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“Chambers of Horrors”, released by Omega Software in 1984, was developed by Philip Rolfe (who also produced The Great Detective for CRL) for the 48K Sinclair ZX Spectrum. I had forgotten all about this game until I noticed it jammed down the side of the storage container so I was quite excited about the notion [...]
Talos, from Silver Soft, was released for the 48K ZX Spectrum in 1985 and was one of the early game releases to use the larger plastic case format – reminiscent of a half size VHS video case. The bright red cover, with the large disembodied bronze hand caught the eye and made me part with [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“In space no one can hear your tape drive squealing”. We recently managed to dig out both retro versions of Argus Press “Mind Games” 1984 imagination of the ultra scary sci-fi movie “Alien”. The Commodore 64 version, developed by Paul Clansey (with Roy Gibson and Concept Software), consists of a large plastic case (around A5 [...]
Mastertronic re-released Finders Keepers, developed by David Jones, on its 1.99 range to those of us with limited pocket money in 1985. For the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48KB Finders Keepers was novel in that it allowed you to choose one of two plots whilst playing the game.
