Tag: zx spectrum

Flype – ZX Spectrum Arcade Puzzler

Flype is an Arcade Puzzle game created mainly with AGD and is inspired by the awesome ‘Cool Croc Twins’, which was a big hit on the Commodore 64 and Amiga. Flype comprises of 20 levels of increasing difficulty. Flype will also be available on iOS devices via emulation and is due to be released on the app store May 2015….

Stormfinch – ZX Spectrum Shmup!

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

ZX Spectrum: a visual compendium by Bitmap Books

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…

Target Renegade mod – ZX Spectrum

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…

ZX Spectrum Vega arrives later this month

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…

Vade Retro by Retroworks

[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…

ZX Spectrum Music – New Album by MmcM

[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…

World of Spectrum Temporary Forum

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…

BASIC 10Liners 2015 Contest Final Results

We reported back in January the BASIC 10Liners 2015 Contest, and at that time we thought we would have plenty of time to participate, right? Wrong! The contest has ended last April 11th, and the results are already online. In the PUR category (max. 120 characters per logical line, abbreviations are allowed) these are the top 10: 1. Carrera 3D2….

Spectaculator Android/iOS Updates!

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