Colony (1987)
- Download the game as TAP/TZX
- Play the tape for a real Spectrum
- Run the game in an online ZX Spectrum emulator
Colony is a management strategy game released in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. It was published by Bulldog Software and developed by Ste L. Cork.
The game is designed for a single player and features oblique 3D graphics. Players can control the action using a Kempston joystick, Interface 2, cursor keys, or user-definable keys.
The cassette version of the game was priced at £1.99. Colony was also ported to several other systems, including the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and MSX.
The game received an average magazine score of 42.50%. It earned 45% from Crash magazine and a 4/10 rating from Your Sinclair.
The game gained significant attention in Russia, with articles and walkthroughs appearing in magazines like Spectrofon, ZX Doze, and SOSG. It saw nine distinct TR-DOS adaptations and three separate Russian language translations. Cracked cassette versions featuring POKE codes by Aleksandr Poryadin and OAV were also available.
Found 3 cracked versions (releases) of the game


