So here it is, the list of my 5 favourite games from a strong year of ZX Spectrum homebrews. It should be noted that there were literally dozens of games that could’ve just as easily […]
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Author: Davey Sloan
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Speccy Games of the Year 2025
In my previous post I hinted that 2025 has been an immense year for new ZX Spectrum games. So what games have caught my eye? Well absolutely loads as it happens. Before I get to […]
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The ZX Spectrum in 2025
My new year’s resolution for 2025 was to spend time writing about games that I love on the ZX Spectrum, particularly those that have been made since the end of its commercial life. Initially the […]
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Having a pint with Kevin Toms
Kevin Toms is a name I’m sure will be familiar to anyone who grew up with the 8-bits. As well as starting the ball rolling with the multi-million selling Football Manager games, he also had […]
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BREAK SPACE!
I can at last reveal the thing I’ve been working on the last couple of months, and that thing is “Break Space” Break Space? What the Hell is Break Space? Break Space is the brainchild […]
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A Freeze is coming…
But Dave, I thought you were going to post reviews of Speccy homebrew games on Retrostreamers, it’s been ages, what’s up? Well thank you Dave for asking such an interesting question in third person. Aside […]
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Last Train to Tranz-Central
The ZX Spectrum has a great shared history with locomotives, especially when it comes to games where the protagonist runs along a moving train. Stop the Express is an early classic that constantly appears in […]
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Gherbert Groundhog in Save the Date
Intro It’s Groundhog Day, again! Well at least it is at the time of writing. Hopefully it isn’t again tomorrow or I’ll have to try to convince Andie MacDowell to fall in love with me […]
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Lil’ Ninja
Intro Ninjas eh? You couldn’t move for ’em in the 80s, they were everywhere. If you chucked a shuriken in a computer games shop back then, as well as a lifetime ban and a criminal […]
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Fox ‘n’ Blocks
Intro “Fox on the run, you scream and everybody comes a-running”, so sang glam rock gods The Sweet in their 1975 hit, however in this game you won’t quite be doing much running but you’ll […]