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Retro Game Lookback: 3D Monster Maze for ZX-81

Retro Game Lookback: 3D Monster Maze for ZX-81

The name alone, J. K. Greye Software, takes me right back to my days of the ZX-81, and what finer example of the dawn of first person 3D games is 3D Monster Maze, developed by Malcolm Evans (who went on to develop the now legendary Trashman and launch New Generation Software), the game was released [...]

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Retro Game Lookback: Wriggler for ZX Spectrum

Retro Game Lookback: Wriggler for ZX Spectrum

Wriggler, by Devonshire House, and presented by Romantic Robot was released for the 48 KB ZX Spectrum in 1985 and it was one of the early games to include the music to accompany the game on the B side of the cassette tape – the track was called “The Moons Of Jupiter”, written and performed [...]

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Retro Game Lookback: Space Adventure For BBC Micro

Retro Game Lookback: Space Adventure For BBC Micro

Space Adventure, by Pro Software, is a rare Classic for the BBC Micro released in 1983 and one that I have been looking forward to revisiting for some time.

Although the game is called “Space Adventure” it’s not so much an adventure as a collecting shooter style game and is one of those games that [...]

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Frazzle Your Mind With The Rubik’s 360

Frazzle Your Mind With The Rubik’s 360

Spin! Rotate! Twist! Lock!

You may have noticed that the Rubik’s 360 is not actually a cube and is actually a sphere shaped object which is a bit odd as the name Rubik certainly brings a vision of a frustrating, yet fun, coloured cube to mind.
The idea of the Rubik’s 360 puzzle is a [...]

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Retro Game Lookback: Zzz for Commodore 64

Zzz, released by Mastertronic in 1985, and developed by Les Hogarth and Clive Wilson for the Commodore 64 is a text and icon driven adventure which sets you in your imaginative dream world, unable to escape, until you cross the land of ‘Zzzzzz’ to find the border post, otherwise you will be doomed to a [...]

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Classic Game Repton Reborn On iPhone As iRepton

Classic Game Repton Reborn On iPhone As iRepton

iRepton – iPhone / iPod Touch Version of Classic Repton Available Now!

We just got the news that our old friends Superior Interactive are releasing their classic, and highly popular, Repton game for the iPhone and iPod Touch, under the name iRepton. As we have just bought ourselves a new Apple iPhone 3GS you can guess [...]