Title: Cruise Attack
Publisher: Mikro-Gen (unreleased)
Machine: BBC B
Formats: UEF Tape image and SSD Disc Image (tape>disc conversion)

Cassette label (hand-written):
BBC Cruise Attack "original" (MASTER) 26/4/84

Background from the original eBay listing, acquired Sept 2010:

The story behind this tape is as follows: about 2 years ago I bought a batch
of tapes from a seller on eBay that turned out to have a lot of cassettes with
labels on them saying "Master". All of them were Mikro-gen tapes and so I
emailed the bloke back asking where he had obtained them; his reply was as
follows: "I used to work in a photo studio next door to a computer software
development workshop in Bracknell, Berks. We did a lot of advertising for
them, but they went bust during the last recession, and we were given some
stock towards their outstanding account. I seem to remember the rest was
skipped and crushed." That makes this a rather unique item - an in-house
"master" tape that was (I'm guessing) used for duplication purposes when they
had to run off another batch of games to sell. There is no inlay for this
item. The tape is labelled on one side as "BBC Cruise Attack original MASTER
26.4.84"; there is no label on the other side. The spine of the case reads
"BBC Cruise Attack". It is interesting that this tape is labelled both
"original" and "master". None of the other MASTER tapes that I have use the
word "original".

So, here is the chance to own a BBC curiosity salvaged from the ashes of
Mikro-Gen. As ever, I can't tell if this tape will still load since I don't
have a BBC. All I can tell you is that the Spectrum masters that came in the
same batch all worked perfectly.


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