Tag: zx spectrum
We just received the heads up from MisFit (Creator of Cheese and Onion & Pentagorat for the Vic-20) that a new Multi-Platform game is coming soon called RodMän. RodMän is an Arcade game which mixes ideas from Pac-Man and Bomberman. As well as some new innovative ideas too. It’s still early days but MisFit shared some screens with us, and it’s…
Good News, remember we gave you exclusive heads up on the new Arkanoid clone for the ZX Spectrum Next called Nextoid? Well Lampros Potamianos announced today that the game download will be available very soon! V1.0 of Nextoid! is in the new TBBLUE distribution that will be uploaded soon! Definitely an Arkanoid clone, but I like to see it as…
As a backer of the ZX Spectrum Next board and also the ZX Spectrum Cased version, I was very excited to receive a new backers email in my inbox this morning from the Next team. News about new games, apps, box design, upcoming firmware and more! The Box Mike has been relentlessly pushing the box forward, with the design and…
A few days ago, John Blythe announced a new AGD game coming to the ZX Spectrum called Rubicon. Over on Sarah’s Speccy Group, John recently shared a wip title screen for the game. We are loving the new graphics John! Stay tuned for more News from Rucksack Games soon. Read more about Rubicon here. Source: John Blythe
Mike Dailly has put together a quick demo for the ZX Spectrum Next, showing what can be achieved using Copper. For those of you that have maybe never heard of ‘Copper’, it’s a display list processor. Most famously known and used on the Commodore Amiga, and uses very little CPU overhead. Below you will see a short video showing a…
Missing in Action game “Astor Roulette” has been recovered by Planeta Sinclair website. João Costa was kind enough to send the tape over and after demagnetizing and cleaning, the game was good enough to salvage. As the name suggests, Astor Roulette is a roulette simulation game and is thought to have been released around 1986. The author has been authenticated as…
Castle of Sorrow is a new Spanish platform adventure game by ZXMan48k. This is his first game and was created using the Arcade Game Designer engine. The story is short and simple: “Help our hero Constantin to avenge the death of his beloved, go into the castle and discover the mystery that lies within it.” Your adventure begins within an intricate…
Over on the ZX Spectrum Next Facebook group today, Simon Butler recently shared a teaser image of what Exolon could look like on the ZX Spectrum Next. This beautiful work of art is by Andy Little (Andrey Kovalchuk) from Russia, and is another small example of what could be possible using the raw power of the Next. While this is…
Chris Wilkins has just announced a follow up “Crash Annual 2019” after the massive success of the Crash Annual 2018. This will be the 100th issue of the legendary ZX Spectrum magazine! There is even more good News!, Oliver Frey will be designing the cover art again, so you know it will be something very special! Look forward to a…
Salinas Franck shared some interesting News on Sarah’s Speccy Group about a new homebrew ZX Spectrum game by Antonio J Pérez. Most of you should be familiar with the name “Fantasy Zone”. I’m a HUGE fan of this game and often play the Sega Master System and PC Engine versions. Originally a 1985 Sega Arcade game, Fantasy Zone was also…
