L'Abbaye des Morts

L'Abbaye des Morts is a platformer game released in 2010 designed and developed by Locomalito. L'Abbaye des Morts can be described as a free, optional donation game and can be played on the following operating systems: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, Spectrum ZX.

“Faith will be your only weapon in this platformer styled like a Spectrum ZX game. Black backgrounds, one color sprites and 1 bit sounds are a proper fit with the story, because the lack of details force imagination to do it's magic.” - Locomalito

Review by Freeware Database:

“L' Abbaye des Morts (The Abbey of the Dead) is another excellent game from the creator of Hydorah and 8-Bit Killer, a 2D platformer that draws inspiration from classics such as Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy. Here you play as Jean Raymond, a preacher who escapes to an abandoned church after being chased by a group of crusaders. Following the instructions on parchments left behind by past occupants of the building, Jean must seek out and collect the twelve cathar crosses before he can escape from his pursuers.“

L'Abbaye des Morts key features:

go back when the Spectrum ZX was a thing
retro-styled fixed-screen platform
the difficulty is fair: a bit less unforgiving than the old platformers I remeber
retro soundtrack, for the ones who enjoy such things