Sinclair ZX81 Games
The following is a list of Sinclair ZX81 Games in the Centre for Computing History collection. It is not an exhaustive list of and other games may have been published. If you have any games or software that you would like to donate to our collection, please view our donations page.There are 99 Sinclair ZX81 Games in our collection :
| Order By : Title - Release Date - Publisher |
Date: 1981
10 Games
Klingons Crash-Landing Simon Artist UFO Code Asteroids Bomber Kaleidoscope Guillotine
Software House: J.K. Greye Software
Author: J.K. Greye
Date: February 1983
1K ZX Chess
Sinclair ZX 81 1K ZX Chess from Artic Softwar
Software House: Artic
Author:
Date: 1981
3D Defender
Amazing graphic effects are created as the enemy draws closer, more and more detail appearing as the flying saucers zoom in
Software House: J K Greye
Author:
Date: 1981
3D Defender - Games Tape 5 (early version)
"3D Defender" The Ultimate Space Game! A super fast Machine Code 3D version of the Arcade Favourite
Software House: J K Greye
Author:
Date: 1981
3D Monster Maze
A 3D maze with monsters in it blocking your wa
Software House: J K Greye
Author: Malcolm E. Evans
Date: 1981
Adventure A: Planet of Death
Stranded on a hostile alien planet, you must track down your ship that has been captured by the locals and escape back to space
Software House: Sinclair
Author: Artic Computing
Date: 1982
Adventure C: The Ship of Doom
Text adventure in which a ship on an exploration mission is drawn onto an Alien craft by a graviton beam
Software House: Sinclair
Author: Artic Computing
Date: 1982
Backgammon
A great program, using fast and efficient machine code, with graphics board, rolling dice, and doubling dice
Date: 1983
Black Star
"THE STORY The base of the Cosmic Guerilas, Black Star, a huge industrial complex lodged on an asteroid
Software House: Quicksilva
Author: M. Sudworth
Date: 1982
Breakout 3
Three versions of breakout on one tape with choice of speed and number of bats
Date: 1982
Brick-stop
To play Brick-stop you must stop the bricks with your bat as they fall from the sky
Software House: CDS Micro Systems
Author: CDS Micro Systems
Date: 1982
Cassette 4
Contains: Gunfight ZX scramble Snakebite Funaloids Invaders Life 3d Tic-tac-toe Galaxy Invaders
Date: 1981
Catacombs
"A multi level graphics adventure
Software House: J. K. Greye Software
Author: J. K. Greye Software
Date: 1982
Centipede
ZX81 conversion of the arcade shoot-'em-up of the same name
Software House: Llamasoft
Author: Jeff Minter
Date:
Champions!
Football management simulation that tasks players with training their team to rise from division 4 to division 1, and eventually win the European Cup
Software House: Peaksoft
Author: Harry Whitehouse
Date: 1982
Collector's Pack
A utility for keeping track of a collection, just what every hobbyist needed back in 1982, the program could save 400 records of up to six items on one cassette, sorting them into order
Date: 1981
Computacalc ZX
Electronic worksheet that allows for professional presentation and analysis of data on the ZX81
Software House: Silicon Tricks
Author: Silicon Tricks
Date: 1982
Counter Attack
"You are a highly trained fighter pilot on a dangerous secret mission
Software House: Woodside Software
Author: Paul Hennessy
Date: 1983
Damper/Glooper
Tape containing two games: Damper As a grid runner you must damp down the lines of the power grid to prevent leeches from sucking up all of the city's power
Software House: Quicksilva
Author: M. P. Crane
Date: 1982
English Literature 2
Who wrote 'Song of the Shirt'? Which playwright also played cricket for England? Programs: Poets Playwrights Modern Authors
Date: 1982
Fantasy Games
Two games: Perilous Swamp: rescue a beautiful princess from the evil wizard
Software House: Sinclair Research
Author: Psion
Date: 1982
Flight Simulation
Simulates a highly manoeuvrable light aircraft with full controls, instrumentation, a view through the cockpit window, and navigational aids
Software House: Psion Software
Author: Psion Software
Date: 1982
Football Manager
After initially developing the game on the TRS-80, Kevin Toms released his football management simulator for the ZX81 in 1982
Software House: Addictive Games
Author: Kevin Toms
Date: 1982
Fun to Learn Series: Inventions 1
Who invented television? What was the dangerous 'Lucifer'? Two programs: Inventions before 1850 Inventions since 1850
Date: 1982
Fun To Learn: Geography 1
Software House: International Computers
Author: International Computers
Date: 1982
Fun To Learn: Music 1
Which instrument does James Galway play? Who composed 'Peter Grimes'? Two programs: Composers Musicians
Date: 1981
GamesTape 2
Made up of 3 games: Starfighter, Pyramid and Artis
Software House: J.K Greye Software
Author: Various
Date:
History 1
From 1066 to 1981, find out when important events occurred
Software House: ICL
Author:
Date: 1981
How to program the ZX81
Sessions 1 to 5 Comes with workbook
Software House: International Computers Ltd
Author: ICL
Date: 1982
Magnus
Educational program that allows users to create tests on any subject either by using the preloaded information or their own material
Software House: Collins Computing
Author: Collins Computing
Date: 1982
Mazogs
"You will be confronted by a large and complex Maze, which contains somewhere within it a glittering and fabulous Treasure
