Jack and the Beanstalk (1984)

Amstrad CPC · Commodore C64/128/MAX · ZX Spectrum

1.00 from 2 ratings

10 members have it in their collection · 4 backlogged · 1 wish listed

Platformer based on the famous fairy tale.
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Details

Publishers
Thor
Genres
Platform
Themes
Action, Fantasy
Series
Jack and the Beanstalk

Release dates

  • 1984 (Full Release) (Europe) Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
  • 1985 (Full Release) (Europe) Amstrad CPC
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Rating distribution

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4 stars
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3 stars
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2 stars
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1 star
2
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Status scoopings Jun 21, 2022

I normally would go with the ZX Spectrum version of a game over the C64 version, but based on the videos, the Speccy looked awful and confusing. So, if I were rating the Spectrum version, this would be much lower. Fortunately, it was (seemingly simultaneously) released for the C64 too! Most comments online said it was awful, unforgiving, and not …

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I normally would go with the ZX Spectrum version of a game over the C64 version, but based on the videos, the Speccy looked awful and confusing. So, if I were rating the Spectrum version, this would be much lower. Fortunately, it was (seemingly simultaneously) released for the C64 too! Most comments online said it was awful, unforgiving, and not worth it. Indeed, the vide I saw completed the game in less than 5 minutes lol. So, I'm not expecting much... here goes nothing though. (And indeed, it wasn't much.)

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