Games like Captain Dynamo from Zx Spectrum

This currently unnamed project is my final project for CIS 441 "Intro to Computer Graphics" @ the University of Oregon. My goal was to develop a simple platformer with an experimental 2.5D art style utilizing both 2D sprites and 3D objects in the scene.  SOURCE CODE: https://github.com/Sephta/cis441-2d-platformer Current Scope: 2D Character Controller with inspiration from games like CelestePlay… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Untitled 2.5D Platformer.

HELLO, AND WELCOME TO GOATFISH 2! Join Goatfish on a DEEP DIVE into 8-bit history, as she tries to discover the names of several classic computer games while EATING as much as she can! GO GOATFISH! GOAT HARDER!!! RUNNING THE GAME To run Goatfish 2 from disk, insert the disk and type: RUN”GF2.BAS To run from tape, insert the tape and type: RUN” PLAYING THE GAME On the main menu, press I for instruc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Goatfish 2.

44%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

40% User Score Based on 40 reviews

Critic Score 63%Based on 1 reviews

Do you miss the times when games were not holding your hand? When they did not forgive mistakes and controls and rules were clear and simple to learn? YES? So you miss the 90s! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Too Angry to Space.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

96% User Score Based on 347 reviews

Micro Mages is a platformer developed for the original 8-bit NES console. Play solo or with up to 4 players simultaneously. Compete over score or cooperate to overcome challenging levels. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Micro Mages.

Game created for the Cross Worlds Game Jam 2025 with the theme Bridges. ConceptWake up, Captain Roger! After a night of drinking your crew left you on an island. Use the materials lying around to bridge your way to the hidden treasurer before your crew wakes up. GameplayMove around, pick up objects and build bridges. You can also hop on floating objects, but be quick as they will not hold your w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hungover Captain Roger.

This is the trial version of "Coming From Above!". In the trial version you can play "Score Attack" on "Normal difficulty". https://store.steampowered.com/app/3148670/Coming_From_Above 【Operating Instructions】 ※There is no key configuration function. ※Mouse and keyboard operation only. WASD: Move the Player Space: Jump Q: Rotate Block Left E: Rotate Block Right C: Block M… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ComingFromAbove!.

  The Game  Join this wacky caravan  of cultist sorcerers in a desperate attempt to convince an eldritch horror to NOT devour their world! The Doomsday Cult: Summit Penance is a jam game meant to be placed in the same world as another jam game of mine: "The Doomsday Cult". It's a 2D side-scroller platformer that requires you to perform sacrifices along the way to progress. Run, knock enemies out, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Doomsday Cult: Summit Penance.

This game is designed to be played on a retro ZX Spectrum 128K computer or emulator. You can also play it online in your browser. Disclamer: This game is created as a fanfic and has no relation to the original game or its developer. We claim no rights to the original game and do not infringe on the copyrights of the original game or its creators. Playable Demo Press SPACE to PLAY, use ⛶ icon to pl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zedex Tanks - ZX Spectrum 128K.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

91% User Score Based on 23 reviews

Welcome to TETHER. In this mysterious, hand-crafted platformer, pilot a cute drone and explore the desolate ruins of a space station that mysteriously went dark. Where did everyone go? Why is everything falling apart? Only you can discover the secrets lying just underneath the surface . . . Charming pixel art and animations Character/lore-rich story with plenty of dark humor Created by one pers… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TETHER.

The Supernatural Power Troll is a puzzle platformer in which you control a troll that can grant humans superpowers. By doing so, the troll overcomes obstacles and solves puzzles. The game features diverse NPCs with AI generated dialogs, a level editor, If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Supernatural Power Troll.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

94% User Score Based on 64 reviews

Critic Score 58%Based on 7 reviews

An old-school themed platformer which is playable in seven different graphical styles emulating the computer systems of yore. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Adventures of Elena Temple.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music

100% User Score Based on 17 reviews

8 Bit Space is a 2D platformer inspired by games from the 8-bit era of gaming and with particular emphasis on the ZX Spectrum. Explore 25 alien planets in the search of your goal, valuable gems are also scattered within each planet, can you find them all? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 8 Bit Space.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

85% User Score Based on 276 reviews

Turning onto an old road, the main character gets into an accident due to thick fog. Now he's trying to find someone who can help him. Forced to enter an old house, the main character finds himself trapped, from which it is not so easy to get out. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I'm counting to 6....

Clan monsters is a game in which you have to use your dexterity and reliable weapons to destroy monsters that appear from portals. Different types of weapons will be given you for completing levels. BTW weapons are not the only thing that the game will reward you with. There will also be various improvements and protective spheres. Each monster needs its own approach. Be careful hunter, so as n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Clan monsters.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

81% User Score Based on 408 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Explore the mystery of an unknown world. You’ve crash-landed on the Planet of the Eyes in an escape pod. Discover what lies beneath through puzzle solving, exploration, and audiologs from another survivor. Turn down the lights, put on your headphones and grab your controller to experience the atmospheric journey of a lone robot in a dangerous world. Planet of the Eyes will keep you on the edge a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planet of the Eyes.

