Category: Sinclair News
Stormfinch is a bicolour shoot ’em upThe game contains 10 challenging levels, 9 bosses, level completed every 1000 points, a whopping 64 different attack waves, and if you get that far, an End of game sequence. [youtube G0Wsqz9nsoc nolink] Download: stormfinh_rrfin0.tapForum Thread: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forumsWesbite: http://www.worldofspectrum.org
A book that celebrates the beauty of the ZX Spectrum. Full of pixel art, iconic box art and contributions from industry legends. Sinclair ZX Spectrum: a visual compendium will focus on the visual side of the computer; from in-game pixel art to game maps to box artwork, the book will be crammed full of beautiful high-resolution, full-colour imagery. The ZX…
Ralf over at the Temporary World of Spectrum Forum has been playing around with existing game code of the classic title ‘Target Renegade’, adding colour here and there and changing a few things. Don’t worry though, this is still good old Renegade but with a twist. As you can see this mod has new backgrounds, but that’s not all. Play…
The Guardian website has published today a new article about the ZX Spectrum Vega entitle “ZX Spectrum beeps again as nostalgia for 80s tech takes hold”. It states that the ZX Spectrum Vega will arrive later this month to the hands of the backers of the project first. It also mentions that company behind the comeback, Retro Computers, chaired by…
[youtube 0jg5piYOvHY nolink] It’s time for a new game from Retroworks!A sad blacksmith who dreamt about achieving the glory as a knight and wasn’t recognized as such. A dark wizard who fled vowing revenge and has returned again. Forces of evil becoming part of the strife, which Eshur must face to put an end to Delcram. Finding the seals of…
[youtube 2eJNCm6bWww nolink] “The Blossoming Years” is a new album by MmcM, who is one of the most prominent musicians to come out of the Russian ZX Spectrum demoscene. A compilation of 18 tracks from 1999-2001 shows the musician at the peak of his creative powers and easily explains the cult following that he enjoys in the homeland. You can…
As you may have noticed on the World of Spectrum website, the forums have been unavailable for some time now, but fear not as there is a temporary forum available and is already pretty active considering it hasn’t been up for very long. I stumbled upon a couple of speccy games there which are defintly worth a play. First up…
The Oliver Twins are two British brothers, Philip and Andrew Oliver known for their work as video game developers. They began to professionally develop computer games while they were still at school, contributing their first type-in game to a magazine in 1983. They worked with publishers Codemasters for a number of years following their first collaboration Super Robin Hood, most…
[youtube uEZWAcr39lg nolink] Article written by Martin Maly, and published at www.uelectronics.info Everyone who had once owned a ZX Spectrum, surely had at least once seen an amazing loading effect and wondered: How are they doing this? So, come and have a read… It will be a long story and perhaps you might even learn something. Because ZX Spectrum didn’t…
New versions of Spectaculator are now available on Google Play (v2.1) and the App Store (v6.1). The Android version has been updated to the same set officially licensed ZX Spectrum games as the iOS version. New games added Finders Keepers Spellbound Knight Tyme Stormbringer Android: Google Play (v2.1) iOS: App Store (v6.1)Windows: spectaculator80.msi Website: http://www.spectaculator.com
