Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Nebulus

Title	Nebulus
First release	1987
Developer	Triffix Entertainment
Publisher	Hewson Consultants
Platforms	Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 7800, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, NES / Famicom, ZX Spectrum
Genre	platformer
Also known as	Tower Toppler
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	Atari ST: 1987-01-01 (PAL) ZX Spectrum: 1987-01-01 Commodore 64: 1987-12-15 Amiga: 1988-01-01 Amstrad CPC: 1988-01-01
Wikidata ID	Q1973612

Ascend external walkways and moving ledges to reach the summits of eight towers. As a small green character, you must jump, kick, and dodge various enemies to destroy these structures and prevent them from poisoning planetary water. This side-view platformer supports both single-player and two-player modes.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.

Sources

Wikidata (Q1973612) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (c64/nebulus) · last updated 2026-09-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amiga/nebulus) · last updated 2026-09-28 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (zxspectrum/nebulus) · last updated 2026-10-07 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amstradcpc/nebulus) · last updated 2026-10-21 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amstradcpc/nebulus-2) · last updated 2026-10-21 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (88285) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (6510) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (36770) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (9539) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (28483) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Hewson Consultants · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (17): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Hewson Consultants · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Screenshots, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Hewson Consultants · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots, Logos (4): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Hewson Consultants · internal use only.

Sprites

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Videos

NEBULUS (C64 - FULL GAME)

Zeusdaz - The Unemulated Retro Game Channel · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 28:37auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

Nebulus - RZX Playback

Spectrum Computing · ZX Spectrum version · longplay · 35:17auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

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