Hi everyone!
I am glad to introduce you Sophia, the master wizard girl on a mission to save the Empire from destruction and humanity from enslavement!
(http://www.alessandrogrussu.it/zx/Sophia.png)
A brand new game for the ZX Spectrum inspired by such classic titles as Cybernoid, Equinox and Druid, with the following features:
- 4 levels
- 85 screens
- 20 different enemy sprites
- 5 tunes
- Final boss fight
- Successful end of game sequence
Game and printer-friendly documentation available in six languages: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese.
Designed for models with 128K RAM but can run (without AY sound) on 48K/+ ZX Spectrums equipped with Beta Disk/Plus D/DivIDE/DivMMC interfaces.
Controls: Keyboard (fully redefinable), Kempston, Sinclair.
File formats: TZX (accelerated with SetoLOAD), TAP, TRD, SCL and MGT.
Freely downloadable from: http://www.alessandrogrussu.it/Sophia.html
Have fun!
Looks great. Thanks for sharing it with us :)
That's looks fantastic fella..
Will have a play at some point this weekend.
Shared on Twitter.
Looks good.
Do you have recommended emulator to play it on?
Thank you everyone for the feedback! ;D
Joe Musashi: I recommend Spectaculator and SpecEmu, which were used for game testing before release. An user reported a problem with ZX Spin, which although having many useful features for developers shows also quite a few bugs and has not been updated for a very long time, so I do not recommend it for general emulation.
Update: Thanks to Bedazzle, Sophia now also speaks Russian! That brings the total number of localized version to 7.
I also modified the multi-language disk image files to make the loading screen appear for some more time, otherwise it would almost be invisible.
Update: Thanks to Ersh, who was the first to complete the game, Sophia is now also available in Swedish!
The total number of localized version rises to 8.
I also corrected some typos from the manual and the Russian end-of-game screens.
Great to see this doing so well fella.
Hi folks,
Sophia is now available as a free download under my new label, Zankle Soft, at:
https://zanklesoft.itch.io/sophia
Bitmap Soft has just released the game on cassette. This version includes an exclusive bonus level, which is not available with the free download. You can find it at:
https://www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/product/sophia/
(https://www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sophia_shop.jpg)