Category: Sinclair News
The fate of thousands of worlds is in your hands, as a result of the project Harbinger you must embark on an epic sci-fi adventure to save millions of lives throughout the galaxy.. An ancient alien race seeks revenge … and only you can stop it ! Harbinger Convergence is a new Sci-fi Arcade Adventure game which is divided into…
Defender of the Crown – ZX Spectrum The never released port! Developed in 1989 from “THE CAT” but due the lack of interest it was never official released. This is also a FIXED Version. Besides the .rom that you can find on the internet this version has the missing screen and is fixed for 48k/128k ZX Spectrum. Delivered in Box…
ZXNights is a new Strategy/Adventure game by Portuguese programmer Valdir, who has made a few other games on the ZX Spectrum including ZX Striker and Vampe: GOTO Vampe. The game has Adventure elements reminisce of Dungeons and Dragons, and even a strategy board game. In ZX Nights you play as a noble knight who must fight his way through many…
Strange Kitchen is written in Boriel ZX Basic. You have to prepare recipes by destroying unwanted ingredients! The game is mildly frustrating, so make sure you pay attention otherwise your recipe will be ruined! There are fifteen levels split over four parts, finish all levels in one game for the ultimate challenge!! Download: StrangeKitchen.tap Website: http://www.worldofspectrum.org
LoadingScreech over at World of Spectrum forums has released an unfinished version of his new SEUD project called Air Apparent. He is looking for feedback, so if you like the game and you would like to help him out, head over to the thread and leave a comment ;) Download: AirApparentZX.zip Source: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/
We thought we would gather a list of some of the very best homebrew releases for the ZX Spectrum. There are some fantastic games here not to be missed! Click the links to read about them and in most cases there will be a download in the thread, Enjoy :) Rabbit in Nightmareland: 48k, 128k, http://javierfopiani.blogspot.co.uk Jet Set Luis: http://zx-pk.ru Cap’n Rescue 2: http://loadingscreech.wixsite.com/loadingscreech…
Way back in 1992, Ast_A_Moore over at World of Spectrum Forums wrote a shoot-em-up called A Yankee in Iraq. The entire game was written in Sinclair BASIC. He decided to revive the game and have another look over it. The only thing he was able to find was the BASIC file; the rest of the assets, the loading screen, music, and UDG were…
Eurogamer website has published an extensive article showing how a Kickstarter campaign can go wrong, telling the story of the Recreated ZX Spectrum, which is (was?) a ZX Spectrum Bluetooth keyboard that could be connected to a companion app on mobile devices as well as on PCs, bringing the full Spectrum experience when using emulators on those devices. The campaign was…
The Den of Geek website has published one of those (in)famous lists that you see all over the internet. This one talks about the 15 greatest games even made for the ZX Spectrum. The site is not oriented directly to retro gamers so maybe you won’t agree with every choice, but with Elita, Manic Miner and R-Type, the author was…
Subreddit RetroBattlestations is promoting another BASIC Month. This time around, the idea is to run the BASIC program Terraspin, a Turtle graphics type program created for the contest. The contestants will have to type in the program on any retro computer that runs BASIC and post take a picture of it running. The rules state very clearly that screen only or emulators are…
