Julian Gollop and his co-developers made this cross between his Rebelstar games, and his Chaos fantasy game, way back in 1990.

That was quite late in the Spectrum‘s life, and therefore this is one of its last truly great titles released for Sir Clive’s little black box.

Fantasy and magic, meets turn-based combat. What more could you ask for?

More: Lords of Chaos on Wikipedia

Lords of Chaos ZX Spectrum Loading Screen

Mallo the Wizard with 21 Experience Points to spend.

Conjuring a unicorn to calm the situation down.

Tactical map of the current situation.

Mallo is stuck in the bushes trying to pick something up.

Bashing a Giant Spider outside this building.

Walk into Shadow Wood?

Time for player two to make their move.

Overhead view of the gardens, stream, and surrounding area.

Enemy spotted loitering by this open chest.

Let battle commence!

Enemy spotted on the ground. Four of them.

Enemy spotted on the ground. Two horned demons.