41%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

67% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Feed the Pets, and make hes happy! Buy improvements and boosters to get food for your pet and make it happier! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Feed the Pets.

39%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

59% User Score Based on 17 reviews

Hookshot is a fun and challenging arcade game in which you must shoot the player progressively up the puzzle area sticking to the walls as you rise. The aim of the game is to reach the end of the level without hitting any spikes or obstacles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hookshot.

49%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

49% User Score Based on 662 reviews

Gabe Newell Simulator is a game for those who have always dreamed of being the glorious PC Master Race Gabe Newell!You can impersonate Gaben and help him in his fight against other companies and make the decision to release Half Life 3 or not, and this will have drastic consequences in the whole universe!Explore the different rooms and corridors of Valve Corporation (many inspired by real ones), t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gabe Newell Simulator.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

94% User Score Based on 18 reviews

COSMOS is a difficult platformer shooter where you fight through fast-paced vertical levels with the use of wall running and precise gunplay. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to COSMOS.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

96% User Score Based on 111 reviews

Bombing!!: A Graffiti Sandbox is a lo-fi creative graffiti simulator where every inch of the environment can be painted. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bombing!!: A Graffiti Sandbox.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, story

90% User Score Based on 529 reviews

Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Echoes+.

24%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

33% User Score Based on 24 reviews

Critic Score 25%Based on 1 reviews

A comic adventure introducing Johnny Rocket in an action platformer game stylized as a free-hand black and white cartoon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Johnny Rocket.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

You play as Sullivan, a famous, and now retired bounty hunter, known for moon walking while fighting, defying laws of physics with fancy jump moves and air slides, and never backing down from an adversary. Our story begins when you are on your way to get a hamburger from a hip, local space pub, with your beloved cat, Claude Arthur Thatchmoore (C.A.T. for short). You are enjoying retirement, when s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Adventures of Sullivan.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

76% User Score Based on 99 reviews

As you progressed through the cave tunnels, they slowly tightened until you could not even stand. Now, as you crawl, you wonder if you are not alone in the darkness. Those Who Crawl is a short but tense horror game about crawling and climbing through tunnels. Each hand is controlled individually with a unique crawling and climbing system. Use the mouse buttons or Q / E to move around, and Hold s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Those Who Crawl.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

97% User Score Based on 8,302 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 4 reviews

Flip gravity and save the universe! From the creator of Super Hexagon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VVVVVV.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

98% User Score Based on 84 reviews

Play Dadish 2 on the most popular website for free online games! Poki works on your mobile, tablet, or computer. No downloads, no login. Play now! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dadish 2.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

86% User Score Based on 185 reviews

Save the Universe with the Alien-Cat in this brand new puzzle-platformer game! Jump on your enemies heads, push the boxes and walk on the ceiling. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alien Cat.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

100% User Score Based on 46 reviews

Play as Beep, a brave yet cavalier robot who is on a mission to escape from the strange tech facility that he and his fellow bots are being held captive in. Using just your wits and the items you find around you, will you help Beep find a route to safety? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beep's Escape.

39%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

48% User Score Based on 31 reviews

Bitcoin Сollector: spinners attack is a colorful game in which you must avoid traps, evade spinners and collect bitcoin's, changing gravity and teleporting at your own discretion. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bitcoin Collector: Spinners Attack.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

74% User Score Based on 174 reviews

Alpha Runner is a challenging endless platform game, Make your way through different obstacles and mini games that get more difficult the further you get. Show off to your friends by getting the highest score on the leaderboard. Or even play with them and see who can survive the longest. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alpha Runner.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor

100% User Score Based on 38 reviews

8 Bit Space is a 2D platformer inspired by games from the 8-bit era of gaming and with particular emphasis on the ZX Spectrum. OBJECTIVE A new star system has just been discovered. Within one of the systems is an ancient portal, its origins or where it leads are unknown. Research suggests it to be powered by 5 relics. With the help of your ship's computer, Z.X. You have been tasked with uncover… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 8 Bit Space.

A prototype for a unique platforming mechanic! Here's a prototype for a unique platforming concept, where you traverse in a circle, bending reality as you traverse through a curved stage.  This originally was meant to be a running/side-scroller parallax puzzle platformer (see concept art below).  ·········• FEATURES •·········  Travel through a curved level with simple platformingMess around… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Be Square.

Metro Rising is a simple 2D Platformer and Metroidvania designed with movement mechanics, weapons, dashing, and ducking.CONTROLS: MOVEMENT • Move Left: [A] • Move Right: [D] • Jump: [SPACE] • Duck/Crouch: [LEFT CTRL] • Dash: [LEFT SHIFT] COMBAT • Shoot: [LEFT MOUSE] • Switch Weapons: [MIDDLE MOUSE] This series of sublevels, containing a station, underground, and sky, is designed to be a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Metro Rising.

