| The Speccies 2 is a puzzlegame for the Sega Master System home console. It is programmed in Z80 in assembler and has 45 levels of hardcore punishment for the brain. |
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Download ROM for use with MAME/Fusion/Meka or whatever emulators people are using these days, lol. (11 kb). |
The Speccies 2 is a remake of a Flashgame called “Pathologic“, but it’s a simple and classic game that has seen many forms and names over the years. My “original” version (of Speccies 2) was originally coded for the 16K ZX Spectrum in 2013, and later also coded for the Taito L System arcade hardware in 2015, but I also coded this version for the Sega Master System in 2018 – and then released it for a competition in 2020, but for some reason I forgot to post it here on my site.
You are The Speccie and you have to move around the board and collect all the shimmering items to complete each level. Beware not to block your own path because once you’ve touched a square you can’t move across it again. There is no time limit, but you have to be careful and plan your way if you want to succeed.
The original Flash version had 50 levels but due to the lower resolution of the Master System screen, some levels were to big and only 45 of the original 50 levels can fit the screen in this version.
Here’s an ingame screenshot from this version of the game.
A screenshot from one of the later screens.
Gameplay description:
You must guide your Speccie across the board and collect all the items. Once you’ve stepped on a square it’ll be made inaccessible and you won’t be able to step on it again, so unless you want to ‘paint yourself a corner’ you may have to plan your route across the board in advance. Or chance it. 😉
The game has 45 screens. You can play the first 36 in any order you want, but the final 9 are only unlocked once you complete the first 36 levels.
Installation:
Just place the SMSpeccies2.sms file in the ROMS folder under whatever emulator you’re using. I have personally tested this in MAME, Fusion & Meka and can confirm that it works on those.
Controls:
Use the joystick and the buttons mentioned on the screen.
Legal Blurb:
This game is FREEWARE and must remain freeware. I would also ask that the game will only be available from this website.
Copyrights:
This remake was programmed by Søren Borgquist – AKA. Sokurah, 2018/2020.
Spectrum graphics designed by Craig Stevenson aka. RedBalloon.
Special credit to sverx who inspired me and helped me start to code for the Sega Master System.
This particular remake is based on “Pathologic“, but it’s a simple and classic game that has seen many forms and names over the years. Thus, copyright for level designs in this game belongs to the makers of Pathologic while all graphics and code in the remake belongs to Søren Borgquist and Craig Stevenson.
Gameplay-wise this game is finished, but when I released it for a competition I hastily added some music and a few sound effects that I found in other games. Since this was 5 years ago, I honestly don’t remember where I “borrowed” those things from. If they’re yours, please let me know and I will add your credits to this page.
I should also say, that the music and sound effects were only meant to be temporary and it could certainly benefit for more and better sfx, but it’ll probably have to stay the way it is.
Version history.
v1.0 – October 2018.
v1.1 – March 2020 (music and sfx added).
