Amusement Park 4K
A downloadable game
The 2003 minigame competition saw an impressive array of titles (63 in fact) written for a variety of 8-bit computers, the challenge being to create a game in under 4K of code. This was my entry, an amusement park management strategy game for the ZX Spectrum. The idea behind Amusement Park 4000 will be familiar to anyone who has played games like Theme Park or Rollercoaster Tycoon: purchase rides and scenery, design your park, set your entry price and choose how much to spend on research and development.
Clearly, 4K is not a lot of room with which any game developer can play so the graphics and sound are simple and there's little in the way of text. Nevertheless, this is a working amusement park simulation and it eventually took the silver joystick in the competition.
Instructions are included in the accompanying text file, which is best viewed in Notepad. If you enjoy this game, an expanded version is available on cassette from Cronosoft featuring a larger park area, more rides, shops, pubs, misbehaving guests and more.
You'll need a 48K/128K Spectrum or an emulator to play Amusement Park 4000. Have fun!
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Hello!! Sorry for the intrusion, hehehe. My name is Felipe, and until recently, I have been editing games for the Spectrum on cassette. Due to personal and work reasons, I’m going to stop editing, and I'm saying goodbye with a compilation of homebrew games for The Spectrum on USB. I want it to be the best and most complete compilation of homebrew games that has ever been made. It will be a non-profit edition, just to provide users of The Spectrum with a pack to spend hours and hours in front of their ZX. I’ve seen some of your games on http://Itch.io and wanted to ask if you would be interested in contributing any of your ZX games to this compilation. I already have legendary creators from the scene on board, but I’d also like to reach out to you. It can be one game, two, or as many as you want, in .TAP format. Even simply granting me permission and letting me know which games I could include would be enough, and I can download them from http://Itch.io. We have created a system where the games will be encrypted, and no one will be able to use them digitally; they will only be playable on their The Spectrum, Divide, or computer. My email is playonretro@gmail.com. Best regards, and thank you very much
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How are you doing? Apologies for the delay, but launching a campaign is incredibly complex and consumes a lot of time very quickly. On Sunday, I opened pre-orders for the pendrive we discussed. I wanted to thank you again for your trust in this mini-project. The pendrive pre-order campaign has officially begun. We've worked incredibly hard to create a carousel menu, with game descriptions for all titles available in Spanish, English, and Portuguese. The price is super tight (many have said it should be higher, even asking if we made a mistake, but our intention isn't to make a profit, but rather to bid farewell to 8-bit tape editions with this pack). The final product promises to be quite good: a metal box, foam insert, a 12-page booklet, a custom-designed pendrive, and a plastic seal. The idea is that users with more modern systems can play your games and those from other creators very easily, inclusively, and directly, all at the price of a pendrive.
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We've spent months testing all the games and had to exclude a few due to technical issues, but the vast majority are included.
If you place your pre-order, please identify yourself, and I'll have a little something extra for you as a token of my gratitude for your trust and generosity. You can email me at playonretro@gmail.com, and we can continue our communication there. I can send you much more information in this way.
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This game is a massive achievement on the ZX Spectrum! If you liked Theme Park, you'll love this one too. It's incredible how this game uses all the very limited power of this ancient computer to create a unique strategy game. I was constantly amazed by the many details this game has to offer: There will happen crazy things in your park (like gokarts running wild in the park and ramming other visitors!). An incredibly well done game for many hours of fun and pleasure. It works perfectly with ZXSpin.
This looks so cool and relaxing, downloading now!