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You are a medical nanobot called Tiny Peter. You have been sent inside the body of a sickly alien to help cure it of its disease. You have to make contact with the diseased cells in each area to remove them. But also be careful of the alien’s natural defences which will sap your battery power on contact! Tiny Peter…
Bean Brothers is a fun and challenging platform game for ZX Spectrum Next. You control two characters, Fabe and Lubi, who must work together to beat the game’s 40 levels. Sharpen your platforming skills, you may need them for dodging enemies and perform difficult jumps, but beware – your partner may be in danger and you should switch quickly to…
PunyInform is a library for the Inform 6 programming language, to make it easy to create simple or advanced text adventures which will work well on 8-bit computers like the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Spectrum +3 etc. PunyInform was first released on July 5, 2020. The rootsThe Inform programming language, compiler and standard library were developed by Graham…
RetroRGB is THE portal to learn all about how to get the picture the best way out of such retro consoles to your modern TVs! Robert Neal is the master behind behind this portal which is the go-to address for console info of all kind as well, thanks to its extensive Wiki which is a whole database, YouTube videos, podcast…
After having announced the judging panel (here), Planeta Sinclair posted the list of all games that will run for “best of” in different categories, including the most important: GOTY. To elect the nominees, first, the judges had to go through a list of 130 names and vote for five favourites (10 for GOTY). The result of this list is what…
To celebrate ZX Spectrum’s 40th birthday, Quantum Sheep reached out to some awesome Spectrum game developers who have very generously agreed to participate in the Game Bundle with all proceeds destined for charity. The bundle is hosted on itch.io using the “pay what you want” price (above $10.00) and gives you access to 30+ games for the ZX Spectrum. The…
Espectro Magazine is a printed Portuguese-language magazine about the ZX Spectrum. Published quarterly, the magazine now reaches its 6th issue. The publication is a bit late but the editors promise to catch up! Main features: Everything about the mysterious Timex prototype Homage to the Timex’s pioneers that passed away in 2020 Christmas games special, selected by the magazine editors Review,…
Planeta Sinclar, the Portuguese website dedicated to the ZX Spectrum, and in my opinion, the best one around for the Speccy, has announced the winners of GOTY 2020, the Game of the Year 2020 event that was held online this last Saturday. Other than ranking the best overall games of 2020, the event exalted the best games for different genres…
Since I wasn’t a British kid in the 80s and never owned a ZX Spectrum until recently, iconic characters like Monty Mole, Miner Willy, or Dizzy don’t bring me any nostalgia as they do to many of you. I think this is a good thing because I can enjoy many of these games with fresh eyes and an open mind,…
The first completely new Dizzy in adventure from the Oliver Twins in 26 years is to be released Friday 18th December 2020 for ZX Spectrum! Dizzy was a massively successful UK Video game character developed initially for 8 bit home computers, but then as the series expanded in popularity there were many releases on 16 bit computers, PC’s and consoles….
