Category: ZX Spectrum
After all the awesome ZX Spectrum releases lately, you would think it would slow down a bit, but no, they just keep coming! Today we have more Retro News about the third instalment of Jane Jelly titled, “The Adventures of Jane Jelly, The Egg Diamond” which is an Action Arcade Adventure for the ZX Spectrum 48k and 128k. Jane Jelly…
After escaping from the planet Tantalus, during the trip your ship was damaged by “The Void”. You must now take on a greater threat, the Space Pirates! Way back in October 2016 we gave you the heads up on an awesome game from Cthonian Godkiller’s (Apsis) for the ZX Spectrum 128 called Harbinger Convergence. Harbinger Convergence is a Sci-fi Arcade Adventure…
Unfortunately the weekend is nearly over and as we creep towards another Monday morning, with sad thoughts of going back to work, Kitty is here to cheer you up with more awesome Retro News! So what have we got for you this evening? ZX Spectrum again! :-) This one is by David Clarke and he has teased a new sizzling…
The amount of ZX Spectrum releases over this weekend has been crazy, and here we are again with another new Speccy game! “Mike, the guitar” is a new AGD game by Sebastian Braunert. Mike, the little guitar, has a big wish: To play a solo! His favourite band is Nirvana, so he wants to perform “Smells like teen spirit“! But…
Balloon Fight is an action video game developed by Nintendo. The original 1984 arcade version was released for the Nintendo VS. System as Vs. Balloon Fight, and its Nintendo Entertainment System counterpart was internationally released in 1986. The game play is similar to the 1982 game Joust from Williams Electronics. My fondest memories of Balloon fight was on the original…
ZXombies, Dead Flesh, is a new flick-screen action survival horror inspired by The Walking Dead. You are a lone soldier left from your squad in a city swarming with the undead, after the zombie apocalypse. You’ll have to escort the few remaining survivors between safe-houses, to reach safety east of the city. Major Derring awakes with concussion. He drags himself…
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…
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…
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…
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…
