Popular games for platform Sinclair ZX81

31.12.1983

31.12.1982

A Pac-Man clone for the ZX81 with 16k memory expansion module and for the ZX Spectrum

31.12.1982

Dodgems and Connect 4 is a double games pack that contains: Dodgems: You move a vehicle around lanes eating dots while avoiding another vehicle because if you hit it then you lose one of three lives. Your vehicle is always moving forwards but you can change lanes through openings of the lanes. Before the game you can select the speed of the game (1-9). Connect 4: A strategy game where a player either plays the computer or another player on a 7 x 6 grid dropping counters down each column. The idea is for a player to make a row of four counters in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal line to win the game.

31.12.1981

QS Defender is a side scrolling shooter 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.

31.12.1983

Software bugs are destroying Micro Mouse's programs and you have to help him to debug the software.

31.12.1982

Timex Sinclair 1000 release port of Frogger.

31.12.1982

Chess game developed for home computer Sinclair ZX81. Game code takes up only 672 bytes in memory, but implements all chess rules except for castling, promotion, and en passant, including a computer opponent. It was the smallest implementation of chess on any computer at the time.

31.12.1981

A compilation of 7 educational games designed for children between the age of 7 and 11: - Crash - Multiply - Train - Fraction - Add Sub - Division - Spelling

31.12.1982

You have to defeat the Lords of Chaos in this action adventure.

31.12.1982

Asteroids (Silversoft) is a clone of the Arcade version which sees your craft in the middle of an asteroid field and you must destroy all the asteroids to survive. The asteroids start off large and when you shoot one then it splits into two, and shooting an asteroid this size splits it into two again before being destroyed with another shot. Occasionally an alien craft appears moving across the screen and this can be destroyed for extra points. If you are hit by an asteroid or the alien craft then you lose one of three lives. You are able to turn your ship 360 degrees as well as move forward.

31.12.1981

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.

31.12.1984

Combate is a bundle that includes five action games released by Ciberne Software.

31.12.1981

A top down view space battle against the Klingons. You can rotate your ship and fire rockets to the Klingons but make sure not to hit them. After defeating all the Klingons you can use a wormhole to go the the next galaxy. You can configure the speed and whether the Klingons move or not and you have three ships at your disposal.

31.12.1981

Text adventure with an overview of surrounding rooms for the ZX81 with a 16K memory expansion module. The game allows you to set some parameters (like amount of food and arrows, but also the dungeon layout) before starting.

01.11.1986

Em Busca dos Tesouros is a platformer developed by then 15-year-old Tadeu Curinga and published by the computer magazine Micro Sistemas.

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02.10.2021

Something is stirring in the mushroom patch! Zedipede is a fast-action arcade game complete with progressive difficulty, high-score table and attract mode. Can you repel wave after wave of attackers? It starts out simple enough but gradually becomes insane. Extra life every 4th level. 100% lightning-fast machine code for the 16K Sinclair ZX81. We think you won't find a better or more complete version of this arcade classic for the Zeddy! Sublime chaos and amazing arcade action for the price, You won't be disappointed. Order now!

25.04.2023

Developed by Salvacam, this is his own version of the classic game for ZX81, with two game modes, redefinable keys and pause. In arcade mode it changes screen when you do 10 lines.

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27.04.2022

A ZX81 conversion of Ocean's Transversion, an early ZX Spectrum game. Simple, challenging and fun to play, this is a fast action game with support for the Chroma colour interface and a couple of joystick options. Features a demo mode and high score table

31.12.1981

Released in 1982, Adventure B: Inca Curse is the second in a series of eight interactive fiction adventures made by Artic Computing. The aim is to explore an Incan temple in order to find golden treasures. There are eight treasures and only six items can be carried in the inventory, so the correct treasures must be collected in order to leave the temple with the maximum score.

01.01.1984

Serra Pelada is a text-based adventure game developed by Renato Degiovani and published by the magazine Micro Sistemas, based on the peak of gold mining in Serra Pelada in the 1980s.

14.05.2021

Chase is somehow similar to Gnome Robots but in real-time game and with several items and power-ups.

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05.06.2022

A reboot of the Game and Watch title Helmet, with Palo T as the protagonist.

31.12.1982

Artic Computing's take on Reversi

01.10.1982

In what is possibly the most baffling text adventure ever devised, navigate a surreal landscape with the aid of the Pi-Man in an attempt to discover the (real world) location of a golden sundial. Originally published in 1982.