Rock Crush II: The Power Of Dan for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-17 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Rock Crush II is a Boulder Dash clone and the sequel to Rock Crush.This sequel offers items like swords to defeat spiders (spiders are also new and defeating one gets rid of the sword), power gems to push boulders, air holes to get air (losing air is also a new feature), as well as more options, more caves and getting to an exit. It also has animations, like Dan's idle animation.Another, very big feature is that Rock Crush II allows for Chroma 81 and ZonX sound support.
Rock Crush for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-16 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Rock Crush is a variant of Boulder Dash. The player controls Diamond Dan who must be navigated through ten different caverns while collecting all the diamonds he finds. At the same time the player has to watch out for rocks. Standing under a rock for more than a short moment will lead to Dan being crushed. Each level consists of a single screen. Since there is not much space to move in the player has to plan ahead. This makes the game more puzzle oriented than the original Boulder Dash since there is only one correct path to take through the level. Another difference is that there are no monsters. The only way to die is to be crushed by a rock. After four deaths the game is over. When stuck the player can restart the level but that also leads to a life being lost.Website: https://rockcrush.onlineweb.shop/product/rock-crush-1985
Robot for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-15 | Came also out for: --- Game description:The player has to avoid the robots and get to the top left to escape each level.
Robbers of the Lost Tomb for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-14 | Came also out for: Commodore 64 Game description:You have discovered a lost tomb and inside it's many rooms are four Sacred Tablets which you are on a quest to find. In this 1st person perspective game, you must move from room to room searching for the tablets while attempting to avoid Mummies, snakes and ghosts. In each room, you are presented with three numbered doors and you have the option of throwing a knife or moving through a door. You will be told as well if there is any danger close by.If you encounter any ghosts, they will move you to another part of the tomb but the Mummies and snakes need avoiding or a knife thrown at them to kill them. Before the quest you can select your skill level (1-10) and if you want the Mummies to move about the tomb. On certain skill levels you can decide how many knives to carry, and how many Mummies and perils you want in the tomb.
Road Racer for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-14 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Road Racer is a racing game where the player has to get as many points as possible in the limited time given, while also avoiding obstacles.The game gets faster after a time. However, if the player hits an obstacle the game will start at the normal speed again.
Reversi (Moi) for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-13 | Came also out for: Sinclair QLZX Spectrum Game description:This is a computer conversion of the popular board game. You can play against the computer with a choice of nine skill levels or against a friend with the computer acting as umpire.There's a few extra features, including an action replay enabling the player to cycle backwards or forwards through each move, resuming play from any point and the option of setting up custom starting positions.
Reversi (Artic) for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-12 | Came also out for: --- Game description:A video game adaptation of Reversi/Othello. Can only be played against the computer, with 4 different skill levels.
Return of the Galaxians for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-12 | Came also out for: --- Game description:A type-in fixed-screen shooter. Kill as many of the Galaxians as possible.
Red Ants for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-11 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Red Ants is a type-in Pac-Man clone. The player has to collect ant eggs while avoiding the red ants. The player can choose between 30 degrees at the beginning, with 0 making the ants not as frenzied and 30 degrees making them insanely frenzied. Every 1000 points the degrees will get higher.
Rebound (Chroma 81) for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-11 | Came also out for:---Game description:Rebound is a clone of Arkanoid and a homebrew game.The goal is the same: The player has to use the paddle and the ball to clear all bricks.It also features many different power-ups, such as extra lives, bonus points, 2 additional balls, laser, slow motion, glue (so the ball doesn't automatically bounces off the paddle) and even level-skip.Rebound can also be played in colour, thanks to Chroma81 support.The game can be downloaded here: bobs-stuff.itch.io/rebound
Rebound for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-10 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Rebound is a clone of Arkanoid and a homebrew game.The goal is the same: The player has to use the paddle and the ball to clear all bricks.It also features many different power-ups, such as extra lives, bonus points, 2 additional balls, laser, slow motion, glue (so the ball doesn't automatically bounces off the paddle) and even level-skip.Rebound can also be played in colour, thanks to Chroma81 support.The game can be downloaded here: bobs-stuff.itch.io/rebound
Random Squares (demo) for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-10 | Seems to never end, so I decided when to end the video...
