The second MSXdev entry for 2010 was made available for download yesterday; it's from Z80ST Software, called QBIQS and is a clone of the fun but relatively obscure Konami action puzzle coin-op Quarth, so essentially the love child of a shoot 'em up and Tetris where blocks are shot up the well into the mass of shapes that slowly trundle downwards. This was actually a cancelled entry in the 2008 competition, so it's good to see it finally released.

  • External link:   News on MSXdev

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She's back... and this time it's even more personal than before! Anybody who has played the original C64 budget "classic" Bionic Granny (developed by the little Darlings who went on to found Codemasters) will find the action in the new Richard Bayliss game Bionik Granny Returns familiar, but the titular cybernetic biddie's wrath is no longer limited to mercilessly beating school children as they head for home and she takes on the crowds at the supermarket, park and even the local bingo hall with her trusty walking stick as she struggles through the world at large to collect her pension.

  • External link:   CSDb entry

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Goodness, what a busy time for new releases! Maziacs on the Plus/4 and indeed other 64K 264 series machines is a conversion of the Don Priestley Spectrum game of the same name (and presumably the code of the C64 version was involved in the conversion process) where a brave adventurer must grab all the gold they can from within a twisting, evil-infested maze.

  • External link:   Plus/4 World

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Released as part of the 2010 Your Game competition, Magic Tokens is a match three game for the Spectrum with similarities to Bejewelled Blitz; the objective is to collect a specified number of special gems by removing them from the playfield whilst simultaneously trying not to rip all of your own hair out in frustration when the rather strict time limit expires!

  • External link:   World of Spectrum thread

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