[NEW ZX81 GAME RELEASE] Down!

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[NEW ZX81 GAME RELEASE] Down!

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Revival Studios is proud to present their third game release for the Sinclair ZX-81, called Down!

In Down, the player needs to escape a burning village by manouvering downwards into the caverns beneath the village.
Fall down from platform to platform while picking up items to gain points.

Game Trailer: https://youtu.be/fLikCh8o3Q4

Screenshots:
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Game features are:
- Fast and addictive arcade gameplay
- Running animated character in just a few tiny monochrome pixels
- Internet Highscore uploading
- Online rewards
- Support for AY-sound boards
- ZXpand joystick interface support

The game runs on a standard ZX-81 with 16KB ram.
The game is available on cassette tape kit, as well as digital download.
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For more information about the game, visit: http://www.revival-studios.com
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Dude, this looks pretty amazing.

I was wondering -
- what are possibilities of money transfer to You? (EU)
- when one takes the cassette, does he automatically gets also the *.P file too?
IN NIHILUM REVERTERIS - a big text-adventure game for ZX81: http://tiny.pl/g2m6m
"MONOCHROME" issue 5 - (Spring 2014) free paper/PDF magazine about ZX81: http://tiny.pl/q2m44
ZX81 COMPETITIONS 2007/2009: http://zx81.republika.pl/
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I for one shall be buying a copy on cassette. I have no idea what I'll do with it, but .. whatever :D

@yerz, point 2 is explained on the site:
If you buy the tape version, you will of course get the digital download for free.
and as for point 1 - if it proves tricky then I will try to help.

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SirMorris:

> I for one shall be buying a copy on cassette. I have no idea what I'll do with it, but .. whatever :D
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And I know what I will do with mine. I will OWN it. :)


> @yerz, point 2 is explained on the site:
If you buy the tape version, you will of course get the digital download for free.
And this is good because converting tapes into P by myself might be hard. Although slightly possible.


> and as for point 1 - if it proves tricky then I will try to help.
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Well, if Revival uses PayPal, then I can ask my friend to do me a favour.
Then I would not trouble You.

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IN NIHILUM REVERTERIS - a big text-adventure game for ZX81: http://tiny.pl/g2m6m
"MONOCHROME" issue 5 - (Spring 2014) free paper/PDF magazine about ZX81: http://tiny.pl/q2m44
ZX81 COMPETITIONS 2007/2009: http://zx81.republika.pl/
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For everybody who would like to buy the games,

yesterday and today I got infos from Revival;
1) he uses paypal
2) if you buy a cassette, you will also get the .p files
3) the cassette games are 7,50 each if you take multiple
4) shipping to EU for 1 game is 3,00 euros
5) up to 3 tapes can be sent in 1 envelope (maybe 4)
6) shipping will be 5,00 euros for multiple games (more weight than one).

So. I'm in.
IN NIHILUM REVERTERIS - a big text-adventure game for ZX81: http://tiny.pl/g2m6m
"MONOCHROME" issue 5 - (Spring 2014) free paper/PDF magazine about ZX81: http://tiny.pl/q2m44
ZX81 COMPETITIONS 2007/2009: http://zx81.republika.pl/
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Maybe it would be a good idea for an option to buy the online program only.
Why pay EUR 3.00 shipment for a more or less useless cassette tape. :?

Maybe could give a discount for the online version as he doesn't have to pay for empty cassettes. :mrgreen:
Just my thoughts.

I don't have any cassette player for the last ten years. :roll:

And maybe it would be a good idea to optionally download the game as a WAV file for the real Zeddy feeling. :lol:
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@Pokemon:
You can order the full game on cassette tape for: 7,99 euros, or as digital download for: 3,99 euros
:D
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I just read the post from Yerz and didn't check on the website. ;)
I am not the hardcore gamer.
I like more to play with hardware and my joystick usually has about 320°C. :mrgreen:
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I just wanted to help - and it came out, as usual. ;)
IN NIHILUM REVERTERIS - a big text-adventure game for ZX81: http://tiny.pl/g2m6m
"MONOCHROME" issue 5 - (Spring 2014) free paper/PDF magazine about ZX81: http://tiny.pl/q2m44
ZX81 COMPETITIONS 2007/2009: http://zx81.republika.pl/
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Just letting you guys know that Down! for the Sinclaur ZX81 got reviewed in the January 2013 issue of Retro Gamer Magazine ( http://www.retrogamer.net/ ).

I am proud to say that the game scored a whopping 82% , just a wee-bit short of gaining this month's Retro Sizzler award.

For those that unaware about this magazine. RetroGamer magazine is a print-magazine by Imagine Publishing with a very large circulation of nearly 100.000 readers. In a time where print-publications are struggling, this magazine has a growing subscriber-base and won many awards for their magazine Check out their website for more info and subscriptions. The magazine is also digitally available on iTunes and such.

PS> For those interested, in the same issue there is also an article+interview about the making of Mage: The Enchanted Crystals. A game i released a little while ago on the Videopac / Odyssey2.
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