Category: ZX Spectrum
In a post published on January 17th, Kevin Watkins announced his decision to create a new programming language targeting the ZX Spectrum Next: The idea to do so originally came from the Facebook group for the ZX Spectrum Next, a new FPGA computer based that is an enhanced version of the ZX Spectrum, the computer I first started to program on…
AYGOR (The AY Great Original Resource) is a website by Marek Wolfgang Argent, which contains .ay files specifically with only proper author names, song titles and playing time. No tracker modules, no tape, snapshot and other work files. The music is from ZX, CPC and SAM Coupe. Marek plans to expand the .ay standard to other machines with Z80 as…
Valdir is well known in the Portuguese Speccy scene, with previous releases such as ZX Striker and ZX Nights. He recently released a new football game called Eurostriker. With many similarities to Footballer of the Year, this looks to be a very nice homebrew game. I have never really played many football games in my time, except for Sensible Soccer and Kick Off on…
Scuttle Butt is a new game by Karl Hörnell for the ZX Spectrum. If someone asked me if there are any new original games on the ZX Spectrum, I would point them to Scuttle Butt. Please note, if toilet humour is not your thing, then I suggest you stop reading right now, as this game involves a big bottom and…
In the history of all of mankind’s worst conflicts, none was as fiercely fought as the Great Playground Computer War (1982 to 1992, depending on how long you were willing to hold a grudge). On one side, you had the might of Sir Clive’s Sinclair army, brandishing the mighty ZX Spectrum, on the other, the Jack Tramiel’s troops, a bunch…
Mr. Do! is an arcade game created by Universal in 1982. Similar to Namco’s Dig Dug, Mr. Do! was very popular and was also released on other systems, such as the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, MSX and Apple II. It is the first game in the Mr. Do series, and was released both as a standalone game and also as…
Good News, remember we gave you exclusive heads up on the new Arkanoid clone for the ZX Spectrum Next called Nextoid? Well Lampros Potamianos announced today that the game download will be available very soon! V1.0 of Nextoid! is in the new TBBLUE distribution that will be uploaded soon! Definitely an Arkanoid clone, but I like to see it as…
As a backer of the ZX Spectrum Next board and also the ZX Spectrum Cased version, I was very excited to receive a new backers email in my inbox this morning from the Next team. News about new games, apps, box design, upcoming firmware and more! The Box Mike has been relentlessly pushing the box forward, with the design and…
Planeta Sinclair, a great Portuguese-speaking website about the ZX Spectrum, has just announced the winners of its poll trying to find the best ZX-Dev Conversion. Two highly acclaimed conversions that we have already covered, Mighty Final Fight and Ninja Gaiden Shadow Warriors have nabbed the first and second place, respectively. There were a total of 173 votes, and Mighty Final Fight took…
A few days ago, John Blythe announced a new AGD game coming to the ZX Spectrum called Rubicon. Over on Sarah’s Speccy Group, John recently shared a wip title screen for the game. We are loving the new graphics John! Stay tuned for more News from Rucksack Games soon. Read more about Rubicon here. Source: John Blythe
