ZX81 Games

The following is a list of 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 101 ZX81 Games in our collection :
Order By : Title - Release Date - Publisher
10 Games 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

1K ZX Chess Date: February 1983 1K ZX Chess

Sinclair ZX 81 1K ZX Chess from Artic Softwar

Software House: Artic
Author:

3D Defender Date: 1981 3D Defender

Software House: J K Greye
Author:

3D Defender - Games Tape 5 (early version) Date: 1981 3D Defender - Games Tape 5 (early version)

Software House: J K Greye
Author:

3D Monster Maze Date: 1981 3D Monster Maze

A 3D maze with monsters in it blocking your wa

Software House: J K Greye
Author: Malcolm E. Evans

3D Monster Maze (Colour Sleeve) Date: 1981 3D Monster Maze (Colour Sleeve)

A 3D maze with monsters in it blocking your wa

Software House: J K Greye
Author: J K Greye

3D Warrior Date: 1982 3D Warrior

Software House: New Generation Software
Author:

3D3D Date: 3D3D

Software House: DKtronics
Author: DKtronics

Adventure A: Planet of Death Date: 1981 Adventure A: Planet of Death

 

Software House: Sinclair
Author:

Adventure C: The Ship of Doom Date: 1981 Adventure C: The Ship of Doom

 

Software House: Sinclair
Author:

AM ZXFile Date: 1982 AM ZXFile

ZX81 Data Handling System

Software House: Amsoft
Author: Amsoft

Avenger Date: 1982 Avenger

 

Software House: Abacus
Author:

Backgammon Date: 1982 Backgammon

A great program, using fast and efficient machine code, with graphics board, rolling dice, and doubling dice

Software House: Psion
Author:

Black Star Date: 1983 Black Star

 

Software House: Quicksilva
Author:

Breakout Date: 1982 Breakout

 

Software House: J K Greye Software
Author: J K Greye

Breakout 3 Date: 1982 Breakout 3

 

Software House: Axis
Author:

Brick-stop Date: 1982 Brick-stop

 

Software House: CDS Micro Systems
Author:

Cassette 4 Date: 1982 Cassette 4

Contains: Gunfight ZX scramble Snakebite Funaloids Invaders Life 3d Tic-tac-toe Galaxy Invaders

Software House: M. Orwin
Author: Various

Cassette 50 Date: 1983 Cassette 50

Software House: Cascade
Author:

Catacombs Date: 1981 Catacombs

"A multi level graphics adventure

Software House: J. K. Greye Software
Author: J. K. Greye Software

Centipede Date: 1982 Centipede

Software House: LLamasoft!!
Author:

Champions! Date: Champions!

 

Software House: Peaksoft
Author:

Chess Date: 1982 Chess

Micro-Gen Ches

Software House: Micro-Gen
Author:

Chess (Micro-Gen) Date: 1982 Chess (Micro-Gen)

Software House: Micro-Gen
Author:

City Patrol Date: Unknown City Patrol

Software House: Macronics
Author:

Collector's Pack 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

Software House: Sinclair
Author: ICL

Comp-U-Share Date: Comp-U-Share

Software House: Micro Mega
Author:

Computacalc ZX Date: 1981 Computacalc ZX

 

Software House: Silicon Kicks
Author:

Constellation Date: 1981 Constellation

 

Software House: Bug-Byte
Author:

Counter Attack Date: Counter Attack

 

Software House: Woodside
Author:

Damper/Glooper Date: 1983 Damper/Glooper

 

Software House: Quicksilva
Author:

English Literature 2 Date: 1982 English Literature 2

Who wrote 'Song of the Shirt'? Which playwright also played cricket for England? Programs: Poets Playwrights Modern Authors

Software House: ICL
Author:

Family Quiz 6 Date: 1981 Family Quiz 6

Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Quiz 3 Quiz 4

Software House: Sinclair research
Author:

Fantasy Games Date: 1982 Fantasy Games

Two games: Perilous Swamp: rescue a beautiful princess from the evil wizard

Software House: Psion
Author:

Flight Simulation 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

Football Manager 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

Forty Niner Date: Unknown Forty Niner

Software House: Software Farm
Author:

Fun To Learn: Geography 1 Date: 1982 Fun To Learn: Geography 1

Software House: International Computers
Author: International Computers

Fun To Learn: Music 1 Date: 1982 Fun To Learn: Music 1

Which instrument does James Galway play? Who composed 'Peter Grimes'? Two programs: Composers Musicians

Software House: International Computers
Author: International Computers

GamesTape 2 Date: 1981 GamesTape 2

Made up of 3 games: Starfighter, Pyramid and Artis

Software House: J.K Greye Software
Author: Various

Geography 1 Date: 1982 Geography 1

The computer shows you a map and a list of towns

Software House: ICL
Author:

Gulp Date: 1982 Gulp

 

Software House: Campbell Systems
Author:

History 1 Date: History 1

From 1066 to 1981, find out when important events occurred

Software House: ICL
Author:

How to program the ZX81 Date: 1981 How to program the ZX81

Sessions 1 to 5 Comes with workbook

Software House: International Computers Ltd
Author: ICL

Intermediate English 1 Date: Unknown Intermediate English 1

 

Software House: Rose Software
Author:

Invasion Force Date: Invasion Force

Software House: Artic Software
Author:

Inventions 1 Date: 1982 Inventions 1

Who invented television? What was the dangerous 'Lucifer'? Two programs: Inventions before 1850 Inventions since 1850

Software House: ICL / WH Smith
Author:

Krazy Kong Date: Unknown Krazy Kong

Software House: PSS
Author:

Labyrinth Date: 1981 Labyrinth

Software House: Axis
Author:

Labyrinth (White Cover) Date: 1981 Labyrinth (White Cover)

Software House: Axis
Author: Axis

Leapfrog Date: Unknown Leapfrog

Software House: CDS Micro
Author:

Magnus Date: 1982 Magnus

 

Software House: Collins Computing
Author:

Mazogs Date: 1982 Mazogs

 For the Sinclair ZX81 16K  

Software House: Bug Byte
Author:

Monopoly Date: 1981 Monopoly

The board game recreated for the ZX Spectrum

Software House: Leisure Genius
Author:

Night Gunner 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

Planetoids Date: 1981 Planetoids

Software House: Macronics
Author:

QS Asteroids Date: 1981 QS Asteroids

Software House: Quicksilva
Author:

QS Asteroids (Early version) Date: 1981 QS Asteroids (Early version)

Software House: Quicksilva
Author:

QS Defenda Date: 1982 QS Defenda

 

Software House: Quicksilva
Author:

QS Defender (Early version) Date: 1982 QS Defender (Early version)

Early version

Software House: Quicksilva
Author: Quicksilva

QS Invaders Date: 1982 QS Invaders

 

Software House: Quicksilva
Author:

QS Invaders (Early cover) Date: 1982 QS Invaders (Early cover)

Different cover, maybe early version

Software House: Quicksilva
Author: Quicksilva

QS Scramble Date: 1982 QS Scramble

Software House: Quicksilva
Author:

Reversi Date: 1981 Reversi

Software House: Sinclair
Author:

Rocket Man Date: Unknown Rocket Man

Software House: Software Farm
Author:

Roman Empire Date: 1982 Roman Empire

Software House: Collins Computing
Author:

Rubik Cube Date: Unknown Rubik Cube

Software House: CDS Micro Systems
Author:

Sabotage Date: 1982 Sabotage

The Guard must protect the ammunition

Software House: Macronics
Author:

Ship of Doom Date: Unknown Ship of Doom

Software House: Artic Computing
Author:

Sinclair ZX81 1K Games 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:

Sinclair ZX81 Chess Date: 1982 Sinclair ZX81 Chess

16K version

Software House: Psion
Author:

Sinclair ZX81 Games (Rose) Date: Sinclair ZX81 Games (Rose)

