Army Moves

ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Commodore 64 +31986

  1. JP—
  2. NA—
  3. EU1987
  4. RU—

Army Moves kept the same name everywhere it was released, from Spain to the rest of Europe. Our sources list no current store release; on PC it was officially included in Arctic Moves (1995), which bundled the first two Moves games with a ZX Spectrum emulator.

Army Moves is an action shooter from the Spanish studio Dinamic Software, released in 1986 first on the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. MSX, Commodore 64 and Amiga versions followed in 1987, Atari ST in 1988 and an MS-DOS version with CGA graphics in 1989.

The game has seven levels split into two sections: four at the wheel of a jeep or the controls of a helicopter, and three on foot as a soldier. Spanish Wikipedia notes that levels 2 and 3 closely resemble the arcade game Choplifter. Army Moves was also one of the first games to use double loading, where a code earned in the first part is needed to load the second.

It opened the Moves series, continued by Navy Moves and Arctic Moves (1995, PC only). Arctic Moves included the first two games, playable through a bundled ZX Spectrum emulator, and announced a fourth game, Desert Moves, that was never released.12

Names and releases

RegionTitle on the boxPlatformDatePublisherSrc
ES Army Moves Amstrad CPC 1986 Dinamic Software 1
ES Army Moves ZX Spectrum 1986 Dinamic Software 1
EU Army MovesRelease region and publisher not stated per platform by the source. Amiga April 1987 — 1
EU Army MovesRelease region and publisher not stated per platform by the source. Commodore 64 April 1987 — 1
ES Army Moves MSX 1987 Dinamic Software 1
EU Army MovesAtari ST; release region not stated by the source. Other 1988 — 1
ES Army MovesMS-DOS version with CGA graphics, published in Spain. MS-DOS 1989 Dinamic Software 1

Box art by region

  • Army Moves box art, Europe release
    EU Army Moves

Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: Wikipedia.

Version differences

  • Audionon-Spanish versions

    Versions sold outside Spain use music based on the Colonel Bogey March; the C64 score is by Fred Gray and the Atari ST and Amiga music by David Whittaker.1

  • GraphicsAmstrad CPC

    The Amstrad CPC version is the most colourful of the 8-bit releases and was widely praised; of the 16-bit versions, the Amiga one was the best regarded in Spain.2

  • GameplayAmiga

    Zzap! was harsh on the Amiga version, calling its gameplay almost non-existent and the game very poor value for money.1

Best version

Spanish Wikipedia points to the Amstrad CPC version, the most colourful of the 8-bit releases, as the one that was widely praised.2

Reception

ZX Spectrum magazines gave it mixed reviews, yet it earned a C+VG Hit and a Sinclair User Classic. It sold well enough in Spain to get two sequels.1

In lists

Sources

  1. 1en.wikipedia.org
  2. 2es.wikipedia.org

Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13

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