Category: Sinclair News

Nextoid! (V1.0) A New Game for the ZX Spectrum Next Download Coming Soon!

Good News, remember we gave you exclusive heads up on the new Arkanoid clone for the ZX Spectrum Next called Nextoid? Well Lampros Potamianos announced today that the game  download will be available very soon! V1.0 of Nextoid! is in the new TBBLUE distribution that will be uploaded soon! Definitely an Arkanoid clone, but I like to see it as…

ZX Spectrum Next, February Backers BIG Update!

As a backer of the ZX Spectrum Next board and also the ZX Spectrum Cased version, I was very excited to receive a new backers email in my inbox this morning from the Next team. News about new games, apps, box design, upcoming firmware and more! The Box Mike has been relentlessly pushing the box forward, with the design and…

The people have spoken! Mighty Final Fight and Ninja Gaiden Shadow Warriors win ZX-Dev Conversions “People’s Choice Awards”

Planeta Sinclair, a great Portuguese-speaking website about the ZX Spectrum, has just announced the winners of its poll trying to find the best ZX-Dev Conversion. Two highly acclaimed conversions that we have already covered, Mighty Final Fight and Ninja Gaiden Shadow Warriors have nabbed the first and second place, respectively. There were a total of 173 votes, and Mighty Final Fight took…

New Title Screen for John Blythe’s Upcoming ZX Spectrum Game Rubicon

A few days ago, John Blythe announced a new AGD game coming to the ZX Spectrum called Rubicon. Over on Sarah’s Speccy Group, John recently shared a wip title screen for the game. We are loving the new graphics John! Stay tuned for more News from Rucksack Games soon. Read more about Rubicon here. Source: John Blythe

Mike Dailly Teases Shadow of the Beast ZX Spectrum Next Copper Demo!

Mike Dailly has put together a quick demo for the ZX Spectrum Next, showing what can be achieved using Copper. For those of you that have maybe never heard of ‘Copper’, it’s a display list processor. Most famously known and used on the Commodore Amiga, and uses very little CPU overhead. Below you will see a short video showing a…

Astor Roulette Recovered by Planeta Sinclair Website

Missing in Action game “Astor Roulette” has been recovered by Planeta Sinclair website. João Costa was kind enough to send the tape over and after demagnetizing and cleaning, the game was good enough to salvage. As the name suggests, Astor Roulette is a roulette simulation game and is thought to have been released around 1986. The author has been authenticated as…

Aquatic Invaders 2.0 Remake For ZX Spectrum Released!

Planeta Sinclair recently shared some interesting News about a remake of an old game by Marco Carrasco and Rui Tito. The game is called Aquatic Invaders and was recovered last year by Sinclair Planet. The original BASIC code has been re-written for the compiler Boriel’s ZX Basic, resulting in a much faster game. You can read more information about the…

Al’s Double Bill, A New ZX Spectrum Compilation by Alessandro Grussu

Alessandro Grussu has recently released a new ZX Spectrum Compilation, which contains his first two games, Lost In My Spectrum and Apulija-13. The compilation is a disk-only release and has been devised for use with ZX Spectrum 48K/128K systems equipped with Beta Disk or similar interfaces, or MGT Plus D, or memory card based interfaces such as the DivIDE or…

Castle of Sorrow, A New Platform Adventure For The ZX Spectrum

Castle of Sorrow is a new Spanish platform adventure game by ZXMan48k. This is his first game and was created using the Arcade Game Designer engine. The story is short and simple: “Help our hero Constantin to avenge the death of his beloved, go into the castle and discover the mystery that lies within it.” Your adventure begins within an intricate…

What If Exolon Was On The ZX Spectrum Next?

Over on the ZX Spectrum Next Facebook group today, Simon Butler recently shared a teaser image of what Exolon could look like on the ZX Spectrum Next. This beautiful work of art is by Andy Little (Andrey Kovalchuk) from Russia, and is another small example of what could be possible using the raw power of the Next. While this is…