To mark our favourite rubber keyed computer’s birthday, GTA-esque Rival Gangs has had a new release with an update to the classic top down crime sim adding over 20 new missions, new weapons and better AI. All of this goes to make one of the most impressive recent Spectrum games even better.

Rival Gangs EXT is available to buy on Itch.io today and is compatible with all 128K Spectrums and emulators. There is also a free demo version of the first island so you can try that out before spending the tine £3.50 asking price on the full game.

The full list of updates in Rival Gangs EXT is as follows:

  • over 20 missions
  • new weapons and Kill Frenzies
  • greatly improved driver AI – more stealing cars, less getting squished!
  • unlock rewards by completing missions
  • multiple endings
  • map enhancements
  • improvements to NPC behaviours
  • new loading screen by Davey “Sloanysoft” Sloan
  • redefinable controls
  • AY music on title screen

Colin Polonowski
ZX Spectrum user since 1984, Atari ST user since 1990 - as retro as the computers I enjoy. Used to run Atari Times then The Digital Fix.

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