A Guide to ZX81 Games - 1981 to 1985

By Shaun McClure

A Guide to ZX81 Games - 1981 to 1985

This massive tome (over 770 pages) is a complete retrospective of every ZX81 game we could track down (all 257 of them) from the machine's early-'80s heyday. Each with in-game screenshots and, where possible, original cassette artwork. Written with humour and (mostly) respect, this is a nostalgic deep dive into a pioneering era-before slightly more powerful machines took over, and flooded the world with colour and sound.

Featuring interviews with key developers and company CEOs of the time, offering rare insight into how these games were created, designed, and brought to market in the days before dedicated game shops even existed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GWQ4DTKZ
• ISBN13: 9798245532721
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 780 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"