Category: ZX Spectrum
R-Type was published in 1988 by Electric Dreams Software for the ZX Spectrum 48k, and they made an excellent job with it. However, due to the hardware and memory limitations, the game was released without music, which was a big part of its frantic gameplay. This weekend, a new mod for the classic game was released trying to close the…
As a retro computer collector, I know (as my wife!) that space is the most concerning aspect when you get your hands on computers like the PET, the TRS-80 Model III and many other big and bulky ones. Thanks, ZX-81 to keep the footprint small! If you also face that challenge, maybe you would be happy to have a smaller…
We are indeed living the golden era of retro computing and retro gaming. The retro gaming enthusiast has already access to great brand-new titles through the likes of RGCD and Psytronik, to mention only a couple of well-established publishers. Now, the Portuguese and Brazilian markets have also an option to buy locally produced content – Bitnamic Software, a joint-venture of…
Yesterday, Andy Johns (BubbleSoft Games) announced the release of his new game Nixy and the Seeds of Doom, the second game in the Nixy series, and a direct sequel to Nixy The Glade Sprite, as we reported last year. Following the previous game of the series, the game is an arcade-platform action where you will explore mysterious caverns and crumbling castle ruins…
The Mojon Twins have announced the immediate availability of Che-man!, a new game for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad, and also for the NES! The game is available as a free download and is compatible with any good emulator in case you don’t have the real deal at hand. The game also had a limited run of 30 physical copies (in…
This year, my annual trip to Brazil coincided with the time when the biggest game show in Latin America takes place: Brazil Game Show. This year’s edition had more than 300,000 people walking the aisles, checking the 400 booths featuring giant players like YouTube, Facebook Games, Epic Games, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and many others. Although I like and play games…
Bruce Lee is a video game designed by Ron J. Fortier, with graphics by Kelly Day and music by John A. Fitzpatrick. Originally developed for the Atari 8-bit, the game was published in 1984 by Datasoft, along with ports for the Apple II, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. Bruce Lee RX by Allan Turvey is a graphical update…
Bitmap Soft is looking to be the next ‘big player’ in the software publishing space for vintage home computers with the launch of two cassette format debut titles – All Hallows (ZX Specrum) and Chronicles of Nanako (Amstrad CPC). Established earlier this year by Darren Doyle and Jamie Battison, Bitmap Soft will be specialising as a software house publishing new…
Andy Green recently announced a top-down maze shooter called Mage Rage, which will be coming to the ZX Spectrum. Developed by John Davies and Andy using AGDx Mini, you take control of Mercure the Mage, exploring a ravenous beasts evil lair, full of spiders, bats, rats, goblins and trolls. You must recover “Magical Swirls” which were stolen from the stone…
The ZX Spectrum Kickstarter has been a thrilling soap opera we all have been following for the past two and a half years, almost as long as Days of our Lives. The journey is not short of soap-opera-like surprises, bad news and even cliff hangers. While the end date is still to be defined, the newest update 51 brings more…
