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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Category: ZX Spectrum
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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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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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In Recognition
As a friend of both my stream, this blog (also an author) and myself I felt a need to not only promote the game but also point out that Jet Set Steam Boat Willy…
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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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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 […]
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Scramble RX
A few days ago I had another ZX Spectrum stream over on Twitch. This time I dedicated its entirety to both new and old games including Scramble RX by HappyCodingZX aka Alan Turvey of Midnight Brew (links below).
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Gilligan’s Mine
Plot Some games have epic storylines that see you saving the planet, exploring fantasy landscapes or cleaning up a mansion full of items after an epic night on the sauce. What we have here however […]
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Black and White
Plot If you’re a Ghostbuster, you don’t cross the streams; if you own a Gremlin, you don’t feed it after midnight and if you are a Robocop, you protect the innocent, serve the public trust […]