Call Me Psycho

Call Me Psycho is a side-scrolling run-and-gun shooter developed by Backroom Software and published by Pirate Software in 1988 . Professor Hans de Jaberwocky is holding the world for ransom—either give him £100,000,000, twenty BMX Bikes, and a bucket of shiny pebbles, or he will activate seven Doomsday Devices wiping out humanity . You play as S1021/K0987 (nickname "Psycho"), a Mega-Battle Droid tasked with finding all seven devices across seven flick-screen levels . Each level requires moving from left to right, searching for the device while battling enemies . Weapons include a pistol plus collectible bazooka, M-16, and flamethrower, each with limited ammo . Touching enemies drains an energy gauge; food replenishes it . Shoot the device's power supply, then find a submarine to escape .

ZX Spectrum

Released in 1987 by Pirate Software, developed by Binary Dynamics (Martyn Hartley, Paul Scrivin) on 48K machines . The Spectrum version is a flick-screen action game with four weapons and the same humorous premise. Graphics were rated 60% by MicroHobby magazine, with movement scoring 70%—described as having "certain quality" without major surprises . The game preserves the energy gauge system and submarine level exits. Sound is basic Spectrum beeper effects. Difficulty received 90% from MicroHobby, calling it "devilishly hard," while addiction scored 90%—noting high playability despite medium technical quality . The game was also released in the "Pirate 3+3" compilation for ZX Spectrum 128 +3 . A fun but extremely challenging run-and-gun title for Spectrum owners.