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Yrion's Crusade -ZX Spectrum-

Help Yrion destroy all the evil devices by krappygamez


Yrion's Crusade is a game for ZX Spectrum.

Guide Yrion through all 20 levels in this classic style game for the ZX Spectrum. Your mission is to gather all the evil n1nt3nd0s and take them to the lectern to destroy them with a hammer, while avoiding the hellish abominations.


Download, here

Source:https://krappygamez.itch.io/yrions-crusade

ZxNextMaker

Make ZX Spectrum and ZX Spectrum Next games without writing code.by Foko Games

Make ZX Spectrum and ZX Spectrum Next games without writing code.

ZxNextMaker is a game maker for the ZX Spectrum. You draw the graphics, build the rooms, put the characters and objects in place, and give them behaviours with blocks. The app writes the machine code. You get a real game: a .tap for the Spectrum 48K/128K and a .nex for the ZX Spectrum Next.

Four kinds of game

- Platformer: flip-screen rooms, variable jump, double jump, dash, melee or ranged attacks, ladders, moving platforms, conveyors, crumbling floors and a two-character mode.

- Top-down / RPG: rooms, doors, keys, NPCs, talking signs, a sword and animated tiles.

- Isometric (FOKOMATION): Knight Lore-style 3D rooms, jumping and climbing, pushable crates, Sokoban puzzles, guardians and a custom HUD.

- Text adventure: a PAW-style parser, locations, objects, illustrated rooms and a game in English or Spanish.

On the ZX Spectrum Next

Every game also exports as a .nex, and the Next version can go much further:

- 256-colour graphics (Layer 2), colour hardware sprites and the game's own palette.

- Smooth hardware scrolling, sideways and in vertical towers, with a parallax background behind it.

- Title and game-over pictures in 256 colours.

- PT3 music: load .pt3 files from Vortex Tracker II or Pro Tracker 3 for the title, the game and the game-over screen. They play on the Next's second AY chip without slowing the game.

- Nine-voice music across the Next's three AY chips.

- 28 MHz room drawing, and much more memory (up to 128 isometric rooms).

The .nex runs on its own: no ROM inside and none needed.

Everything in one app

- Pixel editors for tiles, sprites and isometric blocks, with PNG import.

- A beeper sound-effect editor, a beeper melody editor and an AY music tracker (128K).

- Title screens, loading screens, custom fonts with accents, and HUDs.

- Play your game inside the app: a built-in ZX Spectrum emulator and a full ZX Spectrum Next emulator.

- Undo/redo, a project library, and an interface in English and Spanish.

- Sample games to open, play and study, including *El Faro de Sant Bru* (in three versions: top-down, isometric and text adventure), *La Tumba*, *SokoSoko* and *Microban*.

Download, here

Source: https://foko-games.itch.io/zxnex

Raster Rally 2026 (Amstrad CPC)

 by MLH


The author: "I’ve always thought the old Toyota Celica game from Gremlin on the Amstrad deserved a makeover. The original didn't quite do it justice.

I've given it a major visual overhaul same code, same classic music, but a completely new challenge. Give it a try and let me know what you think!"

Download, here

Source: https://mlh199.itch.io/raster-rally-2026

Tiny-saur Rescue -ZX Spectrum-

 by boredofjam


TINY-SAUR RESCUE

A gentle ZX Spectrum adventure for little ones (48K and 128K)

Designed and written for my nephews and niece.

A simple five level game where you have to find a baby dinosaur and lead them back to its parents. I wanted to have chunky, friendly, eye catching characters like those in Don Priestley games.

Ideal for very young gamers to watch being played and for parents to teach their children to explore and learn how to help people.

Download and print out the tape inlay. There's a color version and a black-and-white outline version for the kids to color in.

Download, here

Source:https://boredofjam.itch.io/tiny-saur-rescue

O-Invaders Back! -ZX Spectrum-

AuthorOblo's ZX Spectrum Games

  • ConversiĂłn libre del juego arcade Return of the Invaders (Taito/UPL@1985), desarrollada en 2026
  • Este es un juego libre y gratuito, hecho por diversiĂłn y amor al arte.
  • Versiones para modelos ZX Spectrum 48k y 128k. Carga estándard  y turbo.
  • La versiĂłn 128k solo añade efectos de sonido AY.
  • IA usada: si (cĂłdigo y sonidos AY)
  • 1 jugador y 2 jugadores (CPU)
  • Recreado tanto el juego como todas las pantallas del modo demo del arcade.


