3D Seiddab Attack
Description
The Seiddab (look at it twice and you'll get the joke) are on the rampage on the planet, and you have been sent out to stop them in your trusty tank. With a full 3D view, you must first take them on in the cities, shooting 10 down to face the leading man. A scanner is provided to give you a view of which streets the Seiddab lurk on, allowing you to steer left and right to reach them, as well as adjusting your sights to take them down.
Once cleared, you move onto an open-plan countryside area, with more units coming towards you, and they now drop bombs towards you, putting your 3 lives at a greater premium.
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Behind The Scenes
The game was assembled by hand into hex code, and its original title was War Of the Worlds until Hewson received a phone call from an U.S. lawyer threatening legal action - as Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds album had the same name.
The game took 3 months to code, and the only development kit was a Spectrum, a television and a ZX printer. Steve got the idea in a dream. He dreamt he saw the game at a games show. It was the second game in Steve's Seiddab trilogy. The name "Seiddab" was made up by Andrew Hewson's brother Gordon Hewson, who used to act as games producer in the early days of Hewson.
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Cambridge Centre for Computing History (Hewson Consultants, Dragon 32)
For Dragon 32, Cassette: exhibit reference ID CH19046; additional material. -
Cambridge Centre for Computing History (Hewson, ZX Spectrum)
For ZX Spectrum, Cassette: exhibit reference ID CH30746; additional material. -
Kio's home
For ZX Spectrum: additional material including – photographed cassette inlay; snapshots; downloadable releases. -
The Tipshop
For ZX Spectrum: a central archive for all Spectrum and SAM games hints, tips, cheats, maps, hacks and pokes. -
World of Spectrum
Archive file / Download and play links / Additional material / Player reviews / Magazine references / Magazine adverts -
ZX Spectrum Reviews
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- MobyGames ID: 15101
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Contributors to this Entry
Game added by Martin Smith.
Dragon 32/64 added by Kabushi.
Additional contributors: formercontrib, ZeTomes, Steve Turner.
Game added October 14th, 2004. Last modified February 22nd, 2023.