Ram Rider for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-08 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Ram Runner is a snake style game where you move around the screen leaving behind a trail as you search for runners to ram, shown by the letter R. To clear the screen you must ram all the runners while avoiding obstacles and if you hit an obstacle, hit your trail or go back on yourself then you lose one of three lives (called rounds). There is also a letter E to collect for bonus points and if you clear the screen then you receive an extra life. There are 26 difficulty levels to choose from (A-Z).
Raider for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-07 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Raider is a Scramble clone that has you flying over the surface of a planet before flying through a cavern bombing the installations and missile dumps. As you fly, missiles and aliens will fly towards you and you can either bomb them or use your laser. You are able to move your craft up or down, and left or right to avoid the missiles and aliens as well. If you hit a missile, alien or the planet's surface then you lose one of three lives. A fuel gauge decreases as you fly but you can increase it by bombing fuel dumps.
Rabbits for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-06 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Rabbits is a type-in simulation game about rabbit breeding. The player chooses from a male and female rabbit of a generation to breed, while the rest is sold.At the end of the game the player is told how much money they made.
Quack! for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-06 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Ever wanted to play Flappy Bird or at least something like it on the ZX81? Well, now you can!
QS Scramble for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-05 | Came also out for: --- Game description:QS Scramble is a clone of the arcade game Scramble. It's a side-scrolling shooter where the player controls a space craft flying over the surface of an alien planet. Movement is limited to moving up and down and there are two weapons to attack with: forward going missiles and bombs that are dropped onto ground targets. Five missiles can be fired at a time and three bombs can be dropped at a time. Targets include aliens that swoop down from above and rockets that launch from the ground. On the ground there are also fuel dumps. The game goes on until the player has lost all three lives or the fuel runs out.
QS Invaders for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-04 | Came also out for: --- Game description:QS Invaders is a clone of Space Invaders and plays the same as the original. The player controls his laser cannon down the bottom of the screen and has to shoot the alien invaders that move back and forth above him while at the same time avoiding their fire. Three shields offers some protection. Occasionally a saucer worth a large amount of points will appear at the top of the screen. As the invaders decrease in number they will speed up and once they reach the baseline the game is over. The game is also over when all three of the player's laser cannons have been destroyed. Prior to starting a game the player can choose from three different difficulty levels.
Guess the (Atari 2600) Games - Birthday Special Highretrogamelord 2024-10-03 | 35 years...oh man...Anyways, I decided from now on my birthday specials will be about systems that didn't get their own "Guess the Games" special.
QS Defenda for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-02 | Came also out for: --- Game description:QS Defenda is a side-scrolling shoot'em up that although it is inspired by it, lacks many features of the arcade game Defender. This version is constantly scrolling left to right and there is no option to turn around and move in the opposite direction. The player can move up and down, fire and use thrust to increase the movement speed forward. There is only one enemy type and each one killed is worth 100 points. Enemies appear in waves. At the start there are just a few but as the player progresses it gets more hectic with up to eight enemies on the screen at once. The player has nine ships. When getting hit the screen goes black for a few seconds before it starts again with a clear screen and one ship less. Once all ships are lost the game has to be restarted through basic.
QS Asteroids for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-10-01 | Came also out for: --- Game description:QS Asteroids is a fairly basic conversion of the original arcade game. The action starts immediately after loading (no title or options screens here) and players finds themselves in a space ship in the middle of the screen with numerous asteroids passing by. To control the ship, two keys are used for rotating it, one for shooting and another for thrusting it forward. Shooting can be done in eight directions. On an unmodified ZX81, the ship is represented by a number which changes with rotation (For example 0 means it's pointing up, while 4 is down) and the asteroids are o's, while users with a QS CHRS board get graphics more similar to the arcade original. The player starts with three ships and after 10,000 points a bonus ship is given. Asteroids appear in waves. The first one has two large ones and the number increases with each new wave.
