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PuttyCAD have ported the 2012 match-three Android game, Clone Zoo to the ZX Spectrum. "In order to make sure our beloved animals never go extinct Professor Plumbob came up with a rapid cloning system. Unfortunately the Zooplicator 9000 he invented has been having a few teething problems and he...

Space Popo is a single screen fixed shooter, but this ain't no Space Invaders or Galaga. In this MSX game by meichnpp, you are faced with rocks and aliens, and you need to get rid of the aliens. Sadly, your missiles don't work on the aliens, but they do work on the rocks. And once you've shot a...

Voxel Tower, who previously brought the Sensible Software experience to the Amstrad have released Speccy Soccer – a football game for 128k Spectrums. They say "Speccy Soccer is possibly the most complete soccer/footy simulator for your zx spectrum 128kb. You will be able to experience all the...

Top-down shooter, Cyberpunks by Mutation Software, was originally published on the Amiga back in 1993 by Core Design. 30 years on, the next generation of CyberPunks are on even more dangerous missions into space and beyond. Mutation's Adrian Cummins says "CyberPunks 2 Next Generation was...

Meanie Golf - a ZX Spectrum homebrew game released last month by PsychicParrot - has had an update with 18 new levels to play. In Meanie Golf you work your way round a golf course with a difference. Under the course are monsters, which eat the 'meanies' (balls) you pow into them. PsychicParrot...

Sarah Jane Avory has released Zeta Wing 2 – the sequel to the original game, which was released on the C64 back in 2020. Not that you need a story – you can just load the game and blast away! – but should you need it, "The strange mutant creatures have returned! Only this time they are tougher...

Last month, Master System website SMS Power announced the winners of its 2023 coding competition. The winner was Extreme Volleyball Infernal League by raphnet - volleyball, but hosted by a demon king The other games were: Primates by willbritton - port of the classic Microsoft QBASIC game...

Barren Planet is a turn-based strategy game by Cyningstan, which is designed to run on the original IBM PC from 1981. It supports the original 4.77 MHz 8088 processor, and requires only four-colour CGA graphics. It is compact enough to run from a 360k floppy disk. Players take on the role of...

Chris Bradburne has made a BBC Micro conversion of Deathchase, the ZX Spectrum game by Mervyn Estcourt. Deathchase was originally released in 1983. It is a first-person vehicular combat that involves the player controlling a motorcycle and chasing down enemy bikers while avoiding obstacles in a...

Jack Dragon is a new arcade style, single screen platform game for the ZX Spectrum by Jeff Murray (aka PsychicParrot). You play as an Ice Dragon, attempting to save the land from the evil Lord Knumbskull. The Bomb Jack-inspired game has three difficulty modes, and the aim is to collect all of...

Two recent Amstrad CPC homebrew releases are getting a physical release on cassette tape. The games are Penguin Attack and Deep, Deeper, Deepest. In Penguin Attack, which was launched digitally last year by Pat Morita, you play as Pinwi the penguin, an expert snowball thrower, who must...

Castle Escape, a platform game by IrataHack, has been released for the Sega Master System. The game was originally launched for the ZX Spectrum last year, and made an appearance on the Spectrum Next earlier this year. "Wee Knight must escape the haunted castle collecting gold coins and...

Classic Activision game, Pitfall, has been recreated for the BBC Micro by Shaun Lindsley. The game is compatible with BBC Micro Model B, B+ and BBC Master series computers. Pitfall was originally released in 1982 for the Atari 2600 console. It was designed and programmed by David Crane, who...