Relive Some Of The 8-Bit Classics With The ZX Spectrum: Elite Collection
October 5, 2010
Elite Systems looks to bring back some smiles for fans of the early 1980's U.K. ZX Spectrum gaming computer system with their recently released
ZX Spectrum: Elite Collection, a combination ZX Spectrum emulator and game library package.
This initial release of ZX Spectrum: Elite Collection is actually being considered volume one. Each game is officially licensed and includes specifically assigned soft controls to correspond to the game's needs. Games also have a full set of instructions and are playable in portrait or landscape mode. Volume one includes:
• Turbo Esprit - Fight against drug crime as a special agent searching for big-time heroine dealers. Making your way around different cities, you use your Lotus Esprit to locate and take out the criminals vehicles before they can deliver the goods. Turbo Esprit was claimed to have some of the most details, and be one of the first free-roaming driving titles of the era.
• Saboteur - Enter the role of a ninja, whose objective is to obtain a floppy disk with the names of rebel leaders. The disk is located in a warehouse, where you must climb ladders, travel through tunnels, and otherwise find your way to locating the disk and escaping the complex without dieing.
• Chuckie Egg - Hen-House Harry needs to collect all of the eggs to complete his mission. If he touches a hen or falls down a hole, he loses a life. Collect seeds to temporarily pause the game timer. Chuckie Egg is a platformer with the same general gameplay as some other classic titles like Lode Runner.
• Harrier Attack - Presumably based from the Falklands War, and the Harrier Jump Jet importance, Harrier Attack is a side-scrolling air-fighter game where you'll bomb targets and attack enemy aircraft before returning to your base or aircraft carrier.
• Frank Bruno's Boxing - The game is a trimmed down and slightly modified version, developed and published by Elite Systems for the Commodore 64, the ZX Spectrum, and the Amstrad CPC, of the earlier Super Punch-Out boxing title by Nintendo.
• Buggy Boy - An original arcade style traditional racer where you will pit yourself against other dune buggies to complete courses in the shortest time possible. The cockpit view was said to be one of the most impressive of its time.
Elite Systems plans to release at least two more volumes via free app updates. Volume two will consist of six additional titles and is targeted to be released sometime within the next month, while volume three has the only mention of looking to include more games and an in-app game store.
ZX Spectrum: Elite Collection is compatible with iPhone and iPod touch running iOS 3.1.3 or later, and available in the App Store for a mere $.99.
