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Highlander

Highlander is a video game tie-in to the Highlander franchise released in 1986, the same year as the film, published by Ocean Software for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers.

31 December 1986

Highlander is a fighting developed by Canvas Software, released 31 December 1986 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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What Highlander is

Highlander is a fighting game developed by Canvas Software and released in 1986. It was published by Ocean Software. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Highlander is a video game tie-in to the Highlander franchise released in 1986, the same year as the film, published by Ocean Software for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Highlander series

Highlander is the first of 2 entries we hold in the Highlander series. The next entry was Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods in 1995.

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What it launched against

Highlander launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.

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When did Highlander come out?
Highlander was released on 31 December 1986 for Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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