Rebecca Heineman, a brilliant and accomplished programmer and video game creator, passed away today after an unexpected battle with cancer. She shared her battle on Bluesky, where she highlighted some of her many achievements, “First video game champion (1980 Atari 2600 Space Invaders National Champion). Created Bard’s Tale III: The Thief Of Fate & Dragon Wars.” I’d like to share…
AUTHOR’S NOTE by Brian Wiser: This interview was first posted August 2, 2015, and is being reposted in honor of Rebecca Heineman who passed away November 17, 2025, and Jennell Jaquays who passed away January 10, 2024. I had the pleasure of meeting both Rebecca and Jennell a year before this interview and spending several hours with them. Their artistic,…
by jtpl World of Spells is a fast-paced first-person action game for the classic ZX Spectrum 48K. Rescue the princess, battle ghosts and dragons, and experience a kind of 3D adventure that never existed back in the Spectrum’s golden era. Enjoy dynamic gameplay: watch fireballs bounce off mirrors, uncover the mysteries of dragon fire, and ultimately save the kingdom! Visit dungeons,…
by lapetus Zezito must restore the glittering caves to their former glory! The nasty spiked snails with their poisonous slime have discolored the floor of the caves. Help zezito get the bucket and paint roller and restore the floor to its colorful original state. Download, here Source: https://iapetus2019.itch.io/zezito-in-the-glittering-caves-thomson-mo5
by Animated Alex CAPTURE – Programmed in ZX Spectrum BASIC and then compiled with MCoder3 Blast through the cyan line walls and capture 4 magenta nasties. Stay alert as the nasties are quick to fight back, use the cyan lines to your advantage. When all nasties are captured a green square will appear in the centre of the playing area, touch it…
El veredicto final ha sido… Ayer tuvo lugar la Gala del Concurso de Juegos Basic 2025, organizado por Bytemaniacos. 32 fueron los trabajos presentados, 24 en basic puro y 8 en basic compilado. Todo un éxito, lo que demuestra que el basic está más vivo que nunca, al menos, en ZX Spectrum. El resultado de la votación popular fue que…
Release 5 fixes multiple bugs, and brings the game closer to the original. There are now five dwarves, as in the original, and you can’t just teleport out of tight spots. Of course, the game still rocks on 8-bit hardware.
De momento, no disponemos de mucha información sobre este nuevo lanzamiento, muy sorprendente y que ha despertado mucho hype entre la comunidad: Bloodstone. La calidad que se vislumbra es impresionante, solo con un vídeo, de este plataformas, exclusivo de 128k. Os dejamos el link al vídeo trailer disponible, y juzgad por vosotros mismos… Estaremos atentos al lanzamiento de Bloodstone,…
The classic point-and-click adventure from the UK is back again, this time coming from Italy’s Smallthing Studios and published by Inin as a prequel setting you out to an adventure before the events of Simon The Sorcerer of 1993 which was released for Amiga, PC and Acorn Archimedes , and we had the pleasure to welcome back the people behind…
A classic ASCII Rogue-like for the 48K ZX Spectrum. by Jim Blimey Roojiliek is a classic ASCII Rogue-like for the 48K ZX Spectrum. How to play The aim of the game is easy: escape Castle Rooj! You start at the top of the castle, and have to descend 18 levels of monsters and traps before the final face off and…
