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Published on 2/8/2020
Aliens: Neoplasma is a game submitted for the ZX Dev MID Remakes competition. It takes place in the same universe as the Alien movies created by Ridley Scott. In this game, you play as a woman awaken from stasis to find her shipmates all dead and the ship overrun by aliens. As with most Aliens based stories, the AI on the ship has decided that the alien creatures are more important than yourself and is trying to get them back to Earth at all costs. You are tasked with escaping the ship by running around and activating various terminals to open doors to new pathways through the ship; ultimately leading to the escape pod.
DrD2k9 rushes to the escape pod in record time.

Encoder's Note: The first 7 minutes is dedicated to loading. The game loads at 6:55.
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.2

Published on 3/17/2024
Arrow of Death Part 1 is a text adventure game for multiple microcomputer systems, including the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. It is the second game in Brian Howarth's Mysterious Adventures series and the sequel to The Golden Baton. Taking place shortly after The Golden Baton, an evil spell has descended upon the kingdom, tarnishing the Golden Baton and spreading a hate plague upon the denizens. You find a dying messenger in front of you whose last words are "Magical Arrow…Destroy ZERDON..!" Your quest is now to find the pieces of the Arrow of Death and assemble them so you can destroy Zerdon.
LoganTheTASer here saves over four minutes over his previous run thanks to an illustration-skipping feature that wasn't known when the previous run was being made.

Published on 3/17/2024
Arrow of Death Part 2 is a text-based adventure game for multiple microcomputer systems, including the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. It is the third game in Brian Howarth's Mysterious Adventures series and the sequel to Arrow of Death Part 1. Continuing where Part 1 left off, you have managed to find all the pieces needed to assemble the Arrow of Death. Now you must actually assemble it with some help and travel the lands so you can find Zerdon and destroy him in order to save the kingdom. Be careful, though. Zerdon may not be alone.
LoganTheTASer improves on his previous run by over eight minutes thanks to an illustration-skipping feature that wasn't known when the previous run was being made.

Published on 12/23/2023
Bugaboo, also known as Bugaboo (The Flea) from its cover and La Pulga in Spain, is a platformer notable for being one of the first computer games to have a cutscene that sets up the game. The premise is that Bugaboo, who is supposed to be a jumping flea but looks more like a frog, has fallen down a deep cavern and must jump his way back up lest a huge winged monster comes and gets him. The player controls him by carefully timing the power of his jumps. The more powerful the jump, the farther Bugaboo goes.
In this run, alexheights1 shows expertise in Bugaboo's jumping skills and escapes the cavern in record time.
Game:
Bugaboo

Genres:
Platformer
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 8/29/2018
Castlevania: Spectral Interlude is a Castlevania fangame for the ZX Spectrum, developed by Rewind and released in 2015. It mostly pays homage to the classic Castlevania games of the NES era, particularly Simon's Quest, but also takes on elements from later "Metroidvania"-style titles in the series.
Plot-wise, the game is set in the early 1800s, a few decades after Symphony of the Night, with the plot aiming to explain the disappearance of Richter Belmont and the Belmont clan after said game. The protagonist of the game is Richter's son, Simon Belmont (named after his ancestor of classic Castlevania fame), who with the help of sorcerer Joseph aims to remove Dracula's evil influence on the world by collecting demonic altar pieces, summoning Dracula, and whipping him to death as usual. However, some things don't go exactly as planned...
Noxxa achieves 100% completion and defeats Dracula in record time. Said 100% completion consists of the following:
  • Collect all 28 Altar Pieces
  • Defeat all 7 bosses
  • Get all 6 boss items
  • Get all 9 Health upgrades (HP maxes at 48)
  • Get all 7 Heart upgrades (hearts max at 50)
  • Get all 8 Metallic Plates
  • Apply all 8 Metallic Plate upgrades to the whip
  • Get all 6 subweapons
  • Get all other town upgrades (warp shrine, 2 map enhancements)
  • Complete the map by filling in all map tiles (visit every room)
  • Get the "true" ending (trigger Death event)
This is the first ever ZX Spectrum publication on this site.

