Category: ZX Spectrum
World of Spectrum user has announced the release of his entry for the ZX-DEV 2015 comp – Chrimblast!, a Shoot’em Up game where you have to shoot the enemies and collect the presents (!!!). The game has 8 levels, but it is actually a very well-done game with nice graphics and good background music. The sprite flickering that the author warned on…
Game development competitions are always fun to participate if you are a developer, and always fun to follow if you are a gamer looking for modern games for your beloved platform. Earlier this year we saw great games coming out of ABBUC’s Compo for Atari 8-bits and the CPCRetroDev compo that brought to us many more amazing games for the Amstrad…
ZX Spectrum Games Code Club Book is a new book written by Gary Plowman, containing nothing less than 20 games for you….TYPE-IN! Yes, after the Colouring Books popping up everywhere, now it is time for us, retro computer enthusiasts to have our good old days back. From Amazon’s website: “The book does not go over code line by line, but rather…
We have been hosting a forum for many years, but with so many good forums around the internet, we assume we never were able to gain regular members, helping to increase the interest. For many months, we’ve been using the Facebook groups more actively, and the results are really amazing, with interesting discussions, news, photos and whatever comes to your…
We that lived the times where we would fistfight our friends in defence of our favourite computer brand/model, know how fierce and endless these ruses can last. How about settle it in a friendly trump card game? If you wonder how, I can tell you that it is going to be possible really soon. There is an already-funded campaign running…
For programmers and curious alike, I’ve found an interesting article written by Eugene Zaikonnikov about LISP for the ZX Spectrum. Home users had usually to rely on the built-in BASIC or buy 3rd party packages to program in PASCAL, C and other languages. Serious Software SpecLisp is the LISP implementation for the Speccy, and now with plenty of information available at the…
Atariage’s “mariuszw” & team has released his new game – The Great Escape, ported from the C64 version which was published by Ocean 1986, along with the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions. As we all know, the game’s objective is to help the hero, a war prisoner, to escape from a German camp. The gaming environment is displayed in isometric 2.5D…
PIXEL QUEST is a ZX-Spectrum version of Picross (also known as nonogram) that plays tribute to several classic ZX-Spectrum titles! Solve each puzzle to gradually reveal heroes and other famous pixel images from your favorite Speccy games! Complete gameplay freedom: solve puzzles in whatever order you want, using whatever control method you can imagine! Play to collect classic pixel art in a…
On Oct 21st, 2015, Marty McFly arrives in our year, finally! The future pictured in the movie is not quite right, but it is an important date nonetheless. To celebrate this day, we have selected few retro games you should play, if you haven’t done already. Since we are talking specifically about the second movie, our choices are narrowed down…
Retro Computers, the company behind the ZX Spectrum VEGA just announced its Christmas special promotion. For the twelve weeks leading up to Christmas and the New Year, Retro Computers will be placing eleven golden tickets at random into boxes of the ZX Spectrum Vega. If you’re lucky enough to find one, then not only will you receive your ‘normal’ black…
