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Protect the red planet and zap as many Aliens as possible!!! When shield falls beyond half way mark zap cyan boss, or the Aliens above the boss to gain a re-charge on shield. Programmed in BASIC creating a Laser beam…

Step into the boots of Yuri Gagarin, the legendary Soviet cosmonaut, in this thrilling retro-style arcade shooter! Orbiting Earth aboard your Vostok spacecraft, your mission is to protect the planet from a relentless barrage of meteorites. Adjust your orbit to…

This is the third game of the Urkiola Trilogy, Seven Streets. After the disturbing events of the first adventure, a weighty task falls on the shoulders of a detective whose mission is to discover the exact locations in which to…

Banana Shake is an interesting clone of 2048, in which instead of using digits, fruits are used. That’s right, you read that right. Replace the "2" with a blueberry, a "4" with an apple, and so on, until you reach…

This is a small tribute in Basic to the classic C is for CRABBY! Press any key to turn. Collect all the keys without being swallowed by the octopus. The same maze repeats after each Game Over until you complete…

This game is a major evolution of the original submitted to the Bytemaniacos contest. In other words, it’s not the same. There are tons of new jokes and content. Hardcore Tolkien fans, beware. Bilbo is a Hobbit, which is somehow…

Sam is back on the speccy after a 39 year absence with a brand new fast action poker game! Her original poker game from 1986 went down in history and continues to be remembered fondly on ZX Spectrum sites with…

Mystery City – The Fortunate FortuneTeller is a prologue to the previous game Mystery City – The Secret Code. It tells the story of the young detective Thomas Falken, who investigates a fortune teller suspected of fraud at the request…

In this one-screen arcade game, alien ships descend toward Earth one by one. Your laser cannon can’t destroy them — only delay them. Once 11 ships land, the invasion is complete. UFOs is a hack/translation of the 1986 Portuguese mini-game…

This is the first game of the Urkiola Trilogy, Gaueko’s Awakening. It is a horror/suspense and survival game, which mixes aspects of the present with legends and characters from Basque mythology, to enjoy on your ZX Spectrum. It’s Christmas night…

A Golf Game inspired by the one by Andy Haslam with some UX visualisation, sound and some small animations. Made in Boriel Basic. Released by raimis001 in 2025. Download here (Remember to donate): Huge playlist archive with games from…

Boni in Bat Hell is platform game where you are a skeleton and have to collect 20 skulls in order to return to life. After so many seconds an orb will spawn, collect this to gain an extra life but…

This is the second game of the Urkiola Trilogy, The origin of Gaueko. It is a Sword and sorcery game that mixes fiction with real events with legends and characters from Basque mythology, to enjoy on your Zx Spectrum. A…

Guided by sonar pulses, your submarine navigates through dangerous reefs to recover loot from a sunken Spanish galleon. Collect loot ($), avoid reefs (X). You win if you recover 40 hidden treasures. Game over if you crash into reefs three…

You play a lone crewmember aboard spaceship Nostromo, drifting through space after a deadly extraterrestrial organism has wiped out the rest of the crew. With the ship’s AI compromised and strange noises echoing through the corridors, your mission is to…

The Xlien Invasion succeeded. Their fleets of battleships and xlien carriers landed on the planet and now they’re everywhere. But Earth defence isn’t helpless! No, they planned ahead. The DIATank is available and fitted with a powerful AIR Cannon, and…

This game is based on the film King Kong, by M.C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, released in 1933. In this first part of the trilogy, the player places himself under the command of Jack Driscoll to try to rescue…

This is an arcade game based on the thrilling eighties adventures like Abu Simbel Profanation where you will have to get your whole potential. Amisko Jones is an intrepid adventurer who likes to meet and study the ancient civilizations in…

A prequel to the (currently unreleased) game, John Can’t Jump. Little John sees a smaller, younger John make his way through 20 platforming levels. Except, John just keeps on walking. He is good at falling. He is good at climbing…

The AIstrang has taken control of the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant to ensure unlimited energy. Taking advantage of reactor 4’s radioactivity, it has assembled an army of machines to protect the sarcophagus. Deactivating the damn Amstrad CPC 464 computers…

The Editor of the Daily Shocker, Harry Hacker has received a tip-off from the police that a Professor has been arrested and that his underground lair is full of strange inventions and mutations. Smelling a scoop, Harry can’t send his…

Henry is a greedy gnome. His quest lies in Bloodgore Castle – to steal the Golden Hoard, the ultimate treasure. Bloodgore Castle is guarded by armies of vicious creatures with magical powers. Each section of the castle is represented by…

Your task is to rescue the Lemmings across 60 levels of fast-paced puzzling. These creatures simply walk blindly through the world in the hope of reaching safety at the end of the level – unfortunately, these levels include steep drops,…

Paris-Dakar is a rally simulator in which the player controls a wide variety of variables, including the state of the car (gasoline, water, damages, gear box…) and the race route (always accessible), among others. If needed, the player can refuel,…

The actor Charles Bronson played the iconic role of vigilante Paul Kersey in 5 movies where he takes the law into his own hands when he doesn’t get justice and criminals get off. This game is based on Death Wish…

The Tangent Empire are preparing to attack the earth with their convoy of tanks, and it is you who has been sent forward to destroy the 14 space stations which make up the potential invasion threat. There are 3 sub-levels…

Having finished his tale the storyteller holds up a box saying "Who will buy a genuine map to the mountain of Torgar, only five silver pieces." You sling the man the money and examine the map he gave you. It…

At the end of my sinful life, gray as the world itself, I am going to leave a testimony for those who will come after us (unless the Antichrist precedes them). May the Lord God, in His mercy, give me…

Level 5 is a 2D top down shooter set in a maze. The player is trapped inside a giant alien space pod and must reach the renowned Level-5 to escape. Cybernauts (war robots) want to kill him but he can’t…

A side scrolling traditional shoot’em up. RZX Archive public domain game file made by Colin Attle & Pavel Plíva. Released by Cybexlab Software in 1987. Huge playlist archive with ZX Spectrum games from 1987: "GALACTIC GUNNERS -=Classic Gaming=- Walkthrough,…