Sinclair QL Games

Please note that these games are for the Sinclair QL computer (or emulators). If you are looking for low-cost games to run on the PC, please refer to our dedicated PC (Windows) based pages.

One of the growth areas of computing is retro-games, allowing people to play arcade games which they remember from their youth and also capturing the hearts of some of the new gaming generation.

RWAP Services is able to provide various re-releases of several arcade games originally produced for the Sinclair QL, allowing you to recall your youth and those hazy days of the mid to late 1980s when computers were just beginning to make their presence felt in the home and computer games had just emerged from an era of a couple of lines and a dot on the TV screen to represent a game of tennis.

You might also like to see if there is any second hand games software which may interest you. Another option, would be to download one of the excellent ZX Spectrum emulators for the Sinclair QL and use it to run the wide range of games which were produced for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum - we ourselves have a wide range of second hand programs for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

Q-Word - a brand new game for the Sinclair QL which will revolutionise leisure software - this will make the most of the new graphics modes available on the latest versions of the Sinclair QL, such as the Aurora motherboard, the Q40 and Q60 computers and emulators such as QPC, whilst a version for original QLs will also be made available. The aim of the game is simple - you need to clear a grid of letters by making as many words as you can from consecutive letters in the grid. Points are awarded depending on the letters used as well as the length of the word.

PC Users can play a demo of this program, which can be downloaded from our dedicated QWord page.

Jungle Eddi (Arcade Game) 256K ** re- released Dec '04 **
Review: QL World Dec'86
Another superb arcade game light relief over the long winter months, Jungle Eddi includes the best features of an outdoor maze and elements of risk to sustain your interest.

Two levels of play are provided as the initial options which determine the speed of character movement and your reaction time. Local scenery and background throughout the game occurs in a hundred smoothly-changing, random obstacle layouts - no two successive games are exactly the same.

Well-balanced in terms of action, risks, elements of judgment - to jump or not to jump - and movement options, you have opportunities of gaining lives as you, in the tradition of Tarzan, jump from ground to branch or through the trees to capture the flying hearts. At the same time you must avoid poisonous snakes, scorpions and tortoises, or falling to your death into crevasses or drowning in the evil, smelly marshes.

Points are gained by capturing flying bells, numbers and pigmy stickmen versions of Tinkerbell, or is it Peter Pan? If Eddi is on the ground, he can be killed by greenfly or, if he jumps, the greenfly are worth 200 points. Pinkfly can either push you to your death or cause you to jump.

NB: Does not work under Pointer Environment or SMSQ/e !!

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Jungle Eddi Arcade Game for Sinclair QL

Open Golf (Golf Program) 384K
Review: QL World Dec'90, QL Leisure Review 1, QReview Vol 1 Iss 4, Quanta Oct '98
Do you enjoy playing golf, but cannot afford the club fees or just cannot face going out into the howling rain to play a round? No ?? Then do you have an hour or two spare and would like to find something to fill the gap ?? In either of these cases, this is the program for you.
Open Golf is an excellent implementation of a classic game - select the correct club for your shot and watch the overhead shot as the ball flies through the air. With 50 18-hole golf courses to choose from and close up 3-D shots of the you making your swing, or on the putting green, this has lots of features to keep the whole family entertained.
You don't need to be a real golfer to play this one, it is well designed and easy to handle, taking account of swing, power and wind effects; it takes some thought to get a hole in one!!

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Open Golf Game for Sinclair QL
QuizMaster II (Pub Quiz Program) 128K
Review: QL World Jan 89, QReview Vol 1 Iss 2
Quick... Which Actor Starred in Three Way Stretch and The Pink Panther??
QuizMaster II is a colourful implementation of a Pub Quiz game, with two modules of questions currently available, each containing over 300 questions. Both modules, a General Knowledge Module and a TV & Film Module, are supplied with the program. Other modules will hopefully be released if demand dictates.
Each question appears on screen one letter at a time and you can either play another human player to see who can be the first to get the answer (selected from four options) or just play against the clock.
With the ability to easily add your own question modules, this is good all-round family entertainment.

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Quizmaster II Game for Sinclair QL
Stone Raider II (Boulderdash Clone) 128K
Review: QL World Feb'87, Micro Mart March 2004 (8/10)
This is a very colourful implementation of a Boulderdash game, popular with younger users. You play the part of a miner, trying to collect all of the hexogems from around an abandoned mine. However, there are various obstacles in your way which will try to kill you - not only are you racing against time, but you also have to deal with falling rocks, JCB diggers, toxic waste and mutant creatures.
With 32 large multi-scrolling screens, this should keep everyone entertained for quite some time.

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StoneRaider II Game for Sinclair QL
Hoverzone (Defender Clone) 128K
Review: QL World Jan'88, Micro Mart March 2004 (8/10)
This is a fast and furious implementation of a popular old arcade game. You control a space ship flying around the surface of a planet, as hoardes of invading aliens attempt to reach the surface and pick up the inhabitants of the planet. You have to shoot the aliens, before they get back to their mothership with the people which they capture and use them to mutate into even more deadly aliens. With lots of levels and plenty of action, this should provide hours of fun.
Not currently QPC or Q40 SMSQ/E compatible, but PC, Mac and UNIX users can use either the Shareware QeMulator QL emulator or the public domain QLAY /QL2K emulators to run this. More details. Q40 users can use Classic QDOS to run this program.

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Hoverzone Game for Sinclair QL
Deathstrike (Scramble Clone) 128K
This could be seen as the follow-up to Hoverzone. Written by Damon Chaplin, this is yet another fast and furious arcade game, based on "Scramble". Here you are flying through a tight network of underground caverns, trying to find and destroy the alien base and their mothership. The caverns are defended by radar controlled missiles and alien spaceships. Can you survive the maze and reach the end? Lots of colour, and lots of fun.
Not currently QPC, Q40 SMSQ/E or SuperHERMES keyboard compatible, but PC, Mac and UNIX users can use either the Shareware QeMulator QL emulator or the public domain QLAY / QL2K emulators to run this. More details. Q40 users can use Classic QDOS to run this program.
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Deathstrike Game for Sinclair QL
QL Flightdeck (Small Plane Flight Simulator)
Download Demo Version
Review: QL World V2 Iss 12, QL World Dec 89
This is no simple flight simulator for the QL. It is based on a twin engined passenger jet flying around a 'world' of various airports and landscape features. The worlds can be edited and changed to suit your own flying skills as you progress.
The view is from the cockpit, with shaded 3d views of the world outside the window, with VHF omni-directional range and distance equipment, automatic direction finding and an instrument landing system to aid you in your flight, just like a real pilot!

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FlightDeck Flight Simulator for Sinclair QL