Highlander (video game)

Infobox VG
title = Highlander


developer = Canvas (Roy Gibson, Simon Butler, Steven Cain, Martin Calvert)WoS game|id=0002319|title=Highlander]
publisher = Ocean Software Ltd
designer =
engine =
version =
released = 1986
genre = Action, beat-em-up
modes = Single player, Multiplayer
ratings =
platforms = ZX Spectrum
media = casette tape
requirements = 48K RAM
input = Kempston, Interface II, Cursor and Keyboard

Highlander was a video game tie-in to the Highlander franchise. It was released in 1986 by Ocean Software. It was not popular in magazine reviews. Sinclair User gave it two stars of five and called it "a golden turkey". [ [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=SinclairUser/Issue058/Pages/SinclairUser05800052.jpg"Sinclair User" 1.87, page 52] ] Crash gave it an overall score of 57% and called it "totally boring and quite unplayable". [ [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Crash/Issue37/Pages/Crash3700114.jpg"Crash" 2.87, page 114] ] ZZap64 gave it an overall score of 30% and wrote "This is a real case of a film tie-in rip-off". [ [http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=22&page=23 Zzap 64: page 023 from issue 022, February 1987] ]

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