Gherbert Groundhog in Save the Date – A high quality platformer for the ZX Spectrum is now available!

The ZX Spectrum goodness just keeps on coming, as thanks to Saberman who has done many of our retro gaming videos, he has told us that if you head on over to the Putty CAD page linked below, you can now download the latest ZX Spectrum game of ‘Gherbert Groundhog in Save the Date’; A high quality platformer by PuttyCAD (Ric Lumb) and PsychicParrot (Jeff Murray) that will also be available at some point soon as a physical tape through Bitmap Soft. To coincide with this news, Saberman has also done a gameplay video which can be viewed below.

Here is the press release for ‘Gherbert Groundhog in Save the Date’; “PuttyCAD (Ric Lumb) and PsychicParrot (Jeff Murray)have joined forces to release a brand new retro game for the ZXSpectrum which will be published on physical tape by our friends at Bitmap Soft. Find Gherberts objects and return them, one by one, to his burrow before his big date. Avoid the critters and falling acorns. Your lives are shown in the top right, with the number of objects you have collected shown next to it. The current time is shown in the top center of the screen, so keep an eye on it: Gherberts date is due at 8PM and he can’t be late or it’s game over!”