The Final Exam Sends Skool Daze Back to School With a New ZX Spectrum 128K Adventure

Developer Brujabit releases The Final Exam on ZX Spectrum 128K, delivering an ambitious 3-floor tribute to 1984 classic Skool Daze with stolen notes and dual endings.

The ZX Spectrum's most troublesome schoolboy has returned to education, and forty-two years after his original appearance, he still appears determined to avoid studying. Developer Brujabit released The Final Exam on November 1, an unofficial tribute to the classic 1984 school simulation Skool Daze. The original game was developed by David Reidy and Keith Warrington for Microsphere and became famous for allowing players to explore a school, attend lessons and engage in precisely the kind of behaviour teachers usually discourage. The Final Exam introduces a new adventure involving stolen examination notes and an approaching final test. Players can control Eric or choose alternative characters named Tomas, Sofi and Nacho, with an additional option to enter a custom character name. The school contains three floors, eleven classrooms, a library, music room, theatre and numerous other locations. Lessons last three minutes, while breaks provide only one minute to navigate between activities. Players must recover school shields, investigate the stolen notes and avoid attracting unwanted attention from teachers Ramos, Diaz and Skinner. Headmaster Strickland provides another obstacle, and the adventure features two possible endings. The game supports English and Spanish, AY sound, Kempston joystick controls and downloadable TAP and SNA formats. It requires a ZX Spectrum 128K, compatible +2 computer or suitable emulator. Brujabit openly discloses AI-assisted programming and artwork. The game is free, with optional donations accepted. The Final Exam continues the Spectrum's long tradition of transforming school life into an elaborate puzzle. Apparently Eric has spent four decades preparing for graduation and still has not learned that stealing somebody else's notes is usually a terrible idea.