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Scary Things

A brand new game for the ZX Spectrum

The cartoon character from Down the Pipe now stars in his own horror shoot-em-up.

The little guy is literally scared s#$%less 

 Battling through 5 full levels of nasties, each with its own theme and Boss to defeat. This improved Version 2.0 now contains much more Beeper music from utz, Tufty and the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy ! 

Featured in the latest issue of Crash Magazine


Credits:

Code/Design: DF Design

Graphics: Lobo, Steve Horsley, Tufty & Chops

48K  Beeper music : UTZ & Tufty

128K  AY music: Lee Bee

Font : Damien Guard

SEUD engine : Jonathan Cauldwell


Keys:

Q   -  UP

A  -  DOWN

O  -  LEFT

P  -  RIGHT

M/SP  -  FIRE

L  -  Toggle Lazer mode ON/OFF for people sensitive to flashing borders.

H  -  PAUSE

Interface 2 Joystick supported

Initial Team Moritz 48K release was on Halloween night.

Special 128K  version including an  AY soundtrack by music maestro Lee Bee soon to follow along with a physical tape release from Northern Games for Speccy collectors


Preview of the 128K version here:




*Fully compatible with the new 'The Spectrum' from Retro Games and the ZX Touch handheld console*



Greetings from the Four Horsemen 

(MANANUK, ISAIAS, RICH & SEB)

This Halloween we bring you four new games:

Monster Mahem

Frankie lost his body

slASHer



Updated 2 days ago
StatusReleased
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorDF Design
GenreShooter
Tagsbeeper, Retro, ZX Spectrum

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Nice game!

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Nice shooter with clean scrolling and very good sound effects for this system. Our German-language review can be found in our recorded livestream starting at 04:37:20. English subtitles are also available. Subscription to our YouTube and Twitch channel is welcome. 🙂

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very nice!!!!

Great Halloween game, thank you. I also included it in my new "Gameplay of New ZX Spectrum Games from October 2024" video, in addition to the other ZX Spectrum games released in October.

Nice vid. Thanks for featuring my game

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Thanks, played the game on my real speccy +2 and had fun. came to level 4, white. Have a scarry halloween :D

That's great, thanks for playing  :)

Nice game!

Thanks for playing. I see you completed all 5 levels. Did you find it too easy ?

I played very well, the difficulty of the game is well scaled.

Ok great, thanks

Cool game, thank you.

Thanks for the vid

Nice game !

Thanks for featuring the game