Category: Sinclair News

Skeet Shooting, Missing In Action ZX Spectrum Game Recovered by Planet Sinclair Website

Another ZX Spectrum game has been recovered by Planet Sinclair website, this one is called “Skeet Shooting”, which is an adaptation of Tire al Plato by P.F.P. Chaves (1985), and was featured in VideoSpectrum Issue 13. Download: Tiro aos pratos.SNA Website: Planeta Sinclair

Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties, New Entry for the ZX Spectrum Crap Games Competition 2018

Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties is an adult-oriented “romantic comedy” graphic adventure game developed and published by Kirin Entertainment for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer. The game received a lot of negative attention for its abysmal production value, nonsensical story-line, poor acting and humour, and for primarily being presented as a slide show despite being advertised as a full motion video game. As a result,…

The Oliver Twins Give “Spectrum Computing Website” Permission to Host their ZX Spectrum Back Catalogue!

Good news for all you Dizzy fans! The famous Oliver Twins have given Spectrum Computing website permission to host their ZX Spectrum back catalogue! You can now download the following titles from their website: Ghost Hunters, Grand Prix Sim., Dizzy, Panic Dizzy, Fantasy World Dizzy, Treasure Island Dizzy, Pro Ski Simulator, 3D StarFighter, Jet Bike Simulator, Race Against Time, Pro…

Dungeon Raiders, Third Instalment of the Saga of Sorcerers and the Dark Lord by Payndz

Dungeon Raiders is a new game for the ZX Spectrum developed by Payndz. It is the third instalment of the saga of sorcerers and the Dark Lord: Sorceress and Sorceress 2. For generations, the necromancer Skulvort has sent his minions from the depths of his dungeon fortress to loot the surrounding lands. But now, four brave adventurers seek to destroy the evil lord once…

Elena, New programming language for the ZX Spectrum Next

In a post published on January 17th, Kevin Watkins announced his decision to create a new programming language targeting the ZX Spectrum Next: The idea to do so originally came from the Facebook group for the ZX Spectrum Next, a new FPGA computer based that is an enhanced version of the ZX Spectrum, the computer I first started to program on…

AYGOR (AY Great Original Resource) Website

AYGOR (The AY Great Original Resource) is a website by Marek Wolfgang Argent, which contains .ay files specifically with only proper author names, song titles and playing time. No tracker modules, no tape, snapshot and other work files. The music is from ZX, CPC and SAM Coupe. Marek plans to expand the .ay standard to other machines with Z80 as…

Eurostriker, A New ZX Spectrum Football Game by Valdir

Valdir is well known in the Portuguese Speccy scene, with previous releases such as ZX Striker and ZX Nights. He recently released a new football game called Eurostriker. With many similarities to Footballer of the Year, this looks to be a very nice homebrew game. I have never really played many football games in my time, except for Sensible Soccer and Kick Off on…

Scuttle Butt, A Very Strange Game For The ZX Spectrum!

Scuttle Butt is a new game by Karl Hörnell for the ZX Spectrum. If someone asked me if there are any new original games on the ZX Spectrum, I would point them to Scuttle Butt. Please note, if toilet humour is not your thing, then I suggest you stop reading right now, as this game involves a big bottom and…

Is This Brand New Spectrum Game Bursting With Excitement? Dave Clarke’s Impossabubble Reviewed!

In the history of all of mankind’s worst conflicts, none was as fiercely fought as the Great Playground Computer War (1982 to 1992, depending on how long you were willing to hold a grudge). On one side, you had the might of Sir Clive’s Sinclair army, brandishing the mighty ZX Spectrum, on the other, the Jack Tramiel’s troops, a bunch…

Mr.Do! Remake Coming to the ZX Spectrum! (Mark R. Jones & Adrian Singh)

Mr. Do! is an arcade game created by Universal in 1982. Similar to Namco’s Dig Dug, Mr. Do! was very popular and was also released on other systems, such as the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, MSX and Apple II. It is the first game in the Mr. Do series, and was released both as a standalone game and also as…