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Scary Things

A new game for the ZX Spectrum

Guide Turdesley, the star of Down the pipe through a World of Horror with a galaxy of scary characters.

The little guy is literally scared s#$%less 

Featuring themes and characters from Arachnophobia, Lost Boys, Saw and Scream


Credits:

Code/Design: DF Design

Graphics: Lobo, Steve Horsley, Tufty & Chops

48K  Beeper music : UTZ & Tufty

128K  AY music: Lee Bee

Font : Damien Guard


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

New Version V1.1 48K added:

Lazer mode now not the default anymore. Firing speed slowed slightly to make the game a little more challenging


Interface 2 Joystick supported

Initial 48K  release on Halloween night with a special 128K  version including an  AY soundtrack by music maestro Lee Bee to follow a few days later



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 15 days ago
Published 23 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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Scary_things_48k_v1.0.tap 46 kB
Four_Horsemen_Intro.tap 28 kB
Scary_things_48k_v1.1.tap 46 kB

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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. 🙂

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