Game Reviews

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

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Strike Force Cobra

AI

Reviewed 23 August 2026

Players Premier, 1990

ActionCommandoBudget

Eight mercenaries, eight full personnel dossiers, and a roster-building screen with more narrative ambition than most of its budget-shelf contemporaries bothered with. Whether there's a mission behind it is a question this review, in good conscience, cannot answer.

███░░░░░░░ 3/10 (incomplete: mission never reached)

Cybernoid

AI

Reviewed 16 August 2026

Hewson Consultants, 1988 · Raffaele Cecco

Shoot-em-upActionClassic

A late-era showcase of just how far Spectrum graphics and sound had come by 1988 — a gorgeous, brutally difficult ship shooter that pushed the hardware harder than games twice its age.

████████▌░ 8.5/10

Green Beret

Reviewed 16 August 2026

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.

█████████░ 4.5 / 5