Masters of the Universe: The Super Adventure released 1987, though I've seen dates of '86 and even '85 for BBC Micro. @ZXadventurer do we have a confirmed year for the BBC version?pic.twitter.com/nogrpRqbnV
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I put our best man on the case! He tells me that the evidence currently suggests that the Beeb version of Masters Of The Universe / Super Adventure was first available to buy in January 1987.
That sounds reasonable, 1986 was probably when the game was in production and 1985 just someone's crazy notion.
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I remember reading a news piece that said US Gold had had the licence for two years but hadn't put anything out, so maybe that's the source of the 1985 date.
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This is from September 1986... So definitely not a 1985 game... and pretty clear it must be Christmas 1986 at the earliest... The film came out in 1987, so that might've been a target.pic.twitter.com/oAI1JOCLk6
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Update from our intrepid researcher: "I have found an ad in Computer Gamer magazine December 1986 for He-Man. It has prices etc. and is a full colour inside cover ad. Looks legit for a Dec 86 release." https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gamer_Issue_21_1986-12_Argus_Press_GB/page/n2/mode/1up …
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There are adverts in multiple November-dated magazines too (which had October streetdates) such as Crash, SU, Computer Gamer, C&VG; listing all the versions C64/128, Amstrad, BBC/Electron, Spectrum & PC. So, they probably had it out by Christmas 1986 as mentioned in that article.
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