Reginald and the She Vampires
A downloadable game
An Amstrad CPC Remake/reboot of, and sequel to the 1987 game "Mr Weems and the She Vampires" by Dave Moore (c) 2025.
2nd January 2026: v1.1.1 released.
Bugfixes and Changes in this version:
- Increased Damage from Monsters
- Instructions Screen now returnable early by a keypress
- increased diplay duration of all intermediate screens (due to timing issues with some CRTCs sometimes these screens disappeared too quickly)
- Game hints are displayed for longer and no longer can be dismissed by a keypress.
The game is now COMPLETE barring any breaking bugs or similar.
Needs Disc-based CPC or an emulator that supports DSK format.
REG1.DSK contains the story/intro, and REG2.DSK contains the main game. both can be loaded with DISC.BAS. The story/intro will ask for the second disc, once it has played through. The main game can be loaded directly from the second DSK, also via DISC.BAS.
Full source code available under the GPL2 at https://github.com/davemoore22/cpcreg
If there was a TAPE INLAY this is what it would display:
You are young Weems, and you are looking for your uncle, Mr Weems, who has been kidnapped by the She Vampires and their foul minions!
Armed with your trusty shotgun, and a case of holy water (and some extra blood just in case!), it is time to rescue your uncle and kick some undead arse!
You should avoid the open graves with your name on them and blast the canopic urns; then smash the creepy sarcophagi, and stick your tongue out at the weird ominous statues!
Search for keys to open the creaky doors to retrieve the ancient relics you will need to destroy the evil lich phylacteries so you can confront the dread vampire queen, and obliterate her before your uncle becomes one of the dreaded undead!
Default Controls:
SPACE: fire shell
B: garlic bomb
CTRL: pause game
ESC: quit game
Download
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Development log
- Version 1.1.1 released16 days ago
- Version 1.1 released33 days ago
- Version 1.0.2 released37 days ago
- Version 1.0.1 released38 days ago
- Version 1.0.0 released41 days ago
- Beta #3 Released43 days ago
- Victory/Endgame being Implemented44 days ago
- Source Code Available44 days ago
Comments
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OK, this is just itch's automated nonsense being nonsensical. It is picking up that a lot of my traffic comes from Discord, and that's raising a false alarm.
I have appealed and keep appealing every time this happens, but itch just say it's automatic. And there's nothing they can do. Usually it clears up by itself after a few hours.
The game dsks are also available on Github (link on game page).
Thanks mate, downloaded anyway, looking forward to giving them a whirl and reviewing them on my channel for you :)
This seems like an interesting game. But itch.io is warning me not to download because of suspicious behaviour on this page, such as files being zipped.
Hopefully this matter can be cleared up, as this looks like an excellent use of the CPC palette.
OK, as above, this is just itch's automated nonsense being nonsensical. It is picking up that a lot of my traffic comes from Discord, and that's raising a false alarm.
I have appealed and keep appealing every time this happens, but itch just say it's automatic. And there's nothing they can do. Usually it clears up by itself after a few hours.
The game dsks are also available on Github (link on game page) if you don't want to get them from here.
Hi, your game is great but at level 4 the passage is blocked by a tomb which makes any progression impossible, probably a small bug to fix.(v1.1)🥺
OK, just check if you can walk though that tomb, as I vaguely recall that I left that in there as a "fake" out, as a mild nod to the original with its ludicrous invisible teleporting tiles!
Impossible to get through, even using a bomb.
Oooh ok, I'll sort that out, thank you!
Can I just check, if you're using v1.1?
Here is the SNR of the game where it's bugging out.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gq5ylJOEbhVN6i3IlpAkOaoFgebq9UMp/view?usp=shari...
Figured out what is going on. You need to go round the other way in that level (there's a way through if you come from the north). That way is blocked, and it was so in the original game.
Nice but difficult game that seems to run a little too fast. Our German-language review can be found at 05:18:45. English subtitles are also available. Subscribing to our YouTube and Twitch channels is welcome. 🙂
There will be a future version with an easier and slower difficulty level :)
You done an Amazing Job, the color Palette is So good!
thank you!
very good
Thank you!
Awesome game!
Thank you!
Wow, you’ve made great use of the CPC colour palette, it looks fantastic.
In-game I struggle a bit with the player character’s fine movements: he moves very fast and it’s hard to be precise, especially when there are lots of enemies around him.
Also, could you let the “Dead” screen stay a bit longer? It disappears too quickly, and it’s a really nice one! :)
Thank you. Look out for fixes for this sort of thing in the final version.
Your game is looking fantastic, keep it up, cheers!
Thank you!