The best games for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum

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September 27, 2021
Turbo Out Run

Turbo Out Run US Gold, 1989 You are driving a Ferrari, this time a Ferrari F40. Traverse a set route across the entire continental United States from New York City to Los Angeles. In addition to a time limit, Turbo OutRun also adds a computer-controlled opponent driving a Porsche 959. Various power-ups which increase the […]

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December 7, 2021
Turrican

Turrican Rainbow Arts, 1990 A story of times long gone by, tells us of the three-headed Morgul, who lives a secluded life in his kingdom. This Morgul is the cause of all the fears and nightmares of mankind. It is furthermore said, that in ancient times he was banished to an unknown dimension by the […]

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September 27, 2021
Twister

Twister System 3 Software, 1986 Twister, one of the most powerful demons of Hell, is trying to corrupt mankind to the point of destruction. You've been chosen to save mankind from her; to do this, you have to travel through your own subconscious in order to gather various sacred symbols that will enable you to […]

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April 13, 2020
Underwurlde

Underwurlde THE BLACK VOID Long dark paths have I travelled, through caverns and hidden labyrinths, my path grown darker… Deathly chill as I approach the “Well of Evil”… guarding the UNDERWURLDE. I approach, fix my rope, and with a firm leap, swing down into the depths of THE BLACK VOID. The air rushes past as […]

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April 13, 2020
Uridium

Uridium The solar system is under attack! Enemy Super-Dreadnoughts have been placed in orbit around each of the planets. They are draining mineral resources from the planetary cores for use in their power units. Each Super-Dreadnought seeks out a different metal for its metal convertor. Your Manta class Space Fighter will be transported to each […]

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November 25, 2021
V - The Game

V - The Game Ocean Software, 1986 A race of evil reptilian aliens, the Visitors, are attempting to take over the world (as usual). The humans are fighting back though, and Michael Donovan, leader of the resistance, is attempting to sabotage the alien mothership by planting bombs in key locations inside it.

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August 13, 2021
Vampire's Empire

Vampire's Empire Gremlin Graphics, 1988 Vampire's Empire casts you as Doctor Van Helsing, making another attempt to rid the world of Dracula. The world consists of 160 side-view screens, with others accessed via push-scrolling, but must be freed of vampires within a time limit. Van Helsing's method of killing is to use mirrors to reflect […]

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December 26, 2019
Viking Raiders

Viking Raiders Viking Raiders is a war game for 1, 2, 3 or 4 (any combination of human and / or computer) players. You can watch your Vikings move from their castles, fight with swords, board boats and sail down the Fjord, attack castles, seize gold from treasure chests and fire catapults. Each army is […]

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October 13, 2021
Vixen

Vixen Martech Games, 1988 The planet Granath has been under seige for as long as the sky has met with the horizon, and for as long as the mountains have rolled into the distance. For Granath, a world in a parallel universe many eons away, has been at the mercy of the dinosaurs. For millions […]

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December 26, 2019
Vulcan - The Tunisian Campaign

Vulcan – The Tunisian Campaign ‘Vulcan’ Is the follow up to Desert Rats and deals with the fighting in Tunisia 1942 / 43. This is where the Americans come into it! The scenarios are: The Race for Tunis, Kasserine, The Eighth Army, Operation Vulcan and The Tunisian Campaign. As with Desert Rats, the Campaign would […]

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November 7, 2021
W.A.R.

W.A.R. Martech Games, 1986 Imagine a Mechanical World. An enormous chain of cylinders, each rotating to produce the required centripedal force which acts like gravity against the inside. Viewed from a distance, the world appears like a giant caterpillar moving through space. From a little closer the fine detail on the inner surface of each […]

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March 4, 2022
Wanted: Monty Mole

Wanted: Monty Mole Gremlin Graphics Software, 1984 With a long cold winter and bone chilling Christmas ahead, Monty Mole makes a daring, coal snatching raid to his local South Yorkshire pit. Grabbing a miner's bucket he heads off into the darkness, soon to wish he'd caught a cold instead. Alas there's no turning back. Onward […]

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January 4, 2020
West Bank

West Bank The player assumes the part of an Old West sheriff who must protect a bank and its customers from masked robbers. The layout of the bank is implicitly a circle with twelve numbered doors and the player in the center. The player can rotate to the left or right and view three doors […]

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April 29, 2020
Where Time Stood Still

Where Time Stood Still The plane is descending rapidly, Jarret struggling with the controls, searches anxiously for a possible landing site. Breaking through the clouds, the ground is suddenly upon him, and with one last heave on the joystick he prepares for impact. Out of the wreckage tumble Jarret, the guide and pilot, Clive, a […]

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November 2, 2021
Willow Pattern

The Willow Pattern Adventure Firebird Software, 1985 Chang's quest is to make his way through the beautiful, but complex Oriental maze in search of Princess Koong-Shee. On his way he will encounter sword-throwing Samurai Warriors as well as giants who guard the river crossings. There are items to be collected on the way, including a […]

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February 26, 2022
Witch's Cauldron

Witch's Cauldron Mikro-Gen, 1985 Forsooth, thou art a bumpkin. Thou heedest not my warnings, and thus didst incur the wrath of the Wicked Witch Hazel. And verily didst she caste a spell, and now thou hast the like unto a TOAD. Shouldst thou desire to regain thy human form, thou must seek out spells and […]

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January 5, 2022
World Series Basketball

World Series Basketball Imagine Software, 1985 Congratulations! You're in the middle of the World Series Basketball competition. Everyone's out to beat you, especially the skillful computer team. So if you want to win the series then you'd better read this official program. With the right combination of passing, shooting and strategy you may even become […]

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March 22, 2021
Xevious

Xevious US Gold, 1987 Many eons ago, an advanced technologically-orientated civilisation was forced to evacuate Earth prior to the Ice Age. Now, these Xevious people are returning to reclaim their heritage through conquest. From the controls of your Solvalou super spacecraft, you must defend Earth from takeover by the Xevious invaders! Flying a search and […]

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