Alchemist (1983)

Alchemist was released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. Published by Imagine Software Ltd, the game was developed by Ian Weatherburn, who handled the code and design, alongside in-game graphics artist Paul Lindale and musician Fred Gray.

This single-player arcade adventure supports Cursor, Kempston, and Interface 2 joystick controls. Notably, the game's memory contains unused code fragments from Stonkers, a remnant of the tape duplication process used by the publisher.

The original cassette price was £5.5. The title was developed exclusively for the ZX Spectrum platform.

The game received an average magazine score of 80.83%. It earned a PCG Hit award from Personal Computer Games and achieved an 85% rating in Crash magazine.

In Russia, the game gained recognition through multiple TR-DOS adaptations and a Russian translation by L.S.D.'93 and Ershsoft. Local magazines frequently featured POKE codes to assist players. Cracked cassette versions were also available.