Descarga, aquĂ­

Defender (Amstrad CPC)

 by Cyborg Unicorn


DEFENDER - AMSTRAD CPC EDITION

The classic DEFENDER on the Amstrad CPC!

Defender, on an Amstrad CPC. It’s the same game as the ZX Spectrum Next edition: its world, landers, mutants, humans, baiter, scanner, sounds and play, rebuilt to run on a CPC in mode 0.

It runs on any 64K Amstrad CPC.

THE SAME GAME

  • The landscape, the stars scrolling slower than the ground, and the scanner with its dots and view marks
  • Landers take the humans up. At the top, a human is lost and its lander turns mutant
  • Shoot a lander carrying a human and it falls. Catch it and set it down safely
  • Mutants, the baiter, smart bombs and hyperspace
  • An extra ship and smart bomb every 10,000 points
  • The planet comes back every fifth wave
  • The sounds, played on the CPC’s AY sound chip

BUILT FOR THE CPC

  • Mode 0 screen, 160 x 200 in 16 colours
  • The Next’s own sprite art, converted for mode 0 and compiled into fast Z80 drawing code
  • Enemies, humans, lasers, shots and explosions all run in Z80, so it keeps up with the action
  • It plays at the pace of the Next original, give or take
  • It takes over the machine completely, with no return to BASIC
Download, here

Nascar CPC 512K -Amstrad CPC-

 by MLH


 The author: "I don't think I ever played a Nascar game on the Amstrad CPC. That ends now. This is my latest version. Updates are planned. So far the game runs using 512K of memory. 

There's never been a better time to own an Amstrad CPC".

Buy, here

Source:https://mlh199.itch.io/nascar-cpc

Sir Jon v2 -ZX Spectrum-

 Explore the castle by Juan Eguia


Sir Jon v 2.0 es un juego de plataformas y aventura para el ZX Spectrum 48K.

Eres un caballero medieval que tiene que atravesar un castillo lleno de trampas y criaturas: fantasmas, arañas, murciĂ©lagos, arqueros, gotas de agua, bolas de fuego, pinchos y flechas ocultas. Para avanzar a veces tendrás que encontrar las llaves, cruzar las puertas y sobrevivir a las 22 pantallas del castillo.

Controles: Q A O P Spc

Mejoras en esta versiĂłn 2 : 

Jugabilidad:

  • Salto con la tecla Q, en el sitio o hacia delante o atrás ( Q+O / Q+P ) dando la posibilidad de esquivar flechas, etc.
  • Dos pantallas nuevas de plataformas con huecos en el suelo, caĂ­da animada y dos fantasmas.
  • Espada: ahora es un golpe por pulsaciĂłn (antes, manteniendo ESPACIO, atacaba sin parar).
  • Se puede matar a la araña en todas las pantallas.
  • Arreglados varios bugs menores.

Gráficos:

  • Marcador dentro de un recuadro medieval (muralla con almenas y torres).
  • TĂ­tulo a doble tamaño con degradado y un recuadro con los controles.
  • DecoraciĂłn nueva en varias pantallas: estandartes, etc.
  • AnimaciĂłn de la llave volando hasta el marcador.

Además de algún sonido/melodía corta más.

Descarga, aquĂ­

Fuente:https://juan1639.itch.io/sir-jon-v2

Slam Dunk Next -ZX Spectrum NEXT-

Basketball game for the Spectrum Next by lpotamianos


This is a one- or two-player basketball game for the Spectrum Next. Choose between a single-player game, a two-player head-to-head, or compete in a World Cup or tournament. Choose from 32 national teams and play 2-on-2, 3-on-3, or 5-on-5.

The game is fast-paced and offers a lot of tactical options. Refer to the included manual for full details.

Slam Dunk Next was coded by Claude in Z80N assembly under the direction and supervision of a human being. Tested on CSpect and N-Go hardware.

