Category Archives: Personal Stories

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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Blagtron: The Resurrection!

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Dehumanizer

Sometimes, pretty odd things happen. Yesterday evening, after I wrote the Quest for the Rings post, I kept thinking about old games for a time, and after a while I recalled a game I wrote very, very long ago (think … 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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Bad Games I Played a Lot #1: Kung Fu Master (ZX Spectrum)

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Dehumanizer

Welcome to the first part of this blog’s first series, Bad Games I Played a Lot. As the name suggests, I talk about games that, in hindsight, were pretty bad even for their time (this is important), but that, for … Continue reading →

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The Sinclair ZX81: 30 years old today

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Dehumanizer

Yes, according to Wikipedia, Sinclair Research’s second most successful computer (if we don’t count revisions of the ZX Spectrum as separate “computers”) was released on March 5, 1981. Exactly 30 years ago today. For more about the ZX81 and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Nostalgia, Old Computers, Personal Stories, Sinclair ZX81, Timex/Sinclair 1500 | 1 Comment