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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Category: Retrospective
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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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My Favourite ZX Spectrum Games
It’s a made up date named #SPECtember, yet another pretend celebration of our favourite consoles, movies and games but this one I will celebrate because the ZX Spectrum is held in such high regard by myself and any discerning retro computer fan of repute and renown.
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Shiftin’ Shapes is Lycos’ game!
This last week I finished up a unique open concept action platformer that rarely gets spoken about. Not to any extent of being unjustifiably so, just, people (even in smaller Turbo communities) really don’t talk […]
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What is an Amiga?
In computational terms this should be a very easy question but, to me, its a little more complicated than it first appears. Firstly, which Amiga? Even in ‘classic’ Amiga models where we avoid the more […]
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The Ultimate Clash!
The very finest product that came out of the SNK v Capcom early 2000s partnership was SNK v CAPCOM: Card Fighters Clash! Don’t agree? Fight me. The pocket monster craze of the late 90s and […]
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Tape or Trash: My Life in the Bargain Bin
Its friday afternoon, just gone 4pm. I know this without a watch, even though i have a wicked black one with light up red LEDs, because its 1982 and I was just out of school.
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The Point of No Return…
The PC-FX by NEC was meant to be the successor to the incredible PC Engine console era. The 32-bit tower of power was announced in 1992 (5 years after the PCE’s launch) to moderate fanfare, […]
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Hey Punk!
Some of us wrinkly fools may recall a time long ago. A time before certain genre defining releases paved the way for others to gain success with the masses. What Mario brought to the platformer, […]