Download, here

Source:https://lpotamianos.itch.io/slam-dunk-next

Easy CPC for Windows

Amstrad CPC emulator for Windows: 464, 6128, GX4000 and CPC Plus, turbo loading, tape manager, Z80 debugger by noentiendo

Easy CPC for Windows

Easy CPC is an Amstrad CPC emulator for Windows, built for people who simply want to load a disk or a tape and play, and who also like to peek under the hood. It emulates the Z80 CPC family, loads your files automatically and keeps a full debugger inside the window.

New: Amstrad GX4000 and CPC Plus. Easy CPC plays GX4000 cartridges (.cpr) with the Plus ASIC emulated: 4096 colours, hardware sprites, raster interrupts, split screen, smooth scrolling and DMA sound.

Why "Easy"? Open a .dsk, a .cdt, a snapshot or a cartridge (or a .zip / .rar with any of them) and it just starts. The right machine is picked for you, and the RUN" or |CPM command is typed for you.

Machines

  • Amstrad CPC 464, CPC 664 and CPC 6128
  • Amstrad GX4000: plays .cpr cartridges, with 4096 colours, hardware sprites, raster interrupts, split screen, hardware scrolling and DMA sound
  • CPC 464+ and 6128+: they start from the system cartridge you provide yourself (Settings > Machine)
  • Automatic model: disks start on a 6128, tapes on a 464, snapshots on the machine they were saved from

File formats

  • Disks: .dsk (standard and extended, double-sided)
  • Tapes: .cdt, .tzx, .csw
  • Snapshots: .sna (versions 1, 2 and 3; 64 KB and 128 KB)
  • Cartridges: .cpr (GX4000 / CPC Plus)
  • Any of the above inside a .zip or .rar
Buy, here

MONARCH BUTTERFLY -ZX Spectrum NEXT-

by Cyborg Unicorn Pty


R-Type-style insect warfare on the ZX Spectrum Next!

The insects have come. A hive mind of smart, armoured, engineered insects is flying living ships out of a mothership the size of a moon.

You fly the Monarch, a butterfly-winged fighter, through their hive on a flower world, down into their burrows, and along the hull of the mothership to its bridge, where the ones who fly it sit at their consoles.

A horizontal scrolling shooter that plays like R-Type, only slower, with plenty of room to learn the terrain, because the terrain kills.


Download, here

Source: https://cyborgunicornau.itch.io/monarch-butterfly

THE DES TRICKETT MAGIC SHOW -ZX Spectrum-

 by Orbit Leisure


ORB 013 · 1986 · ZX Spectrum 48K

Saturday night television has come to the home computer. There are five tricks, fourteen people in the audience and no wires.

You are Des Trickett's volunteer for the evening. Pick a card, assist with the hat, follow the ball, levitate the lovely Denise and operate a stage saw under conditions the insurers have described as adequate.

Your AMAZEMENT will reach 100% whatever happens. The audience is entitled to leave.


THIS EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT

  • The Card of Your Choosing — Des has no idea where your card is.
  • Something from the Hat — including a sock, a telephone directory and Gerald.
  • The Cups and the Ball — the ball is visible through its cup. This assists the illusion.
  • The Floating Lady — as you can see, there are no wires.
  • The Lady Sawn in Half — restoration is included in the admission price.
Download, here

Attraball -ZX Spectrum-

 by ZXKerl


A one-key arcade game in Sinclair BASIC.

You are the ball. The paddle moves by itself: press any key to switch your horizontal direction, left or right. Smash the rising magenta blocks before they reach the top, and don't miss the paddle. Cyan blocks freeze the rising blocks for a while. Reach 100% to win.

Download, here

Source:https://zxkerl.itch.io/attraball

3D Deathchase - Special Edition -ZX Spectrum-

EdiciĂłn Especial de uno de los mejores juegos para ZX Spectrum de 16K by ximoKom


EdiciĂłn Especial por ximoKom

El juego original fue programado en 1983 por MERVYN ESTCOURT (Micromega) para Spectrum 16K, autor de juegos como Full throttle y Luna Crabs.

Lista de cambios sobre la versiĂłn original:


Compatibilidad 128K:

El juego original 16k funciona en 48k pero en los modelos de 128k hacia reset al terminar la carga y ahora ya funciona.

