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| Full title | Shadow of the Unicorn |
| Year of release | 1985 |
| Publisher | Mikro-Gen Ltd (UK) |
| Re-released by | Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) |
| Author(s) | Dale McLoughlin, Shelley McLoughlin |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Keyboard |
| Type | Adventure: Graphic |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £14.95 |
| Availability | Available |
| Protection scheme | Multiple schemes (see individual downloads) |
| Additional info | Features Bookware |
| Remarks | This game came with the Mikro-Plus interface, containing a 16K shadow ROM and joystick port. The ROM image can be found in the 'Additional material' section below. Fraser Ross created a Shadow of the Unicorn ROM Loader for the +2A/+3, which loads this ROM into RAM, allowing playing the game without the additional hardware device. |
| SPOT comments | with Mikro-Plus 16k plug-in; first -and last- Mikro-Plus game |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Timex |
| Score |
8.15 (28 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Encoding scheme | ||
 | ShadowOfTheUnicorn.tzx.zip | 22,958 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | Unspecified custom loader | ||||
|  | ShadowOfTheUnicorn.z80.zip | 24,644 | ((non-TZX) Z80 snapshot image) |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | ShadowOfTheUnicorn.gif | 1,969 | (Loading screen) |
| ShadowOfTheUnicorn.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| ShadowOfTheUnicorn.gif | 4,106 | (In-game screen) | |
 | ShadowOfTheUnicorn.txt | 2,803 | (English instructions) |
| ShadowOfTheUnicorn.zip | 231,869 | (Scanned English instructions) |
| ShadowOfTheUnicorn(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).pdf | 16,471 | (Spanish instructions) |
| ShadowOfTheUnicorn.jpg | 384,666 | (Game map) |
| ShadowOfTheUnicorn_2.jpg | 529,751 | (Game map) |
| ShadowOfTheUnicorn_3.png | 3,899,885 | (Game map) |
| ShadowOfTheUnicorn_Back.jpg | 129,407 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| ShadowOfTheUnicorn_Front.jpg | 81,388 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| ShadowOfTheUnicorn.jpg | 164,199 | (Advertisement) | |
| ShadowOfTheUnicorn.rom.zip | 12,851 | (Mikro-Plus interface ROM image) | |
| ShadowOfTheUnicorn_Novella.txt | 299,414 | (Novella) | |
| ShadowOfTheUnicorn_Set.jpg | 138,697 | (Set) |
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| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Home Computing Weekly | 7.85 | page 504 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.85 | page 20 | (Feature - With the 64k Spectrum) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 8.85 | page 404 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 8.85 | page 13 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 9.85 | page 14 | (Feature - Of Shadowed Roms And Unicorns) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.85 | page 19 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.85 | page 311 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 10.85 | page 536 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 10.85 | page 23 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 10.85 | page 5 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 11.85 | page 214 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 11.85 | page 232 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 11.85 | page 23 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.85 | page 82 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.85 | page 29 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.85 | page 25 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.86 | page 164 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.86 | page 5 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.86 | page 54 | (Feature - Joysticks: Sticking to the best) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.86 | page 38 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ACE | 12.87 | page 20 | (Feature - Great Micro Disasters) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 11.85 | page 12 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 11.85 | page 14 | (Mapa) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 3.86 | page 26 | (Solucion - part 1) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 4.86 | page 11 | (Solucion - part 2) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 4.86 | page 14 | (Solucion - part 3) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Home Computing Weekly | 8.85 | page 317 | (Advert - MIKRO-Plus) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 8.85 | page 417 | (Advert - MIKRO-Plus) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 8.85 | page 439 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.85 | page 127 | (Full-page ad - MIKRO-Plus) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.85 | page 147 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.85 | page 239 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.85 | page 339 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.85 | page 439 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.85 | page 57 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.85 | page 99 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 10.85 | page 139 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 10.85 | page 239 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 10.85 | page 341 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 10.85 | page 506 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 10.85 | page 51 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.85 | page 122 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.85 | page 53 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.85 | page 57 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.85 | page 128 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User Annual | 0.86 | page 63 | (Full-page ad) |
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