Deathchase is a 1983 computer game written for the ZX Spectrum by Mervyn Estcourt and published by Micromega in the UK and Ventamatic in Spain. It is commonly known by the incorrect name of "3D Deathchase", perhaps due to the prominent "3D" on the inlay, and that some magazines incorrectly referred to this title.
The player controls a motorcycle-riding mercenary as he pursues two other motorcycles, one blue and one yellow, through a forest. Each enemy motorcycle destroyed is worth $1000 (i.e. points) to the player. The player's motorcycle is equipped with forward-firing guns with which to shoot its quarry. The projectiles can be controlled mid-flight simply by steering the bike. If both enemy motorcycles are destroyed, the player moves to a night version of the same level. If both enemy motorcycles on that level are destroyed, the player moves on to a daytime level of the next stage (with more trees to avoid). There are also tanks and helicopters which appear on the horizon and can be shot for bonus points.
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In Wheelie you ride a Zedexaki bike (a combination of the famous Kawasaki brand and the ZX in ZX Spectrum), but this is no ordinary racing game. You are trapped in Nightmare Park, and must find an escape before you can race the Ghost Rider.
The park is made up of four linked levels of road, which you can move up and down at by finding a ramp headed in that direction and moving the joystick in that direction. Standard direction changes on each piece of road must also be navigated.
There are many creatures to avoid or jump over - mutant kangaroos and hedgehogs for starters. Standard hazards such as ramps and school buses are dealt with by pulling a wheelie - in this case, jumping at the last possible moment while at top speed.
Your astral projection, Maroc, flees from a goblin swordman as a wraith drifts silently into a corner. Can you open the chest and seize the key to penetrate below the Gatehouse Level?
The Mega Garbage Beings are on a rampage again!
Enter the caverns beneath the city to battle with weird and wonderful monsters before taking on a psychic confrontation that will leave your mind reeling!
Falling-block puzzle game. Crates and creatures fall into the play area in random sets of three in an L-shape. The player can rotate and stack the shapes in an on-screen hopper. Complete rows of crates are eliminated. Creatures can only be eliminated by the titular 'Buzzsaws' - circular saw blades which occasionally appear among the L-shaped pieces and which run left, right and down, cutting through any lines of creatures. Ton-Weights and Star-Bombs also appear as rare extras and these eliminate creatures in different ways.
Points are awarded for rows of crates completed and creatures eliminated. Score multipliers apply the more rows or creatures are eliminated in chain-reactions from placing a single piece.
You have been reborn as a Deva, an enlightened being that follows the path of Buddha. Shakra, the Lord of the Devas, sent you to Naraka, the eternal hell, to liberate Humanity, from the chains of suffering, anger and despair. Your reward will be the wisdom that will make you ascend a new step to Nirvana.
In this thrilling football game from the mid-1980s, lead your team to victory against computer opponents, or take on your friends in multiplayer modes.
Tetris 2 is a 1990 video game by František Fuka (Fuxoft). It is inspired by a Soviet game Tetris. It is considered to be the most successful game developed by Fuka.
Bumfun Software rereleased the game in 2016.
Hallowed Knight is a metroidvania action-adventure game for Spectrum 48k. This game was made to take part in the ZX dev 2021, as a tribute of the original Hollow Knight game.
A homebrew port of "Amidar" for the ZX Spectrum.
Amidar is a clone of the GAKKEN tabletop version of the arcade classic Amidar, coded entirely in BASIC for the ZX Spectrum. It was developed and self-published by Salvador Camacho and released on February 26, 2022, originally as part of "Bytemaniacos Concurso BASIC 2022", a Spanish BASIC coding competition.
S.O.R.T. (also known as Space Observer Recruitment Test) is an educational memorization game for the ZX Spectrum.
"A vacancy exists on mission DBZ-R4 to the spiral galaxy. Person selected will fill the role of mission observer - no technical knowledge is required. Selection will be on the basis of standard sort-space observer recruitment test-procedures. Candidates for selection may practice each test individually but final selection will be made only from those completing the full sort sequence. Instructions precede practice tests. Good luck Candidates!!"