Introduction

Rex came out in 1988/89 on the ZX Spectrum and is a beautiful example of a metroidvania style platformer. It is very difficult (one shot kills), full of particles, explosions, lovely animation. I'm trying to recreate this as close to 100% accuracy as possible. With my own tools (can be found at https://retrospec.sgn.net) I created all the maps and graphics from the original. So what you see currently is the beautiful work of the original team, but coded from the ground up. Later new graphics will appear.

I am keeping the style but upgrading with particle effects, shaders, improved gameplay, etc.

Happy to accept play-testers or people who want to contribute in any way (ideas, thoughts, offers such as story telling, graphics, sound, music, etc). Contactme from this site, twitter, etc (https://chucklepie.itch.io/)

In this demo:

Music
1. Music by Eric Matyas, www.soundimage.org
Deep Space Output (menu)
Dance of the Satellites (ending)

2. Music by audionautix.com
TechTalk - cut-scene to 'how Rex infiltrated the base'. Song is faded and cut for dramatic effect ;-)

StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Authorchucklepie
GenrePlatformer
Made withGodot
Tags2D, Remake, Retro, ZX Spectrum
Average sessionAbout an hour
InputsKeyboard, Joy-Con
LinksTwitter/X, YouTube

Download

Download
Rexv02b.zip 56 MB

Install instructions

Prefer the download over the HTML version :)

Download includes Windows, Mac and Linux. Run the non-debug version. Only use the debug if you experience issues.

Comments

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This is looking awesome, good work!! One of my favourite Spectrum games.