Category Archives: Nostalgia

Laser Squad (ZX Spectrum, 1988)

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Dehumanizer

Note: this post is expanded from one in my old blog, The Games of My Life. From the mind and programming skills of Julian Gollop, author of Chaos, came this masterpiece in 1988: Laser Squad, quite probably the best and … Continue reading →

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Conversion Wars #1: Out Run (part 3 of 3: console ports / scores)

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Dehumanizer

(Note: please see parts 1 and 2 for the rest of the ports.) Not many more to go, now. First, let’s look at the Sega Master System port: We’ve already seen two versions (MSX2 and PC) that appear to be … Continue reading →

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Bad Games I Played a Lot #2: Out Run (ZX Spectrum)

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Dehumanizer

Ah, Out Run. Anyone who was a gamer in the eighties and early nineties can’t ever forget it. It wasn’t just that it was technically impressive — and it was, for the time. The main appeal of Out Run was … Continue reading →

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The Hobbit (ZX Spectrum, 1982), and how a kid became a geek

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Dehumanizer

Note: this post is expanded from one in my old blog, The Games of My Life. Back in time, to a 1982 game I played in 1983, on my first computer (well, technically my father’s), a 48K ZX Spectrum: Melbourne … Continue reading →

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Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Dehumanizer

In my teen ears (read “the Eighties”), I remember watching a movie, rented on a VHS tape (remember those?) from a video club (remember those?). What I remembered from it was that it was a fantasy movie, made with a … Continue reading →

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TGomL: Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri (PC, 1999)

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Dehumanizer

Note: this post is expanded from one in my old blog, The Games of My Life. This game should have actually been named “Brian Reynolds’ Alpha Centauri”, but Sid Meier was (and is) the best known name, and it draws … Continue reading →

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A new Lords of Midnight for iOS (and others)?

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Dehumanizer

Good thing I’m not superstitious, or I would find this kind of coincidence very weird. After “resurrecting” a 2005 post of mine (more than 50% of it is new, though) about Lords of Midnight, I follow the link that was … Continue reading →

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TGomL: The Lords of Midnight (ZX Spectrum, 1984)

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Dehumanizer

Note: this post is expanded from one in my old blog, The Games of My Life. Do you like “The Lord of the Rings”? Tolkien’s epic, the best known fantasy book in the world? Did you enjoy Peter Jackson’s fantastic … Continue reading →

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TGomL: Chaos (ZX Spectrum, 1985)

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Dehumanizer

Note: this post is expanded from one in my old blog, The Games of My Life. Back to the ol’ Speccy for a 1985 game I and my friends and brother played well into the late 90s: Chaos (also known … Continue reading →

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TGomL: Penetrator (ZX Spectrum, 1982)

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Dehumanizer

Note: this post is expanded from one in my old blog, The Games of My Life. While the Sinclair ZX Spectrum wasn’t the first machine I played games on (that was a Phillips Videopac G7000, also known as the Odyssey2 … Continue reading →

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