What's New

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

- Minor bug fixes

App Description

Firebird was a leading developer of games for the 8-bit ZX Spectrum, one of the earliest commercially successful home computers. Now you can play their groundbreaking game Elite and over 20 more games from their catalogue on your iOS device!

Games included with the base app:
- Elite
- Exodus
- Hardball
- Mr. Freeze
- Run Baby Run
- Terra Force
- The Wild Bunch
- Willow Pattern

Games available as in-app purchases:
- Buggy Blast
- Byte Bitten
- Chimera
- Cholo
- Costa Capers
- Crazy Caverns
- Don't Panic
- Gyron
- Menace
- Rasputin
- Runestone
- The Sentinel
- Thunderbirds
- Viking Raiders

App Features:
• Universal App - runs on iPhone, iPod and iPad
• Supports iPhone 5 and iPod touch 5th generation screen
• Play in portrait or landscape orientations
• Save your game progress (four saved game slots + one iCloud saved game slot per game)
• Save your progress to iCloud from one device (e.g. iPod) and load to continue playing on another (e.g. iPad)
• Enter pokes (cheats) for infinite lives, shields etc.
• Lookup game hints, tips and maps
• Play in black and white with TV screen simulation for the ultimate 1980s experience!
• Type on a virtual ZX Spectrum keyboard
• Use an external Bluetooth keyboard for playing adventure games
• Choose authentic cassette loading or fast play
• Enjoy high resolution graphics on Retina screens
• Play using an external arcade controller (iCade or iControlPad)

iPhone Screenshots

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Firebird Spectaculator (ZX Spectrum) screenshot 1 Firebird Spectaculator (ZX Spectrum) screenshot 2 Firebird Spectaculator (ZX Spectrum) screenshot 3 Firebird Spectaculator (ZX Spectrum) screenshot 4 Firebird Spectaculator (ZX Spectrum) screenshot 5

iPad Screenshots

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Firebird Spectaculator (ZX Spectrum) screenshot 6 Firebird Spectaculator (ZX Spectrum) screenshot 7 Firebird Spectaculator (ZX Spectrum) screenshot 8 Firebird Spectaculator (ZX Spectrum) screenshot 9 Firebird Spectaculator (ZX Spectrum) screenshot 10

App Changes

  • February 12, 2016 Initial release
  • February 20, 2016 Price increase: $0.99 -> $1.99
  • March 13, 2016 New version 1.1

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