Soft Aid


Soft Aid was a Charity Computer Game Software edition,
released by Quicksilva in late 1985 to support the Famine Relief in Ethiopia. The software was released on tape for the ZX Spectrum computer and the Commodore 64.
On one side of the tape, as well as games, the charity single, Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid was also available if the tape was played on an audio tape recorder.
The tape was unusual in that it was released to help support a charity. To help bring home this point, the cover featured an artwork by British artist David Rowe, showing a desert landscape, a bright blue sky, a tree and a person of indeterminate gender, clearly representing the starving people of Ethiopia, sitting on the desert, with their head on one hand. It also listed the games found on the tape for both games systems.
The tape sold in the United Kingdom for £4.99

Games included

Sinclair ZX Spectrum

The following Sinclair ZX Spectrum games were available on the tape:
The following Commodore 64 games were available: