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Sector Strike by retronix is a puzzle strategy game made for Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

The story of the game is about some aliens who came from nowhere. Without any warning, a series of portals opened up, threatening to swallow Earth’s most distant colonies. Your task is to position the fleet’s most powerful ship and launch plasma bolts across the grid, in order to close these portals. But beware, the aliens will soon detect your presence and try to block you. You have to be very careful and try your luck.​

Captain Kalliope Flies Again by Aristaeus890 is a classic SHMUP for PICO-8.

The story of the game follows Captain Kalliope, who has once again been captured by his arch nemesis, and once again has knocked out a dozen guards to escape on the experimental QT31 Biplane. If you run out of ammunition, the QT31 will helpfully switch to another completely random weapon at its disposal. You can pick up the crates to either restore your ammunition, or switch to a random weapon. If you take damage, you’ll enter into crisis mode. After a few seconds, the QT31 will extinguish any fires and repair itself to nearly new, do this too many times, however, or get hit again while repairing it, and it’s down in flames. You can try Hypermode for a first try.​

Speecy Quiz by Amoebatron Software is a  game made for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. The game is available in Spanish and the author is working on the English version as well.

The story of the game is about an evil monster, who has kidnapped all the Spectrums, including you. But you’ve managed to get out of your jail, it’s time to save your friends and take revenge. After escaping from your jail, go through the dungeons of the castle, then his palace, and after leaving, the thick forest, freeing all the Spectrums you find . They will give you an extra life, very useful to finish your adventure. At the top of the screen, you will see the question for each phase. Look for the answer blocks, and tap the one you think is correct. If the answer is wrong, you will lose a life. If it is correct, you will move on to the next phase. A phase is made up of several screens. Remember to explore all the screens to free the other spectrums and earn extra lives, or to collect the different items and score points.​

Casio Handheld Games by Avlixa tries to copy three games of Casio’s CG-5X series of solar handheld games from the years 1983-84. There is a fourth handheld game that is not emulated. You will need a spectrum emulator like FUSE or Retro Virtual Machine to play the game.

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The game generally consists of managing a character who must capture 10 animals in each level and take them to the starting point. He will not be able to return to the starting point without having captured a prey.You will have to avoid being hit by enemies that will difficult the task. The series of solar handheld games include:

Marine Hunter: You manage a diver who must catch fish, avoiding sharks and other abyssal fish, and take the captured fish into the submarine to be able to continue.

Dandy Cowboy: You represent a cowboy who must capture veals, avoiding the bulls that roam the meadow. Brand the veal at the starting point to continue your work.

Mole Hunter: You play a hunter who must capture moles with his net, avoiding snakes, spiders and the coconuts thrown by the monkeys of the jungle. Take the mole to the cage to be able to capture a new one.

Extra Bonuses: You get 100 points if you pass a sublevel without losing any lives. You have 3 lives to complete each sublevel. The lost lives are recovered in each new sublevel. If you capture 3 preys in order, first the farthest one, then the middle one and finally the closest one, the enemies disappear for 10 seconds, allowing you to capture some preys without danger.

Goblinking Eduard by Kobold_Eduard is a game made for Commodore Amiga OCS. The gameis available in German and English.

This game is a short 2-player game made for children. You’ll walk on different lands, explore for new adventures. You can collect some items that are useful, meet fairies and mermaids. Walk around, search for clues and score some points.​

Pummel Pets by GibbonGL is a roguelike monster tamer game made with GB Studio. The author has mentioned that the status of the game is still prototype and there are many features that still need to be finished. In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $5 USD.

In this game, you need to collect all the 30 elemental pets. You must protect them and take care of them. Once they are grown up and strong enough, you can use them in the battle against your opponents.

Fire and Rescue by Skyboy Games is an action platformer game made for the Nintendo Entertainment System. In order to download this game, you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $2.50 USD.

Fires have broken out all over the city and you and your friend are the only ones who can save the city from being reduced to ashes. You can use your portable water tank to extinguish raging fires and carry innocent civilians to safety. You can play this game by yourself or simultaneously with a friend to see who is the best fire-fighter in fire and rescue. If you extinguish a fire, you will earn 50/100/150/200 points depending on the size of fire and rescuing the civilians will earn you 100 points.​

Puffy Coats by Jenny Schmidt is a 3D sports winter game made for PICO-8.

In this game, you play as a skater, eager to try your new skates on a Christmas day. But you skated out to the middle of the lake without checking the condition of the ice. Now, you want to find a way and go back safely to the shore. You have to control your skates with the left and right buttons. Alternate left and right to speed up and hold to turn. If you start turning circles, you will eventually slow down. You can walk on the snow, but it is very slow.​

GeometryBang by OdiStudio Games is simple game made for Nesbox TIC-80.

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In this game, you have to dodge different geometric shapes. Use “arrow’ keys to move in either direction. Avoid the traps and jump across them to move to the left/right side of the screen. The game is fast and you have to be very careful because the traps pop up at any second.

Swarmed by Jammigans is an action shoot’em’up game made for PICO-8.

In this game, you will kill and shoot down all of your enemies. With a background setting of a space, you will move around and shoot at the same time. You clearly have to move fast and avoid the ships of enemies and dodge their bullets. Otherwise, if you happen to get hit, you’ll lose your stars that are rotating around your ship for protection. Once you kill an enemy ship, you will gain that small blue star. So, immediately collect that star and protect yourself.