Games like Cassette 10 (Sinclair ZX Spectrum) by Matthew Begg

--= BARCODE BATTLE =-- System Requirements: Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k/+/128k/+2/+3/Next  Written by Matthew Begg for the 2025 BASIC 10-Liner Competition (EXTREME-256 category) Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 Players: 0, 1 or 2 --= INTRODUCTION =-- The BARCODIANS have arrived!  These enigmatic beings, disguised as barcodes on everyday products, possess incredible abilities. Now, it's your turn to harn…

--= ZX STOCK EXCHANGE =-- System Requirements: Sinclair ZX Spectrum 16k/48k/+/128k/+2/+3/Next  Written by Matthew Begg for the 2025 BASIC 10-Liner Competition (PUR-80 category) Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 Players: 1 --= INTRODUCTION =-- It is July 1982. Welcome to the frenetic trading floor of the ZX Stock Exchange. The air crackles with the buzz of hurried transactions and the staccato rhythm of …

ZXFM ==== Written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Begg (licence: CC BY-SA 4.0) Compatible with Sinclair ZX Spectrum 16k/48k/+/128k/+2/+3/Next Players: 1 Controls: Keyboard INTRODUCTION ZXFM is a football management simulator for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum written in just 10 lines of BASIC! Play an entire season as manager of a team from your favourite league, or create your own leagues and teams. Ma…

BimMobiles ========== Written by Matthew Begg for the 2023 BASIC 10-liner competition. From an original concept by Matthew Begg and Richard Begg. Description =========== The red car and the blue car had a race. Except these 'cars' are BimMobiles from the planet Bim. It is the year 3456, and the Bimmers are at war again. Their planet is exactly one half red, one half blue. The two factions battle …

SPACE INVADERS This is Space Invaders for the Amstrad CPC! Keyboard left and right arrows are used to move the laser and SPACE to fire. The goal is to defeat wave after wave of descending aliens to earn as many points as possible. TECHNICAL PART The game works on all Amstrad CPC (using only BASIC 1.0) 1) Control Characters The game use a lot of Control characters to replace MODE, PAPER, BORDER, I…

Entry for the PUR-80 category of the 2021 BASIC 10 Liner. (For Mattel Aquarius - MattPilz.com - @MattPilz - YouTube) FOREWARD One of my earliest memories in video gaming history was playing Cosmic Ark for the Atari 2600. The sounds and visuals of that game are still etched in my mind all these decades later. I recently became immersed in the world of Mattel Aquarius, a decidedly underpowered disc…

Horizon Shift is an explosive wave based, single screen shooter, with a ton of new ideas and platformer elements. Do what it takes to protect your horizon from the ever encroaching enemy attack! Use the unique risk reward multiplier system to maximise power-ups, build your bomb and destroy EVERYTHING!

Overview Elvin Atombender is seeking world domination again. This time through an Oric near you! Impossible Mission was an absolute classic game on the Commodore 64 with conversions for most other micros of the era. The aim of the game is to locate puzzle pieces hidden in furniture spread across all the rooms in a large underground complex then assemble the pieces into punchcards that will form…

Entry for the PUR-80 category of the 2021 BASIC 10 Liner. (For Mattel Aquarius - MattPilz.com - @MattPilz - YouTube) FOREWARD One of my earliest memories in video gaming history was playing Cosmic Ark for the Atari 2600. The sounds and visuals of that game are still etched in my mind all these decades later. I recently became immersed in the world of Mattel Aquarius, a decidedly underpowered …

This game was written for the Basic 10-Liner Contest 2024 in the PUR-80 category. It's written for Commodore 64/128 computers. Aim of the game In this game, you control Dan who once used to play in a sandbox. By following his passion he become a great digger. Help him to find as many diamonds as you can by digging holes down. In order to get out to the surface, you can use a ladder by pressing fir…