Tag: Spectrum 128k

In the history of all of mankind’s worst conflicts, none was as fiercely fought as the Great Playground Computer War (1982 to 1992, depending on how long you were willing to hold a grudge). On one side, you had the might of Sir Clive’s Sinclair army, brandishing the mighty ZX Spectrum, on the other, the Jack Tramiel’s troops, a bunch…

2077: The human race has stripped the planet clean. All power is now supplied by a single conglomerate – DCR Inc. Renewable energies were not enough to cope with demand. Nuclear energy became mainstream and a new isotope was identified and quickly introduced into production. By the time DCR realised the danger it was too late. The single test station,…

Mysterious Dimensions is a cute little ‘collect’em up’ platformer for the ZX Spectrum 128. Those of you that know me will know I am mostly a Commodore fangirl, but I do occasionally turn to the darkside and play other formats, and this game certainly didn’t disappoint. Beautiful colours, Graphics are basic, almost child like but this adds a certain charm…

Ersh over at World of Spectrum Forums has released a new graphical text adventure game for the ZX Spectrum. The game was originally planned to be created on the Commodore 64, ten years ago! The game is coded from scratch in assembly. The code, puzzles, story and additional pictures took Ersh just over a month to put together. Below is the game’s description…

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…