QFrogger 1K for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-30 | Came also out for: --- Game description:QFrogger 1K is a Frogger clone. Like in Frogger the player has to cross traffic, hop on logs or crocodiles (but they have to beware their snouts) and get in one of the homes. To win a level the frog has to make it to all homes.
Q*Bert! for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-29 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Obviously a rip-off of Q*Bert. Change the texture of all blocks and avoid the enemy.
Pythagoras im Urlaub for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-28 | Came also out for: --- Game description:A German "Nim" game, where the winner is whoever gets the last stick(s).
La Pulga for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-27 | Came also out for: ZX Spectrum Game description:La Pulga (Spanish for "The Flea") is a platformer game where the player plays as a flea and the goal is to get to the top of each level.The flea can jump to the left or right, and the player can decide how long the jump is by keeping the respective key pressed until release.
Puckman for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-26 | Came also out for: ZX Spectrum Game description:Puckman is a Pac-Man variant. The player controls a human who has been trapped in a maze. Scattered around the maze is food that the player has to eat as much as possible of. If not the player's energy level will decrease when moving around. The maze is protected by guardians who will attempt to stop the player from stealing their food. Around the maze, magic strawberries can be found. When eating these, the guardians begin to glow and the player is able to eat them. There are a few different maze layouts and they can be different for each new game. A difference from other Pac-Man variants is that the mazes have some dead ends. The ZX81 version has three mazes while the Spectrum version has four or twelve mazes depending on amount of memory. The Spectrum version also has lemons which are worth more points.
Protector for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-25 | Came also out for: --- Game description:The planet Zarqon is under attack from an alien invasion and you have been tasked to fly your craft and blast as many aliens as you can to beat their score from their bombing raids. The game is a horizontal side view shooter with the screen scrolling from left to right constantly. As you fly over the surface of the planet you will encounter various alien crafts and all must be destroyed with your limited amount of lasers but you can get more by landing on landing pads. If you are hit by an alien craft or it's weapons then you lose one of five shields and when they reach zero you lose one of five lives. Being hit by bombers or hitting the surface loses all the shields in one go and loses you one life. There are six levels to choose from (1-6) with six being the hardest.
Program Pack 4 for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-24 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Program Pack 4 is a double games pack that contains:Breakout: Based on the arcade game where the aim is to remove all the bricks at the top of the screen by moving a bat left or right below and bouncing a ball upwards. If you let the ball pass your bat then you lose one of three lives.Brikthru: Moving a bat left or right and bouncing a ball upwards, you clear the screen with a ball going through a shaded area and bouncing off the top and sides of the screen. If you let the ball pass your bat you lose one of thee lives.
Privateer for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-23 | Came also out for: ZX Spectrum Game description:Privateer is a single player game with three distinctly different stages or missions. There are three levels of difficulty to the game. The player does not play the Privateer, instead they play the captain of a British gunboat sent to track and sink Privateers.Stage 1:Before the player can engage the privateers they must deal with a shore battery. The game screen consists of a light blue sky and a dark blue sea and off to the left is a cliff upon which the dastardly French have built a gun battery. This represents Jutland, a part of Denmark, which overlooks the passage between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The player controls a small gunboat that is randomly placed on the sea. The game asks for two numbers, an elevation, which controls the range of your shot, and the delay which is how long after firing before your shell explodes. When both numbers have been entered and the shell has fired, a graphic shows the track of the projectile. If the fuse is too short then the shell will explode in mid air. If the elevation is hopelessly wrong the shell will fall short or explode high above the French battery. If the shell is close to the battery then this alerts the guards and they will start shooting back. The game continues with both sides taking turns until one side is successful. If the player is successful then they progress to stage 2, otherwise it's back to the start of Stage 1 for another attempt.Stage 2:The game screen shows the players ship in red at the top of the screen and a series of privateers at the bottom of the screen moving left to right. The player must manoeuvre their ship close to the privateer and keep it close for two or three seconds. The ship's movement is controlled by the arrow keys. The objective is not to catch, nor to collide with, the privateer but to get within firing range. There are five privateers to catch and each turn is different because the wind conditions vary. Failure to catch any results in dismissal and the end of the game. Getting, and staying within range of the privateer triggers stage 3.Stage 3:The game screen changes and shows the privateer on the horizon. The privateer starts shooting almost immediately and scores hit after hit on the players gun boat. The player cannot return fire until their first mate, Mr Bush, reports that the guns are ready. Then the player aims their guns, using keys 1 - 9, and returns fire.
