ALIENS NEOPLASMA - A brilliant ZX Spectrum game appears on the Amstrad Plus via AI/Devil System

The Amstrad CPC Plus has just received a new release with unofficial port of Aliens NeoPlasma, a tense horror platformer developed by Devil System with the help of AI. Originally released to high acclaim on the ZX Spectrum by the Sanchez Crew, this atmospheric title tasks players with guiding protagonist Ashley Smith after she awakens aboard the starship Achilles. What was meant to be a routine journey quickly devolves into a desperate fight for survival. Players must navigate a treacherous labyrinth of ladders, platforms, and automatic doors, managing scarce resources like ammunition and grenades while searching for the safety of a medical bay.

This new enhanced version takes full advantage of the Amstrad Plus hardware to deliver a pretty decent effort. The gameplay itself utilizes the system's high-resolution MODE 1 graphics, which are further elevated by custom sprite colours and hardware-accelerated ASIC sprites that hope to ensure smooth, fluid action on screen. While the actual gameplay leans into this sharper display mode, the game's atmospheric cover and title screen still utilize the more colourful MODE 0. Players will need to use every terminal and counter they can find to survive the terrors lurking in the dark corridors of the ship—assuming they can stay alive long enough to reach them.

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