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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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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Scud and the secret soundtrack
This crazy thing I used to do when I was a punk teen (actually, I was a pretty mild-mannered teen, I veered away from trouble), you see, I used to have a clever trick for […]
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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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Badger Badger CHICK-UN!
Sometimes a game comes along that just fits you. A quality game with your kind of gameplay, your kind of look and feel. It makes you laugh, rage and try-hard all at once. One of those games in recent years for me has been Badger Punch Games, RogueCraft
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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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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, […]
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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 […]