Published on 12/28/2023
Deadly Evil is a platforming adventure game developed for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. You play as a barbarian hero named Spartacus in a land overrun by the Evil Ones. There used to be scrolls that warded them away from the land, but they have been stolen by them and ripped to pieces. On top of that, they have kidnapped the princess and locked her away in their castle dungeon. It's up to you to find the pieces of the scroll, reassemble them, and rescue the princess before she dies in captivity.
alexheights1 here wastes no time with silly things like attacking and rushes through hordes of skeletons and zombies, taking everything they're throwing at them in order to complete the game's main objectives in record time.

Published on 2/17/2024
Dizzy 3 and a Half is a small prologue chapter to Magicland Dizzy released exclusively to readers of Crash Magazine. Zaks, the Evil Wizard, is back with a vengeance, and teleports the Yolkfolk to Magicland, casting nasty spells to imprison them there forever. Our hero, Dizzy, must free them all, but he needs to get to Magicland first.
DigitalDuck reaches Magicland in record time.
Tape loading stops at 2:41 in the encodes; actual gameplay starts at 2:49.

Published on 5/12/2023
Dizzy: The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure is a platformer that was developed for early microcomputers such as the ZX Spectrum and the Commodore 64 and is the first game in the Dizzy series. Our hero Dizzy is off on a quest to stop the evil wizard Zaks from terrorizing the land of Katmandu by collecting a number of ingredients to concoct a potion that can defeat Zaks. However, it appears everything around Dizzy wants to kill him. With only a limited number of lives, Dizzy has to carefully maneuver around various hazards so he collect the necessary ingredients.
DigitalDuck beats this game as fast as possible with some significant wallclipping and manipulation of enemy positions through the RNG.

Published on 1/9/2019
Donkey Kong is a classic arcade game that spawned many ports, including this very ZX Spectrum port.

Encoder's Note: The first 4 minutes is dedicated to loading. The game loads at 4:06.

Published on 2/6/2024
Fantasy World Dizzy is an adventure platformer and the third main game in the Dizzy video game series. (The actual third game is Fast Food, which is more of a Pac-Man clone.) It was later remade by the same developers for the NES as Mystery World Dizzy. The plot of this game starts with Dizzy having a stroll with his girlfriend when suddenly trolls kidnapped Daisy and imprisoned her in Wizard Weird's Tallest Tower. Dizzy must now go on an adventure and find 30 special coins in order to free Daisy from her imprisonment.
DigitalDuck in this run exploits various glitches and game design flaws to skip various puzzles and bosses in order to find all the coin and beat the game as fast as possible. For a detailed explanation of the glitches and the routes used, you can read the author's notes.

Published on 8/20/2023
Ghosts 'n Goblins is a platforming game that was made infamous by its notoriously hard NES version. It has also received ports to various home computers from the PC-88 to the IBM PC to the ZX Spectrum. All vary in quality in comparison to the original arcade version, with each one being limited by the hardware they were ported to.
In this run, enderpal7 chooses to play the ZX Spectrum version and silently beats it in record time.

Published on 2/8/2024
Gremlins: The Adventure is a text adventure video game adaptation of the 1984 movie Gremlins. Loosely following the film's plot, you play as Billy Peltzer, who's messed up big time by breaking an important rule and accidentally feeding his pet Moguai Gizmo after midnight. Now there's evil Gremlins all over the city and he has to get rid of all them while keeping Gizmo safe, often in very grisly ways.
In this run, LoganTheTASer knows where every Gremlin is and what Gizmo will do and exterminates all of the Gremlins in record time, using efficient typing techniques in the process.

