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Green Beret: a documented ZX Spectrum disassembly

Green Beret documents reverse-engineered assembly for the 1986 ZX Spectrum conversion. Its notes explain an eight-character scrolling region, reusable sprite masks and compressed level-map blocks, alongside the assembly source.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 12
Last commit: 2025-01-03
Language: Assembly

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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@misc{zx-spectrum-green-beret-disassembly-case,
  title = {{Green Beret: a documented ZX Spectrum disassembly}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Paulie68000/ZXSpectrumGreenBeret}},
  url = {https://github.com/Paulie68000/ZXSpectrumGreenBeret},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/zx-spectrum-green-beret-disassembly-case/}}
}

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Green Beret: a documented ZX Spectrum disassembly. https://github.com/Paulie68000/ZXSpectrumGreenBeret (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/zx-spectrum-green-beret-disassembly-case/

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Readme.md GitHub · Paulie68000/ZXSpectrumGreenBeret · Revision 0064845