It just so happened that a few weeks ago I had to move my original Zx Spectrum collection out of storage. Faced with a huge plastic crate filled to the brim with cassettes, it suddenly struck me how ridiculous it was that we had some Read More …
Tag: Zx Spectrum
Strider: The Unfortunate Mr Hiryu
In gaming there are the origin stories we all know – like the origins of Mario and Sonic the hedgehog – but there are many more characters who remain relatively obscure – like the stars of most microcomputer budget games or Japanese cassette titles. More Read More …
Nothing New in the Villlage: The 35 Year Old Ancestors of Untitled Goose Game
Everyone loves the Untitled Goose Game. I love the Untitled Goose Game. If you haven’t played the untitled Goose Game, you should play the Untitled Goose Game: A stealth game that follows in the footsteps of Metal Gear Solid and Hitman, Goose Game’s masterstroke is Read More …
The Surprisingly Modern Cult of Horace
All good things come to an end. In my case this turned out to be the relatively cushy storage solution i had for all of my old Spectrum gear. Still, silver linings and all that: One of the big advantages of having to get your Read More …
Retro Review: Chase HQ (Zx Spectrum)
On reflection, it’s probably a minor miracle that the world ever persuaded us that £40 to £50 cartridge games were the way to go. Back in the early 90s, you could probably count yourself lucky if Father Christmas slyly dropped one or two video games in your stocking. For the Christmas of 1989, however, the FatNicK house ended up with a grand total of five new titles to play. Blimey. Read More …
Gilbert: Escape From Drill
Average things can be difficult to review. When presented with a positive specimin there are praises that can be sung, with a negative specimin there are sins that can be punished . . . but what can we say about something average? There Read More …
A Long Lost Spectrum game Inlay
Sorry i haven’t been as active around here lately, but until everything’s back to normal here’s a nice tid bit brought to my attention by Ocean veteran Mark Jones (who’s well worth a follow if you’re interested in Spectrum art stuff.) Now, if you’re into Read More …
A New ZX80
Now you probably know we’re big fans of the Spectrum in these here parts, so I was very excited to learn this morning that someone’s created a new clone of the Sinclair Zx80, dubbed the Minstrel. As it was the first computer that was available on the Read More …
Merry Christmas 2016!
Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas. Egad! it’s that time of year again already? Blimey. Well then, I suppose you probably deserve a present then don’t you! It may not be a very festive giveaway this year, but I hope you enjoy it anyway: Rather than Read More …
Zx Spectrum Day: Why should you care about the ZX Spectrum?
For Zx Spectrum day over at Skirmish Frogs, I produced a couple of articles explaining why the Speccy is so important to UK gamers. I thought id combine them both into one super article here so, without further ado, here you go! If there’s an Read More …
If I had a 3d printer…
I imagine that 3d print carvings of Spectrum sprites is what I’d spend my time doing as well. This is incredible: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ByeeaHsmA[/youtube] Hello Manic Miner!
RaGGD 2016: How To Be A Complete Bastard
Oh look, It’s another April 8th so it’s time to look at another great game! This year I’ve opted to look at a title that just about crosses the precipice into greatness: How to Be a Complete Bastard on the Zx Spectrum. As games go, Read More …
Cricket Special!
Ooh! The Ashes are here! The Ashes are here! and they’re going on…RIGHT NOW. To celebrate, lets have a look at the cricket output of unarguably the best cricket game developer of all time, Brian Lara Cricket creators Audiogenic. Graham Gooch’s Test Cricket Released in Read More …
Review A Great Game Day 2015: The Trapdoor
Somewhere in the dark and nasty regions, where nobody goes, stands an ancient castle. Deep within this dank and uninviting place, lives Berk, overworked servant of “the thing upstairs” But that’s nothing compared to the horrors that lurk beneath the trap door, for there is Read More …
Watch A guy Tear Apart a Zx Spectrum
A fascinating video this, but not exactly for the faint hearted: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GcwcyL9LgM[/youtube] No matter how many times I see a Speccy’s innards, I still can’t get over both how neat and ‘modern’ the outer casing looks, and how simple the design is on the Read More …
Snow!
Zx Spectrum style…
Godzilla and The Martians
What’s this? Someone made a Godzilla game for the Speccy? Why haven’t i heard of this before? Is this the title to put an end to the Big Gs run of largely terrible games? Let’s fire it up! Please don’t be rubbish. . . Please Read More …
Push Off You Disgusting Pervert: Streaker (ZX Spectrum)
With all the talk of ZX Spectrum related stuff on here lately, why don’t we take a look at another Speccy classic: Streaker. First a shocking admission. We didn’t actually own an official copy of Streaker over at Fatnick towers. Our copy was an illicit Read More …
Speccy Jams is Here!
Hurrah! its finally here: Speccy Jams is now available for purchase! You might be bored about me going on about this by now, but just to recap the album costs a minimum of £2 and contains 8 glorious new Zx Spectrum-flavoured tracks. It will be Read More …