Arcade Game Designer 4 Is Out
AGD is a tool for writing your own simple arcade games. Download the latest version here.
Whats new:
Sprites can now be individually coloured using the SPRITEINK command. If 16x16 sprites aren't big enough, there's an option to use 16x24 instead. Note there's still a one-size-fits-all policy, but at least you now have a choice. It'll even resize your sprites for you.
Brand New Game: Locomotion [ZX81]
At Sinclairzxworld a new 1K hires game by Dr Beep is available. Locomotion is a game where you must built a track for the train that starts at the left down corner. Make a track and let the train return to the startingposition.
Each succesfull ended screen will give you a wopping point in the score.
Controls :
Qwert = up
Asdfg = down
12345=left
67890=right
Space to start a game.
On the screen you will see garbage after loading. This is initial code and relocated code over the systemvariables to make more memory usefull.
Brand New Game: Funky Fungus
FUNKY FUNGUS is a jump-and-shoot single-screen platform game by Alessandro Grussu for all 128 KB RAM Spectrums, where you, as the eponymous character, must face an army of bizarre creatures led by Seto Taisho, a strange being entirely made of discarded tableware.
Brand New ZX81 Game: Hunt The Wumpus
Dr Beep released another great game. Download 1K ZX81 hires version of HUNT THE WUMPUS from the Texas Instruments.
Move through the maze. When you think you know where the Wumpus hides (indicated <=2 caves from the Wumpus by the edges) you press fire and then move to the Wumpus. When correct you will win otherwise you lose. You also lose when you enter the cave of the Wumpus without firing.
The Top 50 Underappreciated ZX Spectrum Games
The humble ZX Spectrum was home to some remarkable games - including these underappreciated masterpieces...
Read the article by Simon Brew about great Speccy games. Great but underappreciated.
Brand New Game: Gem Chaser
Gem Chaser - a frantic 70 level arcade/platform/puzzle game by Bob Smith and Andrew Owen.
Collect the gems which are the same colour as you, then change colour to collect more - all to be completed within a set time limit.
Warning - this is not an easy game!
Brand New Game: Toofy’s Winter Nuts
The game has been created by Paul Jenkinson with AGD (Arcade Games Designer).
Toofy needs to collect enough nuts to make it through but the nasty squirrels have raided his store and stolen them. Guide Toofy as he tries to reclaim his nuts and survive the winter.
The Unreleased Saboteur 3: Q&A With Mike Richardson
Saboteur 3 page has been updated with an archive of graphics salvaged from Mike Richardson's microdrive cartridges.
For anyone who's interested, here is a quick Q&A with Mike about the game (some of this appeared in an unreleased Spectrum games feature which appeared in Retro Gamer magazine a year or two back).
Martianoids Loading Screen by Mickfarrow
Remake of the original loading screen of Martianoids. Source files available in the thread at the WOS.
Brand New Game: Ossuary
Today the ZX Spectrum has another game in its library: Ossuary.
Descend into an underground burial complex to rid it of the necromancer who has taken up home there, much to the annoyance of the local villagers who still want to use it to inter their dead. Work your way down through 24 levels of monsters and treasure to reach your enemy. Nobody has made it yet. Nor, probably, will you.
Download the game at the official site.
Game Library: Ghosts’n Goblins
A small look at the ZX Spectrum version of Ghosts'n Goblins.
Brand New Game: Pinball [ZX81]
Johan "Dr Beep" Koelman released another new game for ZX81 - 1K Pinball in HiRes.
Requirements: 1K, WRX hires.
Download it at sinclairzxworld.com or watch YouTube video.
Renegade Mod – Gift for Renegade Fans
Ralf playing a bit with existing games code, adding colour here and there, changing this or that.
If someone doesn't know - mod is a modified game with altered graphics, levels and gameplay to give a new fun with old engine.
This is still old good Renegade but with a twist. As you can see this mod has new backgrounds, but that's not all. Play it and you'll see differences in the fight. This version is supposed to be a bit harder than original one but many people claimed that original Renegade is easy so here you are.
Download SNA-version. TAP-version will be later.