Head over Heels

Information

Genre

Adventure / Arcade - 3-D

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick, Keyboard

Players

1

Programmer(s)

Porch, Colin

Graphic Artist(s)

[n/a]

Sound

[n/a]

Cover Artist(s)

[unknown]

Year

?

Publisher

Hit Squad (The)

Developer

[n/a]

Country

United Kingdom

License

Commercial

Medium

Tape

Rarity

6

Serial

?

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.6/10 · Votes: 60 · Downloads: 3,051 · Hits: 60,776

Additional Comments

Screenshots (7)

Cover Art (5)

Comments (4)

• Twoevileyes — 3 Jul 2014

  In early issues of Zzap 64, Ocean had Atari 800 listed along with C64/CPC/ZX Spectrum for games like:Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Daleys Supertest.Ads must have been done when Ocean were at planning stages of producing said games with A8 versions under consideration.

• cawley1 — 25 Jun 2014

  I would LOVE to know why Ocean did not release this at the time it was ported? Colin Porch also wrote the C64 and 16-Bit versions. When you think how prolific Ocean/Imagine was in the 8-Bit era, for us to only get Green Beret and Arkanoid from Imagine, and NO releases from Ocean, it's a crying shame. If they had taken a punt on it, and it did well, who knows what other titles they might have released...

• Jonny EOL — 11 Nov 2006

  Despite the monochrome graphics, this isometric graphic adventure was still one of the best overall games I've played on the 8-bit. The two different characters you played (Head and Heels) and their differing capabilities added an extra level of variety to the challenge. BTW - there's an authentic remake for modern platforms out there somewhere.

• Kaminari — 5 Feb 2006

  Head Over Heels on the Speccy is largely hailed as the best isometric 3D action/adventure game ever. It's a shame that the XL port was rather barebone and definitely not taking advantage of the machine in the graphic or sound departments. Yet it has a charm of its own and the original gameplay remains intact. It could have been a better conversion, but it's still an excellent game as it is.