In 1988, Andy “Cosmium” Beale finished work on his ZX Spectrum game, but its publisher canned it at the last minute and it never came out.
Now, 30 years later, Beale has finally released the game he’d finished what felt like a lifetime ago and, he tells Eurogamer, it “seemed like an old friend!”
Beale’s game is called Quadron, a “new” retro 48K ZX Spectrum arcade game that’s currently available on itch.io priced $4.99. It draws inspiration from 1980s Williams classics such as Defender and Robotron: 2084, and features fast arcade-style gameplay, with loads of weapons, enemies, power-ups and collectables.
Source: Eurogamer Developer finally releases cancelled ZX Spectrum game 30 years after he finished it