Wycheweald by Red Zebra
Wycheweald is a first-person role-playing adventure game for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum featuring exploration, minor puzzles and turn-based combat.
It’s designed to run on 48K and 128K machines.The 48K version does not have the music or NPC portraits and the dialogue is heavily cut down.
Features
- Scrolling, textured 3D world and sprites
- Animated combat
- Auto-map and mini-map
Quick Controls
The game is completely controlled via keyboard and the keys cannot be redefined.
ForwardW7UpMove forward.Turn backS6DownTurn 180 degrees.Turn leftA5LeftTurn 90 degrees left.Turn rightD8RightTurn 90 degrees right.InteractE0SpaceTalk/use/examine.InventoryIView and use/equip items.OptionsOGame settings, load/save.MapMMap, objective (128K).Lamp on/offLProvides light.RepositionPMove character positions.Toggle musicVMusic on/off (128K).
Pressing 1 to 4 will open the Character Sheet for the corresponding position. Here you view character statistics and spend Skill Points (SP) to unlock new abilities.Combat and other menus are operated by following the prompts in the message window.
Over-clocking
If you are using a ZX Spectrum Next or similar that can run software over-clocked you can adjust the rendering speed and BEEPer sound effect timing.
In the main/options menu:
- Select Sound Speed Setting and set to match the CPU over-clock multiple (3.5Mhz = x1, 7Mhz = x2, 14Mhz = x4, 28Mhz = x8).
- Select Movement Speed Setting and set to a finer/slower setting.
- Select Text Speed Settings and set to a slower setting.
Tape file images
The .zip file contains two .tap files.A fast loading tape (wycheweald.tap) and a slow loading tape (wycheweald_slow_load.tap).Both tape files load the 48K and 128K versions (extra memory is taken advantage of when it’s available).The slow-load tape image was included as (in my experience) fast loaders are more prone to tape loading errors.