Recomp / Games / ZX Spectrum
Head over Heels
Free and open-source remake of the isometric game Head over Heels by Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond.
Rewrite Human-led releasedFacts
- Original
- Head over Heels (1987)
- Platform
- ZX Spectrum
- Method
- Rewrite
- Provenance
- Human-led · Repo created 2016, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
- Status
- released
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Team
- dougmencken
- Started
- 2016-10
- Runs on
- Windows, Linux, macOS
- Needs the original
- No
How to get it legally
Download it from the official repository. No original files are needed.
This project was rebuilt by dougmencken. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.
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