Category: ZX Spectrum
Z-Exemplar is a side-scrolling shooter in the tradition of R-Type, Gradius, Nemesis and other classic arcade games from the past. Borrowing its aesthetic from the computers of yesteryear (specifically the Sinclair ZX Spectrum) Z-Exemplar combines bright, bold, 8-bit pixel art with frantic action and an epic mission to conquer a galaxy of almost 1000 planets. Produced by Suminell Studios, it’s…
Arcade and Speccy fans, we have a real treat for you today! EXPLORER is a new Scramble clone for the ZX Spectrum computer. Originally coded in basic in 1989, Luca Bordoni decided to revamp his code using an assembly routine, a new font set and some other small improvements. If you don’t remember or have never played the original version…
Jet Set Willy is a platform video game originally written by Matthew Smith for the ZX Spectrum home computer. It was published in 1984 by Software Projects and ported to most home computers of the time. The game is a sequel to Manic Miner published in 1983, and is the second game in the Miner Willy Series.Jet Set Willy 2015…
Inspired by Steven Spielberg’s movie “Jaws”, indie developer Matt Round created an awesome browser game in HTML5, intended to imitate the style of a classic ZX-Spectrum text adventure in Sinclair BASIC. As a “homage” to his original work, Einar Saukas decided to port it for real to the ZX-Spectrum, using only Sinclair BASIC statements to ensure a 100% authentic feeling….
Oceano is an Amstrad deep sea submarine maze game made in AGD by EgoTrip and he has also ported it over to the Spectrum too. Amy decided to explore the seas in search of 20 fabled power crystals that have long been lost in the ocean. However there are robotic fish guarding them, and acidic bubbles that can damage her…
We reported back in February about the demo version (shown exclusively at the Retro Computer Museum event 2015) of Dragons Lair for the humble ZX81 computer. We found some more information over at sellmyretro.com about the final release which is the full game and fully playable!, and they said it wasn’t possible! The game is available for just £10 and…
The guys over at C64.com have added an interview with Mevlüt Dinç / MD Software, Vivid Image. Mevlüt started dabbling with the Spectrum computer purely for fun. Learning to program, he created a few basic demos from just books and magazines. Within two years he had learnt how to program in machine code. In time he moved onto programming games…
[youtube Q2sd2FNPTBs nolink] We have already reported Stormfinch for the ZX Spectrum here. If you didn’t have the chance to play it, and you are curious to see how it plays, you can check the video review released on the YouTube channel “It’s a Pixel Thing”. Stormfinch is special, for it uses the Nirvana Engine that can produce an amazing…
Originally a Speccy title, Duck Out! is 2D side-scrolling beat’em up. The player controls a cartoon duck with a frying pan, who escapes from a restaurant and heads to the local park to meet his date with a girl. Along the way, this crazy duck ends up fighting numerous enemies such as scary middle aged men, cats, dogs and lizards! The…
andrewvanbeck from World of Spectrum forums has blessed us with a new game to kick off the weekend! Super 48k Box is a demake of Super Crate Box by Vlambeer. Andrew mentions that this is not affiliated with them in any way, just a fan game made for good old speccy. Key controls are shown on the title screen, supports…