Presidents for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-22 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Presidents is a quiz game where you answer questions about Presidents of the USA and you can select the number of questions you want to answer. You have a choice of two types of questions, you are either given the years of a President's term in office and you guess the name, or you are given a name and you have to give the years of a President's term in office. You have two attempts a question and at the end you are given a scoreboard to see how you have done
Possessed for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-22 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Possessed is a type-in action game that plays similar to Robotron 2084.The player has to shoot all enemies in each level to proceed. If the player gets touched by an enemy they will lose a life and the level will reset.
Pontoon for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-21 | Came also out for: --- Game description:A card game where the player has to try to get a lot of money, and more than the bank.To do so the player has to have more points than the bank or 21 points. However, if the player gets over 21 points they will lose their money for that round.
Pongy for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-21 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Pongy is a type-in clone of Pengo. However, this game has only one level and the goal is simply to get as many points as possible before the player loses all lives. The player can lose lives by getting killed by one of the Sno-Bees (of course) and when the time runs out. The time will reset once the player respawns.
Pleiaden for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-20 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Pleiaden is a fixed-screen shooter where the only goal is to survive all the waves.
Planetoids for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-19 | Came also out for: --- Game description:On your way home back to your planet in your spacecraft, you have encountered an asteroid field with the asteroids together in clusters. Viewed from above, you scroll down the screen as the asteroids move upwards but you are able to move left or right and shoot them with your destructer. Your main problem though is your craft only has 500 energy units remaining and you need at least 100 to land on your planet. Every movement you make, firing the destructor or using shields when you hit an asteroid decreases your energy and when it reaches below 100 then it is game over.
Planet Raider for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-19 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Planet Raider is a double game pack that contains:Planet Raider: A side view horizontal shooter with the screen scrolling left to right constantly, as you control a craft moving it up or down over a planet's surface. You must fly over a mountainous terrain, city and through caves bombing installations on the ground. Alien ships will fly towards you and these can be blasted with your laser. If you hit the surface, an alien or it's bullets then you lose one of three lives.Pirate Treasure: You are on a top view beach and you must attempt to collect as much gold and silver as you can. As you move around collecting treasure, pirates appear attempting to surround you so you must keep moving. If you are surrounded by the pirates and can't move then you lose one of three lives. Once you collect a certain amount of treasure then you can collect diamonds. There are five difficulty levels (1-5).
Pixelglider for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-18 | Came also out for: --- Game description:The player has to keep the pixel in the screen. Gets faster after a while.
Pit with Monsters for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-17 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Pit with Monsters is a type-in adventure game. The player has fallen into a pit and now has to get out of there, but that is easier said than done - way easier said than done, in fact, as there are monsters everywhere. Luckily the player can fight in melee or cast spells and the player can find new equipment and health potions.
Pirate Invaders for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-17 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Pirate Invaders is a fixed-screen shoot'em up where the player has to kill incoming pirates, but only hitting their heads will kill them.There is also a shark the player can kill for bonus points.After some waves there is a boss fight.
Pioneer Trail (aka. Oregon Trail) for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-16 | Came also out for:---Game description:Pioneer Trail is based on the game The Oregon Trail where you have to travel 2000 miles across America with your family in 1847 from Westport Landing to Oregon within 40 weeks. You start off with 2 old horses, a wagon, four rifles and $700 and you must decide how much to buy of oxen, food, bullets, clothes and supplies. Before you set off you must test each rifle with some target practice shooting bugs.When you are ready to travel you are given choices, stop at next fort, hunt or continue on your travels. You can buy supplies at the forts but are more expensive than your starting position, hunt allows you to attempt to shoot an animal. Before you start your next stage of the journey you have to decide how much food to eat from one to ten with ten being big rations. As you travel you will be presented with situations like how to deal with travellers and Indians, bad weather, losing supplies, illness and injuries to your family, and trading. There are 21 skill levels to choose from (0-20) with zero being beginner and 20 being experts.