Nuevos controles:

  • Teclado: QAOP/OPQA/1890 para direcciones y M/SPACE para disparo.
  • Joystick: Ademas del Kempston, se ha añadido Sinclair y Cursor.

SelecciĂłn de Nivel:

 Ahora puedes empezar del nivel 1 al 8 directamente

  • Si eliges el nivel 1, sera como el juego original, con bonus al acabar el nivel 8 y continuara de nuevo en el nivel 1.
  •  Si eliges el nivel 2 al 8, al acabar el nivel 8 no hay bonus y seguirás en ese nivel hasta que pierdas todas tus vidas.

Cambios menores:

  • Pausa con la tecla H durante el juego.
  • Borde y panel negro y cambiado el marcador de puntuaciĂłn con SCORE.
Descarga, aquĂ­

Gyroscope - Hitbox fix + OPQA keys -ZX Spectrum-

by Flunkyretro


Gyroscope — Hitbox Fix (English version below)

El clásico isométrico de Melbourne House (ZX Spectrum, 1985), con colisiones justas y controles O/P/Q/A.

Qué cambia

  • ColisiĂłn en rombo. En el original, dos personajes que se rozaban por las esquinas vacĂ­as de sus sprites te mataban. Ahora solo cuenta el cuerpo del personaje: la zona letal baja de 1 700 a 753 posiciones (44 %). Los choques reales siguen matando.
  • Controles O / P / Q / A (izquierda / derecha / arriba / abajo), en lugar de I / P / Q / Z.
  • CrĂ©ditos de esta versiĂłn en el pie del menĂş.
  • Todo lo demás es el juego original: gráficos, niveles, sonido y cargador sin cambios (48K).
Descarga, aquĂ­

Sugar Byte Spectrum -ZX Spectrum-

Sixty boards. Six candies. One very hungry Speccy by Revive8bit


This is a port of CPC. 

Sugar Byte Spectrum is a game for ZX Spectrum.

**Sixty boards. Six candies. One very hungry Speccy.**

 Swap two sweets, line up three, and watch the board go **pop**. Line up four and you get a **striped candy** that wipes out a whole row. Make an L and you get a **wrapped candy** that blows up everything around it. Line up five and you get the **colour bomb** — swap it with any candy and every candy of that colour on the board disappears at once.

Download, here

Source:https://revive8bit.itch.io/sugar-byte-spectrum

Pool of Radiance for the Atari ST

 by cb-fgc

Here it is at last, the legendary RPG game that SSI announced was coming to the ST back in the days, then vanished... Since its followup Curse of the Azure Bonds was released on the ST, and all those Goldbox games are modular and use the same engine with a few variations, it was quite logical to modify it in order to be able to play other Goldbox games... 

Download, here

Source:  https://cb-fgc.itch.io/pool-of-radiance-for-the-atari-st

MIAMI 84 -C64-

An open-city action adventure for the Commodore 64 — drive, deal, raid, and choose how it ends by orlof


Miami, 1984.

Jack has a broken Camaro, empty pockets and a talent for trouble.

Jennifer has money and a plan: rob the Vasquez cartel, one stash house at a time, and leave Miami before anyone comes looking.

All she needs is a driver. 

MIAMI 84 is an open-city action game for the Commodore 64. Drive through Miami, make money, raid cartel hideouts and follow Jack through a fourteen-chapter crime story where your choices lead to five possible endings.

Or ignore the story entirely and play the city in SANDBOX mode.

Download, here

Source:  https://orlof.itch.io/miami84

 

Build Dangerous CPC

 by revive8bit


 Build Dangerous is a game for Amstrad CPC

This is a classic arcade game 

Thanos is a building inspector. He is also immortal, which is the only reason he still has the job.

Every building in town is about to open, and every owner has the same plan: cut the ribbon, let the crowd in, and hope nobody finds the live wires, the hungry guard ferret and the "NOT A COMPACTOR" room before the insurance runs out. Thanos's job is to find every trap first. Since nothing can kill him, the quickest way to make a trap safe is to walk up to it and set it off. Then he signs the room off and moves on, while the crowd outside gets more impatient by the second.