Software House: Bug-Byte Software
Author: Don Priestley
Date: 1981
Monopoly
The board game recreated for the ZX Spectrum
Software House: Leisure Genius
Author:
Date: 1982
Night Gunner
You are the rear gunner of a large bomber plane, and it is your mission to fend off enemy fighters to protect your payload
Software House: Digital Integration
Author: David K Marshall
Date: 1981
QS Asteroids
This is a variation of the classic arcade asteroids game
Software House: Quicksilva
Author: Kelly Abrantes Murta
Date: 1981
QS Asteroids (Early version)
This is a variation of the classic arcade asteroids game
Software House: Quicksilva
Author: Kelly Abrantes Murta
Date: 1982
QS Defenda
Clone of the classic space shooter Defender
Software House: Quicksilva
Author: Quicksilva
Date: 1982
QS Defender (Early version)
Clone of the classic space shooter Defender
Software House: Quicksilva
Author: Quicksilva
Date: 1982
QS Invaders
"Your fingers play over the studs as you dodge the bombs dropping from the Invaders and fire back destroying the attacking force
Software House: Quicksilva
Author: Kelly Abrantes Murta
Date: 1982
QS Invaders (Early cover)
"Your fingers play over the studs as you dodge the bombs dropping from the Invaders and fire back destroying the attacking force
Software House: Quicksilva
Author: Quicksilva
Date: 1982
QS Scramble
This is a clone of the arcade game Scramble
Software House: Quicksilva
Author: Dave Edwards
Date: 1981
Reversi
Digital version of the boardgame Reversi
Software House: Sinclair
Author: Games of Skill Ltd
Date: 1982
Roman Empire
Take on the role of a Roman Empire with the goal of expanding your territory
Software House: M.C. Lothlorien
Author: M.C. Lothlorien
Date: February 1983
Sinclair ZX81 1K Games
Sinclair ZX81 1K Games from Artic Software A package for the 1K ZX-81, called 1K Games, was released
Software House: Artic Software
Author: Adam Waring
Date: 1981
Sinclair ZX81 Junior Education 1
Including CrashMultiplyTrainFractionsAdd SubDivisionSpellin
Date: 1981
Sinclair ZX81 Junior Education 5
Sinclair ZX81 Software Cassette 5 - Junior Education: 9-11 year-olds For ZX81 (and ZX80 with 8K BASIC ROM) Contains six programs: Maths - tests arithmetic with three levels of difficulty, and g ...
Software House: Sinclair Research
Author: Sinclair Research
Date: 1982
Sinclair ZX81 Software 1
Cassette containing 2 games: Dodgems - fast moving race-track arcade game Connect 4 - play the classic tabletop game against the computer
Software House: CDS Micro Systems
Author: CDS Micro Systems
Date: 1981
Sinclair ZX81 Software Cassette 1 - Games
For ZX81 (and ZX80 with 8K BASIC ROM) Contains six games: Orbit - your space craft's mission is to pick up a very valuable cargo that's in orbit around a star
Software House: Sinclair
Author: Sinclair Research
Date: 1981
Sinclair ZX81 Software Cassette 2 - Junior Education: 7-11 year-olds
For ZX81 with 16K RAM pack Contains seven programs: Crash - simple addition - with the added attraction of a car crash if you get it wrong
Software House: Sinclair
Author: Sinclair Research
Date: 1981
Sinclair ZX81 Software Cassette 3 - Business & Household
For ZX81 (and ZX80 with 8K BASIC ROM) with 16K RAM pack
Software House: Sinclair Research
Author: Sinclair Research
Date: 1981
Sinclair ZX81 Software Cassette 4 - Games
For ZX81 (and ZX80 with 8K BASIC ROM) and 16K RAM pack Contains six games: Lunar Landing - bring the lunar module down from orbit to a soft landing
Software House: Sinclair Research
Author: Sinclair Research
Date:
Snake Kink
You are a ravenous snake who is very partial to apples, and you find yourself in an orchard
Software House: No Man's Land
Author: No Man's Land
Date: 1981
Space Invaders / Space Rescue
Tape containing two games: Space Invaders - Clone of the arcade classic Space Rescue - Descend to the surface of a planet to pick up stranded people and then return them to your space station
Date: 1981
Super Programs 1
Five games programs plus easy conversion between pints/gallons and litres
Date: 1981
Super Programs 2
Five games plus easy conversion between inches/feet/yards and centimetres/metres
Date: 1981
Super Programs 3
Five games plus currency conversion at will - for example, dollars to pounds
Date: 1981
Super Programs 4
Five games plus easy conversion between miles per gallon and European fuel consumption figures
Date: 1981
Super Programs 5
Five games plus easy conversion between English and continental dress sizes
Software House: ICL
Author:
Date: 1982
Super Programs 7
Collection of 6 games for the ZX81: Racetrack Chase NIM Tower of Hanoi Docking the Spaceship Golf
Date: 1982
ZX Chess I
Improved Version with new feature
Software House: Artic Computing Ltd
Author: Artic
Date: 1982
ZX-Gulp
"Can you outwit the gruesome gulper that seeks out
Software House: Campbell Systems
Author: Campbell Systems
Date: 1982
ZX81 Adventure Tape No.1
Three adventures : Greddy Gulch, Pharoah's Tomb and Magic Mountain
Software House: Phipps Associates
Author: Phipps
Date: 1981
ZXAS - Machine Code Assembler (1981)
This is a machine code assembler for the ZX8
Software House: Bug-Byte Ltd
Author: Bug-Byte Ltd
Date: 1981
ZXAS - Machine Code Assembler (Early version)
This is a machine code assembler for the ZX8
