Airwolf Sprite Mod - Allan Turvey tweaks a classic ZX Spectrum game

Ask most retro gamers or people of middle age and upwards about the name Airwolf and they'd probably tell you of a TV series in the late 80's that revolved around a rather powerful military helicopter and its crew undertaking missions with cool action sequences. In fact living on in memory with that awesome theme tune, the TV show did even appear as its very own game on multiple platforms such as the Amstrad and the even the ZX Spectrum, but sadly the games were nowhere as good as the TV show.... At least until now!

Roust! ZX81 Birthday Edition - Allan Turvey celebrates the ZX81!

Well this is a bit of a surprise as I thought Allan Turvey's Spectrum conversion of Joust couldn't get any better, yet here we are mentioning the ZX81 version of Roust! Which has since been released for all to enjoy. Yes indeed in celebration of the ZX81 home computer produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Scotland by Timex Corporation, Highrise Electronics Inc have released the Roust! ZX81 Birthday Edition in celebration of 37 years since the computer appeared in our hands.

Roust - Arcade to Speccy port of Joust gets a full release

The ZX-Dev conversion competition is nearly over and throughout the competition we've had some fantastic games that are all aiming for many of the prizes on offer such as my ZX Spectrum tape 'Thrust'. Well if you've been following the news you would've been aware that Allan Turvey had released a demo of his ZX Spectrum conversion of Joust which is called 'Roust'. That same has again appeared in our news feeds but this time not only is it FINISHED but we have the full version in our hands.

Roust - Arcade to Speccy port of Joust by Allan Turvey gets a demo

With only 10 days to go till the end of the ZX-Dev conversion competition, we've once again been contacted by Allan Turvey, that his ZX Spectrum conversion of Joust which is called 'Roust' has again appeared in our news feed but this time as a playable demo.Yes indeed a game that is going to be released by Highrise Electronics Inc, with music by David Saphier and load screen by Craig Howard, is available to download as an early teaser prior to the competition deadline.

Roust - Allan Turvey announces an Arcade to Speccy port of Joust!

It may be a new year into 2018 but as the ZX-Dev conversions competition is still progressing, we've recently been contacted by Allan Turvey, that his ZX Spectrum conversion of Joust has been announced and is coming to the speccy titled as ' Roust '. This new game that is going to be released by Highrise Electronics Inc and music by David Saphier, load screen by Craig Howard, is currently being developed using Arcade Game Designer and the team hope that Roust will be as enjoyable as the Arcade original.

Terrapins RX - Allan Turvey's Rally X Remix using ZX Spectrum Terrapins!

As many of you are aware by now Allan Turvey, David Saphier and Craig Howard's excellent ZX Spectrum Arcade remake of ' Terrapins ', will be commercially released via Cronosoft very soon as its very own cassette which also contains the very latest edition of InvAGDers Deluxe completely free. But now as a heads up by the creator himself Allan Turvey, he has told us he is also doing a remix of Terrapins called Terrapins RX, aka the Rally X Remix!

InvAGDers Deluxe - ZX Spectrum Space Invaders for free if you buy Terrapins!

It was only just last month that I did a review of the Arcade remake of ' Terrapins ' on the ZX Spectrum by Highrise developed using Arcade Game Designer. A game by Allan Turvey, David Saphier and Craig Howard, featured high quality gameplay and a fantastic soundtrack that will be commercially released via Cronosoft in the next few weeks as its very own cassette. But what I didn't tell you as I found out recently, is you'll also be able to play a damn fine version of Space Invaders to go with it!

Terrapins - An excellent ZX Spectrum remake of an 80's coin op!

The last news of today and a damn good one at that, is this weeks release of the Arcade remake of ' Terrapins ', which was an original Arcade game in 1981 now colourfully playable on the ZX Spectrum by Highrise and developed using Arcade Game Designer. This lovely commercial game with a demo available as well, puts you in control as Mama Terrapin, who has to save her babies from the evil bugs that are scattered throughout a large eight storey building!