Short Circuit
The CPC version of Short Circuit is similar to the ZX Spectrum version. However the adventure portion of the game features a smaller map. The rooms, objects, and puzzles have also been altered.
Short Circuit is an adventure developed by Ocean Software, released 31 December 1987 on Amstrad CPC.
What Short Circuit is
Short Circuit is an adventure game developed by Ocean Software and released in 1987. It is available on Amstrad CPC only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The CPC version of Short Circuit is similar to the ZX Spectrum version. However the adventure portion of the game features a smaller map. The rooms, objects, and puzzles have also been altered.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Short Circuit series
Short Circuit is the second of 3 entries we hold in the Short Circuit series. The next entry was Short Circuit in 1987.
What it launched against
Short Circuit launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.
Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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