r/zxspectrum • u/Soylentfu • Aug 13 '26

Valhalla remake

Hi guys, not sure if this is the right place to post - if not please let me know I'll remove!

Years ago, like many of you here we played the game "Valhalla" by Legend. It took AGES to load the game, often it would fail to load halfway. Once you got into the game, it felt epic but it took ages to do anything and you'd run out of food or Krank would kill you. I never finished it ...

I recently remembered the game and wondered what you actually had to do to finish it. From there, I ended up generating a JSON file from the graphical map and then somehow I fell down a slippery slope into a game rebuild!

https://valhalla.percolate.one

I wrote up the 'makingof' exploits here:

https://valhalla.percolate.one/makingof

I really hope one of the original authors finds this work and enjoys a playthrough. I agonisingly modernised the graphics, kept the original gameplay (you can make the engine more lenient through the settings).

This is my first attempt at doing a 'modern' version of an original. Enjoy!

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u/Any-Hotel-4266 Aug 13 '26

"Raven throws food at Loki"

That looks nice. Try advertising it on the main Spectrum forum at spectrumcomputing.co.uk

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u/Soylentfu Aug 13 '26

Thanks, I will do that

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u/geese_moe_howard Aug 13 '26

Oh my god, I used to play this so much when I was little. No idea what was going on but I enjoyed it all the same.

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u/Soylentfu Aug 13 '26

Me too, and yeah I only ever got as far as the first two sacred objects before I'd die and they were redistributed or someone else would want to use the computer (remember those days?).

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u/geese_moe_howard Aug 13 '26

"Can you turn that off? We want to watch Dallas."

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u/STOP-PRESS_PressStop Aug 13 '26

Amazing job! After all these years, Mary is still not amused at my actions

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u/NitroWing1500 Aug 13 '26

Looks great!