Johnny The Ghost

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Johnny The Ghost

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A new puzzle game is coming. Recommended to play on ZX128 or ZX48 with AY. Happy Christmas :-).

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https://cs.speccy.cz/games/jghost.zip

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What a beautiful game!!! I LOVE IT!
everything is great: the grafix, the puzzles, the music, the loading screen... WOW!
thanks for sharing it
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PS maybe an animated ghost would have been a nice addition, but again: GREAT GAME!
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Great puzzle game. I like the smoothness of the movement - Thanks for sharing.
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Very nice game!
Good graphics, nice music, smooth movement and good puzzles. What would you need more?

I wonder why this ghost is collecting Roman helmets but maybe it's not the most important thing in the game ;)
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Very cool! Who is the author please @Solaris104?
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Johnny The Ghost. Based on a true story from ATARI XE/XL ;]. Concept & levels by Harald & Marcus Gitzel, graphics by Trixs, font by Mikezt, music by Aki, PT3 player by S. V. Bulba (improved by mborik), code by ub880d, 2023. Press 1-4 to change controls, 5 to select level and 0 to start the game. Other (in-game) controls: R - restart level, Y - return to menu, S - turn music on/off.1 KEYS QAOP2 SINCLAIR JOY3 KEMPSTON JOY4 CURSOR5 LEVEL0 PLAY!WELLDONE

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Great fun! And I got through a number of levels, albeit getting stuck at times. Here's some gameplay :)

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Awesome game!!!

I'm now stuck at level 48. Can you please confirm there's a valid solution?

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Yes, it's playable :-)
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The game looks very sweet! I don't know if a system is implemented through which, once you finish a level or a series of 5 levels, you receive a code. Thus, the next time you play, you enter the code and you are able to play level 30 directly, you don't start the whole game. Maybe the authors of the game will implement this necessary update.
Later edit: I can choose the level to start with, it is very good !
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So it's actually a remake of Atari 8-bit game.


Nothing to be ashamed of :) The Spectrum version keeps the good original level design and improves the
graphics and music of the original.
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I had this game on the Gameboy, it was called Pitman. I started a version of it using Unity engine a few years ago but never finished it. Nice to see it on the spectrum though.

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Solaris104 wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:24 am Yes, it's playable :-)
Solved. Thank you!!!
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I had this game on the Gameboy, it was called Pitman
So it's Spectrum game, inspired by Atari game, inspired by Gameboy game :)

If you start looking for game inspirations, you often end with such chains.
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Nice game thank you for your time to share it :xmas
Be Safe! Be Happy! and have some Speccy FUN!!!
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Excellent game. The only thing I would change would be to replace the timer with the current level number. I don't like timers in puzzle games! :xmas
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There's already current level number at bottom right corner.
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It's wonderful. Very well done.

Great graphics, buttery smooth game play.
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