Published on 2/25/2023
Jet Set Willy is the sequel to Manic Miner and the second game in the Miner Willy series. Willy wakes up in a bathtub with the tap still running after a party he's too hungover to remember, and has to tidy up the entire house in order for his housekeeper Maria to let him go to bed.
DigitalDuck cleans up the house and completes the game in record time.
The gameplay starts at 3 minutes.
Game:
Jet Set Willy

Genres:
Platformer
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 11/16/2023
Jet Set Willy II+ is a update to the original Jet Set Willy II by its original creator, Derrick P. Rowson. It was first released in 2016 and features a huge addition of items to collect and new rooms to explore. It also has rooms from the original game tweaked so they can be less frustrating to play and lots of bugs fixed.
DigitalDuck once again helps Willy clean up his even more ginormous mansion in record time, only collecting the minimum number of items necessary to beat the game.
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 10/3/2023
Jet Set Willy II: The Final Frontier is ostensibly the sequel to the ZX Spectrum platformer Jet Set Willy. In reality, it is an expanded version of Jet Set Willy that was backported from the Amstrad CPC port, which itself was expanded from the original. As before, Willy has woken up in his gigantic mansion, hungover and with no memory of the night before. He must now tidy up the mansion so the can have permission from his housekeeper Maria to go to bed.
Once again, DigitalDuck cleans house in this run and goes to bed in record time, only collecting the minimum number of items necessary and dying multiple times in the process.

Published on 1/10/2024
Lava 16K is a homebrew platformer that was originally developed in 2014 using the BASIC programming language and under the name Lava. It was later recreated in 2021 using the Z80 assembly language, making it load and run much faster than before. In Lava, your main objective is collect a number of orbs in each level, using either your crab walker to get around and your jetpack to get to hard-to-reach places. The jetpack has a limited fuel supply that can be replenished by collecting fuel packs. Be careful, as monsters lurk around every corner and the lava can catch you by surprise.
In this run, DigitalDuck chooses to play the game at its fast speed and collects all the orbs as fast as possible.
You can get the game here.
Game:
Lava 16K

Genres:
Platformer
Homebrew
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 3/3/2024
Magicland Dizzy is the fourth game in the Dizzy series. This time, the evil wizard Zaks has returned and teleports the Yolkfolk to Magicland, casting various nasty spells on them to imprison them there forever. It is up to Dizzy to rescue them all and end Zaks's reign once and for all.
DigitalDuck rescues the Yolkfolk in record time.

Gameplay starts at 6:22 in the encodes.

Published on 1/12/2023
Manic Miner is the first game in the Miner Willy series. It is well known for being one of the most influential games in the platform genre, being the first game on the ZX Spectrum to feature in-game music (although it's disabled in this TAS to make the game run faster). The story goes that Miner Willy falls down an abandoned mineshaft and has to navigate through many rooms while collecting treasure and making his way back home.
DigitalDuck & crem run through the mine and help Willy get back so he doesn't miss his favorite TV show.

Gameplay starts at 3:15
Game:
Manic Miner

Genres:
Platformer
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 12/21/2019
Old Tower is a homebrew game for the ZX Spectrum in which the protagonist must collect coins while avoiding bats. Some levels require the player to switch between two characters in order to reach all of the coins.
In this run, EZGames69 & Alyosha improve the previous movie by 00:04.17 seconds.

Encoder's Note: The first 9 minutes is dedicated to loading. The game loads at 9:33.
Game:
Old Tower

Genres:
Action
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.2

Published on 12/26/2023
Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo is an adventure video game adaptation of the comic book Usagi Yojimbo, starring walking talking rabbit ronin Miyamoto Usagi. It was developed for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC and has Usagi traveling across the countryside encountering bandits, ninjas, and Buddhist priests. It features a karma system that also acts like Usagi's second health bar. Doing good deeds such as donating to priests and peasants and killing armed hostiles will increase it while bad deeds like attacking or even drawing your sword in front of unarmed people will reduce it. If the karma drops to 0, Usagi will drop down and cut his entrails out in shame.
In this run, witness alexheights1 live up to Miyamoto Usagi's animal namesake by bunny hopping for the entire run. The bunny hopping is part of an attacking bug where Usagi is locked to a constant attack state by continuously jumping right after attacking. Because of this, the run has Usagi mowing down everything in his path, even monks and peasants.

Published on 2/9/2020
Space Monsters Meet the Hardy is a 2019 ZX Spectrum game made for the Yandex Retro Games Battle. You are tasked with taking out the leaders of the space monsters, who are hidden in mazelike levels. But time is limited, and you only have one weapon: your trusty laser pistol. For you to succeed, you must be both fast and accurate.
DrD2k9 ignores the danger and races across the alien world, sometimes directly through enemies in his path. With a few movement tricks up his sleeve, he completes Hardy's mission in just 10 and a half minutes.

