This page was created for the simple reason that it's difficult to keep track of the software catalogue for the Spectrum Next.

My aim is to create an informative collection of entries past, current and future releases. I have painstakenly gather all required assets for each title and have done my best to present them professionally, accurately and fairly as possible. If there are any details missed on this site then please reach out to me on GitHub under the issues section. here

If you have an entry to add or modify then please provide details on a new issue. The guidelines for this information can be found below with an example listing.

Example Listing

1. Background 1 (*bg-1.png)
   The background provides an area of cover when the screen is greater than 1536px. Therefore this is not alway seen but can be a seperate back ground to the main content area background image. A hue value is replicated from Background 2
2. Background 2 (*bg-2.png)
   This is the main content area background image and is set to cover the containing boxed content area so the background image should not rely on being always fully visiable as it will clip with the size of the content and screen width. A hue value of 0-255 can be provided and affects the colourisation of the background. (note: saturation and lightness have been pre-determined)
3. Format (Physical | Digital)
   This is the main content area background image and is set to cover the containing boxed content area so the background image should not rely on being always fully visiable as it will clip with the size of the content and screen width.
4. Format of physical (SM-DVD | SMT-DVD | DVD | SM-BOX | LG-BOX | TAPE)
   If physical media is available then we should provide information on available released formats. There may be one or more available formats.
   • SM-DVD: h:134mm x w:105mm - small DVD case
   • SMT-DVD: h:170mm x w:105mm - small tall DVD case
   • BLURAY: h:1720mm x w:135mm - BluRay case
   • DVD: h:190mm x w:135mm - DVD
   • SM-BOX: up-to h:172mm x w-150mm - small box
   • LG-BOX: at-least h:173mm x w-151mm - large box
   • TAPE: TBC (future use)
5. Availability (Limited edition | While stocks last)
   Sometimes a release is fixed at a limited edition (no re-releases will be made), these types of releases are usually numbered and certificates of authentication or signatures or extra special gifts are provided. This isn't the same as limited production where there could be future releases. If there was both then we would use both labels i.e. "While stocks last + limited edition"
6. Price (Free | Priced)
   If your product is free or priced. If it is both than we use both labels.
7. Release State (In Development | Coming Soon | Released (year))
   Some projects sit in development for a long time. Coming soon titles should have an imminent release date within 6 months ideally. Once a release is done (digital or physical) then we should include the entry within the year. The years entry is listed in alphabetical order. The reason is for both aiding visitor searchability but also because I do not always know day or even month of most titles release dates (sometimes year is even difficult to track down). Year of initial release will always be used regardless of re-releases (this does not include original Spectrum release if this is a remake)
8. Title support text (character limit)
   Extra supportive text such as "free game included" or other info.
9. Game title
   The title of the game i.e. "Indiana and the Temple of Doom"
10. Subtitle
    Some games have a subtitle, this is not "and the Temple of Doom"
11. Description
    Game description. This is ideally in a single paragraph format and should only be approximately 6-10 sentences with no formatting (i.e. bullet points etc).
12. Hero(*hero.png)
    A hero such as a game box, cover design, a decal, logo or other image. Backgrounds should be transparent.
13. Logos (*logo-1.png)
    Various logos and links. The priority focus is always on the publisher. Any developer logo is secondary unless the developer is also the publisher. Multiple publishers should be arranged in order of alphabetical unless told otherwise. This link should only be to the publishers main website (see 15: Purchase links) for an opportunity to share a direct link for purchase/download
14. Screen shots
    3 Screen shots, these may be provided with or without a border. All images should match in width and height so that they scale equally with each other. A minimum width of 320px should be provided.
15. Purchase links
    A link to the website for purchase or download. The link should take the visitor directly to the shop/download page for this software. Sometimes it may be neccessary to provide multiple links depending where a visitor is in the world and provide language options and shipping origins.
    
    The format of the link is as follows: [flag] {country of origin} ({language support})
    
    For example I may be selling my game from the UK with this edition of the game having support for English and French
    
    United Kingdon (English | Français)
    
    while I have a partner selling copies in Italy that sell the game to Itally, Germany and Netherlands
    
    Italy (Italiano | Deutsch | Nederlands)
    
    and a second partner in Portugal providing the game to Portugal and Spain
    
    Portugal (Português | Español)
16. Platform
    This should always be Spectrum Next (depending on the quantity of other systems the game was released on there could be possibility for all other logos but space may be an issue if there are too many)
    
    Ideal example could be: [Spectrum Nex] [Nintendo switch] [Steam]
17. Genres & Keywords
    Genre is a stict classification of the game. There can be multiple genres associated with the title. The Themed keywords provide ancillary tagging for the game with selected keywords and meaninful tags that would aid search (future feature).
18. Social Links
    Facebook, X the social media platform formally known as Twitter (facepalm), itch, and whatever else. These are profile links and shouldn't be duplications of links already covered.