it’s not easy." [ [http://www.crashonline.org.uk/03/lguide05.htm Crash issue 3] at the Crash Online Edition.]References
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*WoS game|id=0004974|name=Styx
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