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Retro Game Lookback: Horace Goes Skiing For ZX Spectrum

    Horace Goes Skiing, from William Tang for Beam Software, was released in 1982 on the Sinclair label (at least the Sinclair ZX Spectrum version was), which also conveyed the “Software by Psion with Melbourne House” collaboration for distribution. Horace was one of the earliest popular character brands on home computer games – appearing from [...]

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Retro Game Lookback: Adventure C (Ship of Doom) For ZX Spectrum

Retro Game Lookback: Adventure C (Ship of Doom) For ZX Spectrum

Adventure C, or just Ship of Doom, as it’s often known was released by Artic Computing in 1982 for the 48K ZX Spectrum. A text adventure, of its day, the idea was simple “You must find the control button and free your ship, Good Luck”. It seems our ship has been caught up in a [...]

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Retro Game Lookback: Golden Hawk For ZX Spectrum

Retro Game Lookback: Golden Hawk For ZX Spectrum

Golden Hawk, developed by David Falcon and released by Micro Mart Software back in 1984, offered something a little bit different from games of the day. Essentially it was an exploration and logic game where you explore deep, dark, caverns in a bed to locate the precious Golden Hawk statue. As the blurb tells us [...]

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Retro Game Lookback: Ugh! for ZX Spectrum

Retro Game Lookback: Ugh! for ZX Spectrum

Ugh!, developed by Tony Samuels with Steve Beverley (though the cassette tape also mentions S. Chapman and the inlay card credits Chris Morris for the original concept as the game was originally released for the Dragon 32), was released for the 48KB Sinclair ZX Spectrum by Softek way back in 1984.

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Retro Game Lookback: Elevator Action for ZX Spectrum

Bug Byte re-released “Elevator Action”, for the 48KB Sinclair ZX Spectrum, in 1988 – a conversion of the popular Taito coin-op. Elevator Action was was originally released by Quicksilva in 1986.   Ever wanted to be a secret agent and take part in a little covert espionage – this isn’t the game for you. Want [...]

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Retro Game Lookback: Twister For ZX Spectrum

Twister “Mother of Charlotte”, developed by Mark Cale, was released for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48KB, by System 3 Software, in 1986 – towards the end of the reign of the popular home computer system. The aim of Twister “Mother of Charlotte” is to head into each dimension and collect a set of symbols (the [...]