Software - Character Definition Files

The following presents a selection of character definition files for use with the Chroma Program Enhancement Creator and ZX ROM Cartridge Creator utilities. Click the icons to download the programs and character definition files.

Chroma configuration switch 4 must be set to on in order to display the alternate character sets using QS Character Board mode, or Chroma configuration switch 3 must be set to on in order to display the alternate character sets using CHR$128 mode.

Programs

The following are character definition files for various games and programs.

			QS Scramble (definitions extracted from the character loader program included with the game) Program: Quicksilva (1982) Characters: Quicksilva (1982)						QS Asteroids (definitions extracted from the character loader program included with the game) Program: Quicksilva (1982) Characters: Quicksilva (1982) Video Review
			Jetpac 81 Program: J. R. Todd (1983) Characters: Rod Bell & Paul Farrow (2017) Colourisation: Rod Bell (2017)						Galaxy Jailbreak Program: Romik Software (1983) Characters: Rod Bell (2017) Colourisation: Rod Bell (2017)
			Meteor Storm Program: dK'tronics (1982) Characters: Rod Bell (2017) Colourisation: Rod Bell (2017)						Invasion Force Program: Artic Computing (1982) Characters: Rod Bell (2017) Colourisation: Rod Bell (2017)
			Krazy Kong Program: PSS (1982) Characters: Rod Bell & Paul Farrow (2017) Colourisation: Rod Bell & Paul Farrow (2017)						Centipede Program: LLamasoft (1982) Characters: Rod Bell (2017) Colourisation: Rod Bell (2017)
			Galaxy Invaders (Cassette 4) Program: Michael Orwin (1982) Characters: Rod Bell (2018) Colourisation: Rod Bell & Paul Farrow (2018)						ZX-Scramble (Cassette 4) Program: Michael Orwin (1982) Characters: Rod Bell (2018) Colourisation: Rod Bell (2018)
			Bomber (G13) Program: Sinclair Research Ltd (1982) Characters: Rod Bell & Paul Farrow (2018) Colourisation: Rod Bell & Paul Farrow (2018)						Loderunner Program: Johan Koelman (2018) Characters: Kelly Murta (2018) Colourisation: Kelly Murta (2018)
			Cellular Automata - Bush Fire Program: Gregory Harder (2020) Characters: Gregory Harder (2020) Colourisation: Gregory Harder (2020)						Cellular Automata - Forest Fire Program: Gregory Harder (2020) Characters: Gregory Harder (2020)) Colourisation: Gregory Harder (2020)
			Shogun Program: Dr Beep (2022) Characters: Dr Beep (2022)

Fonts

A number of font character sets are available, which may be used as the basis for creating character definition files for games and programs:

			Space Age Font Characters: Paul Farrow (2017)						Boxy Font Characters: Paul Farrow (2017)
			Arcade Font Characters: Paul Farrow (2017)						Video Game Font Characters: Paul Farrow (2017)
			Data-70 Font Characters: Paul Farrow (2017)						Kemco Font Characters: Paul Farrow (2017)
			Grand Font Characters: Paul Farrow (2017)						Pixel-5 Font Characters: Paul Farrow (2017)
			Pixel-5 Outline Font Characters: Paul Farrow (2017)						Sinclair Font Characters: Paul Farrow (2017)
			Pixelig Cursief Font Characters: Paul Farrow (2017)

A massive collection of other fonts collated by Greg Harder can be found at Sinclair ZX World.