Celeste Classic is an iconic platform game, originally developed by Maddy Thorson and Noel Berry, for the Pico-8 fantasy console (link).  They later developed Celeste, a highly acclaimed game that any platformer lover should play (link). This is a remake for the Spectrum Next, made with the intention of being as faithful as possible to the original. It is NOT an official version. I asked Noel Ber… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Celeste Classic for ZX Spectrum Next.

Short Summary:  This game is a fast paced shoot em up action game where you are a character called Chuck Mullet the crocodile, You traverse through levels fighting enemies to make your way to the end and have to fight the Beast. Controls Use the arrow keys to navigate through the main menu. The arrow keys are also used for controlling the character and the aiming cursor  R to jump, (Hold) S to Sh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drowned Beast.

Polyorbis was written in 3 days for the Ludum Dare 38 Jam, created by: Mattparks and Decaxon. The competitions theme is: A Small World. We used our own open-sourced Java OpenGL game engine: Flounder. Polyorbis is open-source and can be found here: https://github.com/Equilibrium-Games/Polyorbis Brief Features: Third person low poly art style. Procedurally generated music. Survival and action p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Polyorbis.

MarteKings is a game development team from CITM formed by: Joan Barduena (Artist).Victor Chen (Designer). Josep Lleal (Programmer). Oscar Pons (Programmer). David Tello (Programmer). Game Description: S-TEAM is a 3D Puzzle game where the player must swap between five woman, each one with huge knowledge on one field of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics). In order to resol… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to S-Team.

DILEMMA OF A CANDLE: HAVE you ever thought about how HARD life must be for a candle? For its entire life, we—candles—lie in the darkness of your old toolbox, waiting for a SINGLE MOMENT for which we were born — to light up and quickly burn down. Sounds depressing? But not all candles are ready to accept this horrific fate, at least I'm NOT! You can call me Shine and I'm a candle. Please, help me t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Time To Shine.

A series of desk toy type games demonstrating various fun and interesting game mechanics. Background music is all my own work and compositions. Press M to mute/unmute music at any time. Press N to mute/unmute sound effects and music in main area only. Press T to reset the active level. Hold O and press 1 through 4 or 0  to access each level. If you get stuck trying to change levels try releasing a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rummy's Mini-Games.

This game was created in less than a week as a birthday's gift to my beloved partner. It's inspired by Nes and MSX era, and it's mainly based on the game "City Connection".========================================GAMEPLAY: You have 3 extra lives, and your mission is to paint the entire track while avoiding police cars. Each stage has a Bonus reward (displayed at top right corner of the screen) that… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wheels of Elefantita!.

Third (kind of) person game for coursera Game Design and Development course. That should be 3d platformer but that was boring and i made a adventure game ("Квест", если по русски) with Factorio mechanics (how i was planing) and cutscenes.Use WASD to walk, SPACE to jump, LMB or E to use objects, F to open item menu and Q or RMB to cancel.You can find here such features as:  Cutscene, animations an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Factorio trainee.

A marble game on the surface of an arbitrary 4D object defined by the projection function onto its surface.  The physics and rendering are both then constrained to the surface of the 4D object. https://www.youtube.com/@tomwolc Also if you want to see how the rendering is implemented you can clone and look at the small prototype I made before starting on the game: https://github.com/TomjWolcott/arb… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arbgeom beta.

Escape Code This is our submission for the Boss Rush Jam 2023. In "Escape Code", you play as a skilled hacker who finds themselves trapped inside a computer simulation created by the evil A.I. 0VERS33R. You must battle your way through a series of computer bosses, each more difficult than the last, to ultimately escape the simulation and defeat 0VERS33R. These bosses are trapped behind the stronge… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape Code.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WARNING: It's been discontinued for the time being. I am sorry for wasting everyone's time. I might be back, i might not be. Time will tell. I am also a terrible coder that can't fix shit, so please, forgive me for that... Just lost my passion at making videogames.Please check out Hero's project and Infinity engine instead, they are way bette… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sonic Reboosted Project [Not updated anymore.].

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

87% User Score Based on 16 reviews

5 minutes to jump to the top. Fall and it's back to the start. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 5 Minute Climb.

Yet Another Pushing Puzzler 2 it is yet another pushing puzzler, in which you have to push boxes onto specific locations. What makes this game unique is: It's 3D. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to YAPP2: Yet Another Pushing Puzzler.

30%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization

50% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Take gold from the dragon, and not become a barbecueColorful cubic platformer about pig and dragon If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Sauce.

Hover Ship is an arcade game in which you have to control a floating ship on an obstacle course, collect coins and set new records. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hover Ship.

Story Year 2799 A highly advanced earth with superior technology capabilities has a divided society- the elite class and the resistance. The government is a big conglomerate and Police force work as thugs for the corporates. To aid the less fortunate and hinder the exploitation of corporates, Resistance have been set up in different parts of the world. Storming of Euralink's Sector 40 base goes aw… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Penance: A story of Resistance.

A retro 2D platformer with an emphasis on variety and accessibility. Play solo, or invite a friend to lend a helping hand with a time-freezing Butterfly. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Worlds Within Worlds.