Category: ZX Spectrum

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…

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

Mickey and Donald Game & Watch, ZX Spectrum

A building is on fire. Donald Duck is on the roof trying to put out the fire as it climbs up the building. Goofy is working the water pump, but if Mickey does not keep after him, Goofy goofs off. The hose is patched in two places. When a big volume of water is pumped through the hose, the patches…

Crazy Forest, ZX Spectrum 128K

Agatha died on her last adventure, and her soul now wanders through the terrifying forest of Durnwich. Waldo lost an eye in a fight, but he managed to save his uncle’s ghost. The forest is still cursed, and according to Waldo’s uncle, the curse is due to the existence of a “Great Old Ones” that was summoned and now inhabits…

Tiny Nightmares, ZX Spectrum

Tiny Nightmares is a game for the Spectrum 48K, based on the masterful 2017 indie game Little Nightmares, the work of Swedish team Tarsier Studios, developed for PS4 , XBox , PC and Switch. Tiny Nightmares is very far from the original concept of the Swedish game, since its mechanics, often based on the setting and psychological terror, are difficult…

Bomber Bot, ZX Spectrum

Bomber Bot is a new game by the great Gabriele Amore, a man well known for his fantastic ZX Spectrum Homebrew games, and Bomber Bot does not disappoint. Bomber Bot is a bit like Bomberman, you have bombs and enemies, you lay your bomb down and run to safety, and hopefully over time, you have managed to kill everyone, the…

Banger Management, ZX Spectrum

Fast food deliveries drop in from the top of the screen and move around the platforms. Arrows on the platforms direct the food in particular directions and these can be changed by pressing fire in combination with one of the 4 directions, thus re-directing food elsewhere. Customer orders are shown as icons above each of the 3 windows and it…

Virgíl’s Purgatory ZX 2.0

Virgil’s Purgatory ZX is a metroidvania exploration action platformer. The game is available for ZX Spectrum or MSX, .tap and .rom formats. You can run these files on any good emulator or better still, real hardware. Virgíl’s Purgatory has been updated to version 2.0 on the ZX Spectrum. Lot’s of new changes in place, much more than just bug fixes,…

Batmanolo against the mutant attack on WeepingTown, ZX Spectrum

The evil Doctor Jose Antonio Malvado is trying to turn all the citizens of WeepingTown into mutants! Help Batmanolo stop him! Your suit is ruined but you can recover it for a little while and be more resistant, jump higher and throw your weapon to discover hidden rooms or paralyze enemies. Gather all the mutagen that’s spread all around WeepingTown,…