Pink Panther Theme (audio demo) for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-15 | Ba dop, ba dop, ba dop ba dop ba dop...
Pinbat for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-15 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Pinbat is a pinball game with Breakout-like controls.
Pinball for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-14 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Pinball recreates a pinball table where the aim is to keep hitting a ball to score as many points as you can with two flippers. The table is equipped with bumpers and letters spelling TIMEX, as well as two lanes that when entered give bonus points. There are also two outside lanes that when entered lose the ball and if the ball also passes the flippers then you lose one of five lives.
Pinball 1K for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-13 | Came also out for: --- Game description:A mix of pinball and Breakout. Try to get as many points as possible.
Phoenix Attack for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-12 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Phoenix Attack is a type-in, fixed-screen shoot'em up. The goal is to prevent the UFO that always moves from the left to the right landing on the bottom, as well as destroying the descending aliens and eventually the mothership. The mothership can only be destroyed if the top-left corner blinks.If an alien lands on the player's turret or an UFO gets to the bottom the game is over. The player has only one life.
Phoenix Adventure (longplay) for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-11 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Phoenix Adventure is an arcade adventure where you must find and kill a Black Phoenix over four parts with an energy of 100. The parts you will encounter are:Hexagonal Room: You are in a room with eight doors leading to eight rooms described with text. Inside the rooms are creatures and traps and you must enter each room finding objects to take to other rooms to receive other objects. If you enter a room that has been solved then you lose 15 energy.Land of the Goblins: You have been teleported to a large area viewed from above on the whole screen. You start on the left of the screen and you have to reach an exit on the right side of the screen. Also in this area are Goblins and Dragons and you must avoid them or lure the Goblins into swamps and find a sword to kill the Dragons. You move one place at a time in eight directions before each creature moves one place each and if you touch a creature you lose energy. Food can also be collected to give you energy boosts.Coded Room: This part takes the form of a wordsearch grid full of letters and you must move around the grid horizontal and vertically to make a message. The message must be continuous and if you get a letter wrong then you lose energy and have to start the grid again with a new message.Land of Phoenix: You are now in an area viewed from above with the whole area seen on screen. There are five locations and also where the Phoenix lives and you must explore the locations to equip yourself for the final showdown. The locations are Pit, Caves, Castle, Swamp and Forest and like the Hexagonal Room, there are objects and traps, and you must enter each one to get the objects to help you receive other objects. Once you are equipped you can go and face the Phoenix.
The Periodic Table for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-10 | Came also out for: --- Game description:The Periodic Table is a type-in educational program.
Pengy for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-09 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Pengy is based on the arcade game Pengo where you have to move about a maze and move the walls made up of ice blocks to crush Sno'Bee's moving about the maze. If you push an ice block into another block then it disappears and you gain points, push a a block with a space behind it and it will slide until it hits another block. To defeat the Sno'Bee's you need to slide the blocks to hit them but if you are hit by a Sno'Bee then you lose one of three lives. There are three speeds to choose from Slow, Fast and Hell.
Pengoinscape Navigator (demo? ad?) for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-08 | I can't find any information about this but if this is an ad for an actual web browser for the ZX81 then that would be amazing that such thing exists!
Peloponnesian War for the ZX81 Highretrogamelord 2024-09-08 | Came also out for: --- Game description:Peloponnesian War is a strategy game set in the war between Athens and Sparta in the years 431 BC to 404 BC. You take the role of Athens and you must build your Army by conquering or convincing other States in the surrounding areas to boost your numbers up. You also need to keep an eye on the Spartans and protect States from their advances. Once you are happy with your numbers, you can then have one final battle against Sparta. There are three levels to choose from (1-3).
