This week has definitely been one to impress, particularly with Doom being proven on the Atari ST, and the newer Turrican 128k remaster for the Amstrad CPC. Now it is time for the ZX81 to get in on the motion, as trawling by way of the most recent Twitter posts, we have simply come throughout a recreation referred to as ‘Cosmic Payback’ for the ZX81, ported over from the 2020 ZX Spectrum launch. A recreation which initially had “a singular Mode 6 graphics engine that permits for easy motion and a way of momentum, with totally different tiles affecting the participant’s exploration pod in varied methods”. To coincide with this information, we have the most recent footage of the sport under.
Whereas suggestions has been extraordinarily optimistic reminiscent of “Wow! That’s significantly spectacular. Trailblazer meets bounder ” and “Unbelievable work on such a restricted system”. Here is the most recent from the web site in regards to the recreation. “After the unique ZX Spectrum launch of Cosmic Payback, I started to marvel if the ZX81 may be able to operating the sport. The thought lay in my head from early 2023 till about late 2024 after I began to work significantly on it. Now in 2025, the sport is full, and my idle thought has change into actuality”.
- Bounce your means by way of fifteen ranges of difficult gameplay and quick 3-D motion with Cosmic Payback on the 16K ZX81!
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