Software House: Rose Cassettes
Author: Rose Cassettes

Sinclair ZX81 Junior Education 1 Date: 1981 Sinclair ZX81 Junior Education 1

Including CrashMultiplyTrainFractionsAdd SubDivisionSpellin

Software House:
Author:

Sinclair ZX81 Junior Education 3 Date: 1981 Sinclair ZX81 Junior Education 3

Software House:
Author:

Sinclair ZX81 Junior Education 5 Date: 1981 Sinclair ZX81 Junior Education 5

Including MathsBalanceVolumesAveragesBasesTem

Software House:
Author:

Sinclair ZX81 Software 1 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

Sinclair ZX81 Software Cassette 1 - Games 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 ZX81 Software Cassette 2 - Junior Education: 7-11 year-olds 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 ZX81 Software Cassette 3 - Business Date: 1981 Sinclair ZX81 Software Cassette 3 - Business

For ZX81 (and ZX80 with 8K BASIC ROM) with 16K RAM pack

Software House: Sinclair
Author:

Sinclair ZX81 Software Cassette 4 - Games 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
Author:

Sinclair ZX81 Software Cassette 5 - Junior Education: 9-11 year-olds Date: 1981 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 gives your score out of 10

Software House: Sinclair
Author:

Snake Kink Date: Snake Kink

 

Software House: No Man's Land
Author:

Space Invaders Date: Space Invaders

Software House: DKtronics
Author: DKtronics

Space Invaders / Space Rescue Date: 1981 Space Invaders / Space Rescue

 

Software House: Macronics
Author:

Super Programs Date: 1982 Super Programs

Software House: ICL
Author: ICL

Super Programs 1 Date: 1981 Super Programs 1

Five games programs plus easy conversion between pints/gallons and litres

Software House: ICL
Author:

Super Programs 2 Date: 1981 Super Programs 2

Five games plus easy conversion between inches/feet/yards and centimetres/metres

Software House: ICL
Author:

Super Programs 3 Date: 1981 Super Programs 3

Five games plus currency conversion at will - for example, dollars to pounds

Software House: ICL
Author:

Super Programs 4 Date: 1981 Super Programs 4

Five games plus easy conversion between miles per gallon and European fuel consumption figures

Software House: ICL
Author: Various

Super Programs 5 Date: 1981 Super Programs 5

Five games plus easy conversion between English and continental dress sizes

Software House: ICL
Author:

Super Programs 6 Date: 1981 Super Programs 6

Six games making full use of the ZX81's moving graphics capability

Software House: ICL
Author:

Super Programs 7 Date: 1982 Super Programs 7

Collection of 6 games for the ZX81: Racetrack Chase NIM Tower of Hanoi Docking the Spaceship Golf

Software House: ICL
Author: ICL

Test Your Knowledge of World Cup Football Date: 1982 Test Your Knowledge of World Cup Football

Quiz program for the 16K ZX8

Software House: MA Smith
Author: M.A.Smith

Thro' The Wall / Scramble Date: Unknown Thro' The Wall / Scramble

Software House: Psion
Author:

Volcanic Dungeon / Hangman Date: Unknown Volcanic Dungeon / Hangman

Software House: Carnell Software
Author:

ZX Chess I Date: 1982 ZX Chess I

Improved Version with new feature

Software House: Artic Computing Ltd
Author: Artic

ZX Galaxians / Sword of Peace Date: Unknown ZX Galaxians / Sword of Peace

Software House: Artic Computing
Author:

ZX Letters Date: ZX Letters "Helvetica"

For Sinclair ZX81 with 16K RAM and ZX printer

Software House:
Author:

ZX81 Adventure Tape No.1 Date: 1982 ZX81 Adventure Tape No.1

Three adventures :  Greddy Gulch, Pharoah's Tomb and Magic Mountain

Software House: Phipps Associates
Author: Phipps

ZXAS - Machine Code Assembler 1981 Date: 1981 ZXAS - Machine Code Assembler 1981

 

Software House: Bug-Byte
Author:

ZXAS - Machine Code Assembler(Early version) Date: 1981 ZXAS - Machine Code Assembler(Early version)

 

Software House: Bug-Byte
Author:

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