Robin Hood Prince of Thieves was a massive game (unsurprising, given the success of the movie) on the NES and Game Boy back in 1991, but was never released on other platforms.
As such, there was never any chance of it going anywhere near the ZX Spectrum. But that’s about to change with Loxley, a superb-looking title for the 128Kb models, developed by World XXI Soft, with code and graphcis by Ariel Ruiz, music from Richard Armijo, and a Russian version by Mikhail Sudakov, Maria Krasheninnikova.
Created for the Bytemaniacos BASIC Game Contest, Loxley is apparently coded in BASIC.
World XXI Soft announces the release of Loxley, an action/adventure game for Spectrum 128K. The game was included as an entry for the Bytemaniacos' Pure Basic Contest.
Contest Version in https://t.co/9z78C4VnCL
Compressed Out-of-Contest Version in: https://t.co/h23YpDs9Or pic.twitter.com/InuRhHf5pZ— World XXI Soft (@worldxxisoft) February 17, 2022
The demo above highlights various screens from the game, which features some smooth animation and an apparently straightforward bow-and-arrow targeting system.
Learn more at bytemaniacos.com, or simply grab the direct download.
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