Encoder's Note: The first 9 minutes is dedicated to loading. The game loads at 8:57.

Published on 1/3/2024
Steamed Hams is a text-based adventure game by PROSM Software. The game follows the script of the "Skinner & the Superintendant" segment of The Simpsons season 7 episode titled "22 Short Films About Springfield".
LoganTheTASer completes the game in record time.
The gameplay starts at 2:12 in the encodes.
This game and by extension, the encodes include an audio sample from the segment mentioned above.
Game Version:
steamed_v1-1.tap
Tags:
Best ending
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 6/21/2023
Stop the Express, also known in Japan as Bousou Tokkyuu SOS (暴走特急SOS), is an early platforming game that was initially developed by Hudson Soft for the Sharp X1 and later ported to the MSX, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum. It was later completely remade by the same company for the Famicom under the name Challenger. In this game, a train gang has taken over a passenger train, and it's up to you to get to the engine of the train and stop it before the train gang gets the train to a mysterious location. On your way to the train engine, you must evade gangsters that will try to gun you down and snake birds and ghosts that are out to get you for some inexplicable reason.
In this run, Darkman425 completes a single loop of the game and stops the express in record time.
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 3/30/2023
Styx is a maze-like shooter that was created for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith, who also created Manic Miner. It's a very short game that's split into three sections: a maze filled with spiders, an underwater section filled with enemy fish, and a final dungeon filled with even more spiders and some hooded evil guy. With the ability to shoot laser beams, your goal is to kill the hooded evil guy.
DigitalDuck plays a single loop in this game and kills the hooded evil guy in record time.
Game:
Styx

Genres:
Action
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 10/21/2023
Super Gran: The Adventure is a text adventure game that is based on the 1980s British children's show Super Gran and was released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and BBC Micro computer systems. Like in the show, you play as Granny Smith, an old lady with superpowers granted by a magic ray who goes out to fight crime as "Super Gran". In this game, her mission is to stop her archenemy Scunner Campbell after he commits a robbery on a museum and return the artifacts he has stolen to their owners.
LoganTheTASer here makes use of superfast typing speeds that are possible on the ZX Spectrum and saves the day in record time.

Published on 3/16/2024
The Golden Baton is a text-based adventure game for multiple microcomputer systems, including the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. It is the first game in Brian Howarth's Mysterious Adventures series. You take the role of a nameless adventurer whose task is to recover the titular Golden Baton, an invaluable artifact which holds the power to maintain balance and peace in the land, which has been stolen from the Palace of King Ferrenuil. Many have tried before you did and none returned. Can you succeed in where they failed and bring peace back to the kingdom?
LoganTheTASer and nymx together improve on the previous run by nearly four minutes thanks to an illustration-skipping feature that wasn't known when the previous run was being made.
Game:
The Golden Baton

Genres:
Adventure
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 8/12/2023
The Trap Door is a servant simulation game that was developed for the ZX Spectrum and later ported to the Commodore 64 and the Amstrad CPC. It is an adaptation of the stop-motion animated British TV show of the same and stars Berk, a blue monster that lives in a castle, and his two friends Drutt and Boni. Berk's purpose in the game is to serve the master of the castle, "The Thing Upstairs", making for him various foods and doing other chores with the help of his friends and various things that come out of the titular Trap Door at the bottom of the castle.
DigitalDuck for this run completes the game as fast as possible by achieving the lowest possible rank accepted by the game and doing some nifty wall clipping and RNG manipulation of the Trap Door to save time.

Published on 6/25/2023
Treasure Island Dizzy is the second game in the Dizzy series. Dizzy booked a round-the-world cruise (for a very low price thanks to it being on a pirate ship) and got bored on board, so he stole the captain's spare wooden legs to make cricket stumps. After knocking them overboard, the captain makes him walk the plank, and he finds himself stranded on a desert island and has to find a way home.
DigitalDuck travels through the island and finds their way home in record time, whilst abusing a few glitches that are detailed in the author's comments.
Encoder's note: Gameplay starts at 5:44 in the encodes.
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1


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