Category: ZX Spectrum

Jet Set 40-40, A Jet Set Willy Redesign for the ZX Spectrum

Friday seems to be the day for lot’s of Speccy releases, as we see yet another new game appear on the WOS Forums. Jet Set 40-40 is a new redesign version of the classic Jet Set Willy game by Matthew Smith. With a lot of similarities to the original Jet Set Willy Map, avid Speccy fans will feel right at…

1993 NES game Mighty Final Fight gets ZX Spectrum port (includes Source Code!)

Mighty Final Fight is a side-scrolling beat-’em-up released in 1993 for the NES just got a ZX Spectrum port! This game is a spinoff of the arcade Final Fight, but with a different art style, with all characters following the Chibi style (big heads and childish bodies). Developed by the Alexander Udotov (Sanchez), with graphics by Eugene Rogulin (ER), and music…

Allan Turvey’s “Roust” for the ZX Spectrum Released!

A few days ago we gave you the latest heads up on Allan Turvey’s playable demo of ‘Roust’ (ZX Spectrum conversion of the 1982 Arcade game, Joust). Today, as promised we have some more exciting Retro News! For the pocket money price of only $2.50 (Is it 1982 again?), you can purchase the full version, so head over to highriser.itch.io/roust…

BASIC 10Liners Contest 2018 Edition is on!

The BASIC 10Liners contest is, for me, one of the highlights of the retro scene and I am happy to announce that the 7th edition of the competition is already online, accepting new entries. This year, the organizers have changed a few rules after receiving some feedback from the previous edition. The most important change is that for the PUR-80…

Allan Turvey Releases Demo Version of Roust for the ZX Spectrum

Early January I made post (along with some other ZX Spectrum homebrew releases) about Allan Turvey’s ZX Spectrum conversion of the 1982 Arcade game, Joust. “Roust” is Allan’s entry to the ZX-Dev conversions competition and he recently shared a fully playable free demo on the Spectrum for Everyone Facebook group! You can download the demo below, a full version is to…

Iconic Ocean Box art artist Bob Wakelin passed away

We, “retro” enthusiasts, know well that time goes too fast and we are all aging at the same speed, but we never can expect when someone in the retro scene passes away. This morning I learned through many UK gaming outlets that Bob Wakelin has passed away. He was mostly known in UK and the rest of Europe where Ocean…

Gabriele Amore Releases Crazy Kong City Episode II, Saving Kong!

Gabriele Amore has released a new Speccy game called Crazy Kong Episode II, Saving Kong. The game is his entry for the ZX-Dev competition and was created with AGD (Arcade Game Designer). The game instantly reminded me of the 1986 Arcade title Rampage, a classic in it’s own right. However the gameplay is very different to Rampage, where you climbed and…

MojonTwins Release Source Code of MK2 – Game Engine for the ZX Spectrum

MojonTwins are well-known for their many great games for the ZX Spectrum and other “retro” platforms. It is excellent news for all homebrew developers out there that they decided to release the source code of their game engine MK2, a framework consisting of a modular engine programmed in C and a set of tools to make games for ZX Spectrum….

Bobby Carrot, New ZX Spectrum Demake by Couvej

Bobby Carrot is a video game series developed and published by German company FDG Mobile Games. The series currently consists of five games, all originally developed for mobile phones. Couvej over at zx-dev-conversions.proboards.com has released a demake for the ZX Spectrum Dev Compo. Collect all the carrots while avoiding the spike traps, once you have completed this, head for the…

It’s 2018 And It’s Time For… Speccy Homebrew!

We are only a few days into 2018 and already the Speccy News has started flowing in! Today with have some new ZX Spectrum Homebrew releases to talk about, so without further ado, let’s get on with it! First up we have a new game called ‘Jilly’s Farm Volume 1’ by Bob Smith (Bob’s Stuff), which is an isometric title…