He is immortal. Unimpressed. On duty.

Download, here

Source: https://revive8bit.itch.io/build-dangerous 

Doodlebug (ZX Spectrum Next 2MB)

 by Software Amusements


Doodlebug (ZX Spectrum Next 2MB)

Doodlebug offers twenty levels of varied platform action spread across five themed worlds. Interactive characters within the the game allow Doodlebug to buy submarines, buggies, dragons, helicopters and space ships to help him on his quest to rescue the lovely Princess Lady Bug.

With the aid of his magic coloured pencils and eraser, Doodlebug can vanquish his foes and traverse the the levels ahead, by way of quickly drawing umbrellas, balloons, magic potions and time freeze clocks. Pencil eraser smart bombs also have the ability to wipe out many enemies in one go.

Are you ready for the adventure to begin and rescue Princess Lady Bug from the clutches of the Evil Slug Boss?... Play on!

 

Features

- Unique pencil power-up concept.

- Interactive characters.

- Vehicles that aid gameplay.

- Breakable floors and walls to push open.

- Many inventive and taxing levels.

- Hidden treasures and bonus items.

- Colourful graphics and catchy themed music.

Buy, here

Source:https://fuzzydweeb.itch.io/doodlebug-zx-spectrum-next-2mb  

Retro Gaming Library -PC, MAC & Linux-

 A visual catalogue for the games you own: boxed, loose or digital by virtualjames

A visual catalogue for the games you own: boxed, loose or digital

I’ve been keeping track of my retro collection in a spreadsheet for years. It worked, but it was just rows of text. I wanted something more visual, with box art and descriptions, that also backed itself up to the cloud. So I made Retro Game Library.

Add a game, pick the system, and the box art, description, year and publisher fill themselves in. Your shelf ends up looking like a proper library instead of a spreadsheet.

What it does

  • Box art and descriptions are filled in automatically from the free LaunchBox Games Database. You don’t need LaunchBox installed.
  • It covers everything from the Atari 2600 and ZX Spectrum up to PS5 and Switch 2.  Everything will become retro at some point so I've included everything I could think of.
  • Physical and digital: record carts, tapes and discs as loose, boxed, complete in box or sealed. Record digital copies with the store you bought them from: GOG, Steam, Epic, PlayStation Store, eShop, Xbox, itch.io and more. You can filter to physical or digital only.
  • If you own a game on several machines, you add it once, tick the extra systems, and each one gets the right box art.
  • You can record multiple copies, and a filter shows duplicates, games on several systems, or games missing box art.
  • You can record condition, date acquired and your own notes.
  • Covers are saved to your computer as small pictures, so the app works offline.
  • Cloud backup: keep your library folder in Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud or Dropbox and every change is backed up automatically. It also keeps a dated backup copy for each day you make changes.
  • Export: a PDF catalogue with box art (handy on your phone when you’re out hunting at car boot sales), an Excel workbook, or a CSV.
  • It’s tiny (about 1–2 MB) and portable, with nothing to install. It runs from a USB stick.
  • There are no accounts, no tracking and no ads.

Important: Retro Game Library is only for cataloguing your collection. It isn’t a game launcher and is in no way a replacement for the brilliant LaunchBox. If you play games on PC, go and check it out at launchbox-app.com. Game information and box art come from the LaunchBox Games Database, built by the LaunchBox community. This app isn’t made by, or affiliated with, LaunchBox.

Download, here

Source: https://virtualjames.itch.io/retro-gaming-library 

Super Mario Land ZX -ZX Spectrum-

 The 1989 Game Boy classic on the ZX Spectrum 128K - the whole game in one load (beta) by kirby2000


Super Mario Land (Nintendo, Game Boy, 1989) converted to the ZX Spectrum 128K. This is a public beta: the whole game is in, and I'd love to hear how it runs, especially on real hardware.

Features

  • All 12 levels across the 4 worlds, including the submarine and plane shoot-'em-up stages
  • All 18 tunes arranged for the AY chip
  • The whole game in a single 128K load. 
  • Keyboard or Sinclair joystick

Download, here

Source:  https://kirby2000.itch.io/super-mario-land-zx