Category: Computers

Elasto Mania Preview 2, Commodore 64

Elasto Mania, originally a Windows game by Rózsa Balázs, was released way back in the year 2000. Damn time passes so quickly. Elasto Mania is an amazingly simple and accessible platformer with unique mechanics, a simple and clear goal and frighteningly addictive gameplay. Collect the red apples and find the flower to finish in the shortest time. This is the…

Lil’ Ninja, ZX Spectrum

Lil’ Ninja has been hired to clean out the demons from several castles in a faraway land which are making everyone feel a bit tired and miserable. Each castle is cleaned out by shooting demons, collecting their souls and extinguishing four spirit flames which appear each time enough demon souls have been captured. Once all twenty castles have been cleaned…

ZX Bomb Sweeper, ZX Spectrum

Dynamite Jack, a masked bomber, has planted many bombs in the sewers. You play the role of John Solver, who must descend into the sewer and defuse the bombs before it’s too late! Bomb Sweeper was a multi-screen Game & Watch video game released in June of 1987. The game was never released in Japan. Using the D-pad to move…

R-Type, ZX Spectrum 128K hack

This R-Type hack by Tyatin Sergey is already known, and can even be found online in TRD format. However, it was not yet available in .tzx, making the task difficult for those who wanted to play on the ZX Spectrum, toastrack or +2 grey only. But now, thanks to Mário Viegas, the situation has changed, as Planeta Sinclair have finally…

EXO-TICAL, ZX Spectrum

Stellar Diary, March 12, 2533: Earth-3 is dying. We have consumed and devastated our entire planet, as we did before. And now, this is humans’ last attempt to avoid our own extinction. Planet ZMX-22 could still save us. Known as “Exo-tical”, due to its exoplanet status and its particular and dangerous natural characteristics, it contains an inexhaustible source of energy…

Retro Rewind: Chloe Learns to Recycle, Amstrad

This game has been developed for the virtual workshop “Knowledge of the Natural Environment and Sustainability”, organized by Asociación Cultural Seis Viñetas / Salón Internacional del Cómic de Huelva, Citizens of the Year Award in Arts and Culture 2014. Help this nice girl find bottles and take them to their respective containers, but the place is full of biting bugs…

Speccy Quiz, ZX Spectrum

The evil Eugen.io has kidnapped all the Spectrums again, including you. But you’ve managed to get out of your prison, it’s time to save your friends and get revenge! The problem is that Eugen.io, making use of his uncontrolled wickedness, has strategically placed questions about classic English games, along with the answers, one correct and the others false, throughout the…

La cueva, ZX Spectrum

La cueva (The cave) is a tactical game where you have to eat the objects around the screen and escape through the exit door. The game was released as participant in the Bytemaniacos Concurso BASIC 2023. It was made by MEM Software and can be downloaded here: lacueva.zipSource: Modern ZX-Retro Gaming, MemSoftware

Denise C64/Amiga emulator with PAL shader and runAhead

Whenever I need to play my favourite C64 and Amiga games, using emulation, I have always relied on my three favourite emulators which I’m sure you’re used to, or at least heard of. WinUAE for Amiga, VICE or CCS64 for Commodore 64, and I’ve never really looked for anything else, as these all do the job perfectly. While browsing online…

Hopman, Commodore 64

Hopman is an Arcade game, which Inufuto coded for a lot of 8-bit computers. This is the Commodore 64 version. You are the white player starting in the bottom left of the first stage and your aim is to reach the exit on the right of each stage. For each flag you’ll get 100 points. Walk right to reach the…