Spore (1987 video game)

Spore is an action puzzle game for the Commodore 64, Commodore 16, and ZX Spectrum, released by Mastertronic in 1987. Its title screen credits Jim Baguley with writing it, although Paul Rogers claims to have written it and its unreleased sequel, Mutant Zone.^[1][2] The music was composed by David Whittaker.

This article is about the 1987 game for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. For the 1991 game for the MS-DOS, see Spore (1991 video game). For the 2008 game by Maxis, see Spore (2008 video game).

Spore
Developer	Paul Rogers
Publisher	Mastertronic
Platforms	Commodore 64, Commodore 16, ZX Spectrum
Release	NA: 1987
Genre	Puzzle
Mode	Single-player

The game includes a level editor for users to create their own maps.

Reception

Gameplay screenshot

Zzap!64 gave the Commodore 64 version 97% and a silver medal;^[3] Crash gave the ZX Spectrum version 67%.^[4]