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Perfect, thank you very much, and when you get time, I appreciate you've probably got plenty on. And incidentally the 'toast rack' spectrum and grey +2 are very closely related hardware wise, so if you fix the +2 it will almost certainly work on a 'toast rack' machine as well :) The emulator I use called Speccy works fine with your game when the hardware emulation is set to ZX Spectrum +2A so at least you know where to start :) You'll find the excellent Speccy emulator here in case it helps trouble shooting - https://fms.komkon.org/

Hello this looks like a wonderful piece of work, well done! Only thing is version 1.2, doesn't seem to want to load on either my Grey +2 using divmmc future or an emulator called 'Speccy'. No rush, but if you could double check it on real hardware I would be very grateful - thank you :)

No problem! :) I think we are so blessed in the ZX Spectrum scene to see so many new high quality games for a machine that finished in the UK at least as a commercial entity around 1992.. And don't worry, I am not the best gamer either! But it is wonderful playing on my +2 Spectrum, a computer I enjoyed as a boy many decades ago, using new software.. Its akin to the best kind of magic actually! Takes me back to care free Saturdays visiting my Gran, with the afternoon spent exploring the content of that months SU magazine cover tape! Take care, best regards.

Hi SaNchez, 

I can see what The-Red-Bayron is saying a little bit. Personally I am not great at games, so it can be frustrating navigating a tough sequence only to then get killed at the last moment before another check point, and then to end up at the last check point which might be what feels like five minutes back. I think more check points would help, not necessarily the interactive 'console' ones speaking with the immoral AI computer, but just as you go along. But I would only do this on 'easy' mode (if this isn't the case already?). Most regular players would likely make lighter work of it perhaps? 

Please let that take nothing away from what you and the team have achieved, its staggering to be honest. It is so incredibly well presented, plays fluidly, and has superb sound tracks, and all on a computer I had as a child in the 1980s nearly 40 years ago - incredible. I am left in little doubt that as a technical feat, this is on or very very near the limit of what a humble Spectrum 128k can do. 

Did you and the team make Survivisection? If you did, would you consider making a Chaos Engine de-make or better still an alternative Chaos Engine 2 game, in the same vein as the original given you likely have the engine and sprites from Survivisection. Keeping the original Chaos engine control pad input method (as well a mouse option). That game would be the ultimate for me. 

Thank you again for another piece of Spectrum ZX magic - it is simply awesome! 

We are not worthy!! 

Best regards, Adrian

Hi, works perfect on a real 48k Spectrum utilising a Kempston interface - thank you! I defined the keys setting space as button 2, and then used my Kempston joystick with the space bar to drop bombs! Works really well, you should be really happy with it. Reminded me of fighting Ivy in my back garden!! Only other recommendation would be to slowly increase the speed of encroachment of the 'green mass' to keep the excitement and challenge up. Well done honestly, and thanks again :)

This is a really cool little game! Thank you so much for posting it for download :) I was wondering if you would consider adding Kempston joystick support? I like playing on original hardware and prefer a joystick. Only if you fancy the challenge, not to worry otherwise :) PS - incredible first attempt!!

Brilliant sublime game for the ZX Spectrum Classic or Next. Can highly recommend.

Its like a cross between Chaos Engine and Cannon Fodder on the Amiga (control method is like Cannon Fodder using a mouse). I found it tough, but great fun and a real technical accomplishment on the humble Spectrum :)

Ignore my original request for a ZIP file. After some more digging I think the problem is my DivMMC doesn't like it in either TAP or SNA form. Tried with Retroleum's SMART card reader and it worked fine. Written in case it helps. And thank you very much again for a wonderful game. Its such a privilege playing brand new quality software on a computer from my childhood as a chap in my mid forties. Thanks for making dreams come true, and keeping the humble Speccy alive - best regards.

Utterly awesome piece of work! Well done to all involved :) I absolutely love the 'kooky' style of this game, its the perfect match for humble Spectrum and its eccentricities perhaps! A big thank you :)

Hello, this game looks wonderful, thank you for making it! I've purchased it, the only thing is I cannot get it to work on either my real +2 or an emulator I use. Is there any chance you could attach the file as a ZIP rather than RAR, to rule file corruption out? Thanks :)

Wonderful! Thank you very much, and again, superb work, well done sir!

Great work, well done! Any chance of a TAP version as I want to play it on my classic hardware - thank you :)

Hi Bob, this looks wonderful, I cannot wait to play it on my 128k Speccy one day! And what an incredible games library you have created over the years. And I'm not even a ZX81 man, but those games looks really interesting as well. Keep up the great work sir! Best regards Adrian

That got me as well!!