Game Reviews

Reviews of ZX Spectrum games old and new — from the golden-era classics of the 1980s to the thriving modern homebrew scene.

Atic Atac

Ultimate Play the Game, 1983 · Tim & Chris Stamper

Action-adventureMazeClassic

Escape a five-story haunted castle armed with a ranged weapon and a roast chicken for a health bar. Ultimate at their finest.

█████████░ 9/10

Green Beret

Imagine Software, 1986 · Jonathan "Joffa" Smith

Arcade conversionActionClassic

One man, one knife, four levels of Cold War mayhem. One of the finest arcade conversions the Spectrum ever received.

█████████░ 9/10

Manic Miner

Bug-Byte, 1983 · Matthew Smith

PlatformerClassic

Matthew Smith's 48KB masterpiece: twenty caverns of pixel-perfect peril and the Spectrum's first continuous in-game music.

████████▌░ 8.5/10