Alea - A possible rediscovered Codemasters game

Hi everyone, hope you're all well during this Xmas break.

Now, I've recently discovered something interesting on Twitter talking about a lost Codemasters game (circa 1987) called "Alea" for the Spectrum 48k, created by José Oliveira and Ricardo Silva.

 

SOURCE VIA PORTUGUESE WEBSITE - PLANETA SINCLAIR:

-- https://planetasinclair.blogspot.com/2021/12/alea.html

 

BLOG POST WITH LINK TO DOWNLOAD:

-- https://planetasinclair.blogspot.com/.../12/alea-mia.html...

 

ALTERNATIVE DOWNLOAD LINK (.tzx):

-- https://thecodemastersarchive.co.uk/.../AleaSpectrum48k.zip

 

Now, I've downloaded the ROM, the game only works in 48k mode and I've shared screenshots of it below.

From what I could find, I was unable to find any mention of who discovered this.

I'm curious to know if anybody who worked for Codies at the time are able to shed some light into this.

It'll be awesome if it really is genuine, would be a fine addition to The CM Archive too. 

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