Tag: Homebrew Games

Repton 3 Redux Special Edition, BBC Micro

Repton 3, released 5 November 1986, was developed by Matthew Atkinson at Superior’s invitation since Tim Tyler was not interested in programming it—although he did design some of the levels for the new game. While the first two games had only taken a month each to program, Repton 3 took eight months. It reverts to the form of a series…

ZX Robots by Skult, ZX Spectrum 48K

ZX Robots by Skult was released a few hours ago. Not much info available about the game so far, looking over the screen shots, it seems to be a new isometric adventure much in the same vein as Speccy classics Fairlight, Batman and Head over Heels. There is a video you can watch, provided by the excellent YouTube account Modern…

Invasion of the Zombie Monsters, MSX, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad

Finally, Ned and Linda can enjoy a little time together. After an amazing day, in which their institute club has obtained for the fourth time in a row the Science Olympiad 1st award, the happy couple can at least relax in the city cliff, looking at a great star-filled night sky. But the happiness will not last as much as…

The Cult, ZX Spectrum 128K

In a dark and hidden place, hidden between imposing mountains and dense forests, lie the secrets of a silent village that pulses with terror. Its people, shrouded in an oppressive mystery, live immersed in the constant fear that has taken over their lives. Every alley, every corner, whispers macabre stories that would shake even the bravest heart. Download: The Cult.tap

Paulina’s Potions, Amstrad CPC

Paulina Calderón is a friendly witch with two passions: Brewing magic potions and Retro Computing. And she just found out that at a garage sale just around the corner, someone sells the very last CPC 646 that was produced in 1993. Help her to buy this precious antiquity! Download: Paulina Disk.dsk

Alloy Box, Amstrad CPC

An enemy nation has acquired a valuable secret and has hidden it in the depths of a military compound. An expert in explosives shall sneak into said compound, blow the safe box made of special alloys and return alive and healthy… and you are this expert. The player takes the role of a soldier whose goal is to successfully creep…

Peral, Amstrad CPC

In the unfathomable depths of the ocean, an enigma awaits to be unraveled. The story of Peral and the Peral Submarine is a mystery hidden beneath layers of history and legend. In a world where time and space intertwine in the shadows, I invite you to take a journey back in time into the dark secrets of naval engineering. What…

Sugar City, Amstrad CPC

After having problems in Colombia with her father’s coffee business, Sarah has to flee the country and travel with her mother and brother to Sugar City, where she will help her family with the sugar business. Sugar imports have become scarce and humanity is so accustomed to its daily dose of sugar that this is starting to be a big…

ZauberBall’23, Atari XL/XE

Zauberball is a reinterpretation of the game Wizball, a well known game on the Commodore 64, with new gameplay, graphical and acoustic elements, such as new background graphics, additional parallax effects, many extra colours of the Atari palette, countless moving objects and enemy sprites. Filters and alternative POKEY clock rates were used for the sound effects, which makes the sound…

Fantasy World Dizzy 2023 Extended Edition, ZX Spectrum!

Dizzy and Daisy strolled through the enchanted forest without a care in the world. But suddenly, the Evil King’s trolls snared poor Daisy! She was sent to Wizard Weird’s Tallest Tower, while Dizzy was dragged away and thrown into the deepest, darkest, dankest of the King’s Dungeons in the bowels of Fantasy World. Dizzy was frightened. Who knew what fate…