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Seraphima developed by ZOSYA entertainment and released at Yandex Retro Games Battle in 2023 as part of a game dev competition.

Spectrum 128k

The authors web store is closed to those outside Russia at this time but this game was made freely available and can be downloaded from alternate spectrum game sites. Strangely it doesn't seem to appear on the official Zosya site (or I couldn't find it at least)

https://zxart.ee/eng/software/game/arcade/adventure/seraphima/serafima/

Another very slick spectrum game from Zosya Entertainment, back with there own stylised gfx style to show what a spectrum game can be in the right hands. Large colourful sprites with minimal colour clash. The most striking effect is probably all the multi layer scrolling going on to produce a believable parallax scrolling effect.

The game is an action adventure with slight puzzle element. Figure out where each door takes you, find objects and figure out where to use them.

Whist I have completed the game, it is not clear to me if it is the proper or good ending as I cant see away to unlock another and not for lack of trying different things. The game has far more coins than you apparently need so I don't know what they are all about. There are no more messages at the oracle.

Overall then, a nice game, not overly difficult but somehow feels unfinished. Most of the game is spend getting fully powered up to quickly dispense of one boss that blocks your exit to the top and once there its all taken away.

00:00:00 Title Screen
00:01:10 Game - leading to normal/bad ending ?
00:43:37 Game leading to a not quite as bad ending?