Spore (1987 video game)

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{{About|the 1987 game for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum|the 1991 game for the MS-DOS|Spore (1991 video game)|the 2008 game by Maxis|Spore (2008 video game)}}{{Infobox video game

|title= Spore

|image= Spore1987logo.jpg

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|developer= Paul Rogers

|publisher= Mastertronic

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|series=

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|released= {{vgrelease|NA|1987}}

|genre= Puzzle

|modes= Single-player

|platforms= Commodore 64, Commodore 16, ZX Spectrum

}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/mutant-zone/ |title=Mutant Zone |last=Gasking |first=Frank |date=2014-08-08 |website=Games That Weren't |access-date=2019-06-23 |archive-date=2019-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325033424/https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/mutant-zone/ |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |date=February 1989 |title=Mutant Zone |url=https://archive.org/details/ACE_Issue_17_1989-02_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n70 |magazine=ACE |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Future Publishing |access-date=2019-06-23}} The music was composed by David Whittaker.

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