Category: ZX Spectrum
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Chuckie Egg: ZX Spectrum vs the BBC Micro
What was the best version of the Chuckie Egg Computer Game? The Chuckie Egg computer game caused a lot of arguments. Back in the 80’s my friend Jason and I would share time playing between my humble ZX Spectrum computer and his much more powerful (and expensive) BBC Micro. Many of the games that we…
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Yie Ar Kung Fu for the ZX Spectrum
Konami’s Arcade fighter conversion for the Spectrum Yie Ar Kung Fu started life as an arcade game released by Konami in 1985, having features that were seen for the first time in a fighting game, including multiple opponents, a health bar and multiple special moves. This really was the birth of a genre which has…
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Bugaboo! retro review for the ZX Spectrum
Bugaboo! Back in 1983 the choice of games was pretty limited, but one that stood out for me was this game – Bugaboo! Written by two (probably) Spanish zoologists (Paco & Paco) and it shows, with the game premise seeming somehow European… The objective of the game was incredibly simple. Your frog (it was actually…
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Top 10 Spectrum Games: the best Spectrum games ever!
Games every ZX Spectrum owner should play Every Spectrum owner will have had their own personal favourites on Sinclair’s popular home computer, and I have drawn up a list of what I believe to be the best. My Spectrum Top 10 is based on my experiences of innovative games, that even 30 years later will…
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Pyjamarama for the ZX Spectrum
What is Pyjamarama for the Spectrum all about? Pyjamarama was part of the series of Microgen platform games, including “Automania”, “Everyone’s a Wally”, “Herberts Dummy Run” and “3 weeks in Paradise” that starred our hero Wally Week. Playing the part of the sleeping Wally’s “dream” alter ego, the object of the game was to explore…
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PSSST! for the ZX Spectrum, an Ultimate review
PSSST! was one of my first experiences of a really slick and addictive Spectrum game. It was launched by publisher Ultimate! around the time of Jet-Pac, prior to the later and more popular isometric games. I remember cutting out the coupon in Sinclair User to order the game, paid for with a postal order for…
