Category Archives: Retro Gaming

Now playing: The Bard’s Tale II – The Destiny Knight

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Dehumanizer

First, sorry for not writing here for a long time. Some big career changes happened (whether good or bad, the jury is still out, but I’m mostly optimistic), and I haven’t had quite a lot of free time, though I … 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 Quest for the Rings (Odyssey2 / Videopac, 1981)

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Dehumanizer

So far the oldest game to deserve a post on this blog, The Quest for the Rings is my favorite Videopac / Odyssey2 game, and arguably the best. Had it been released in 1985, its computer part (more on this in … Continue reading →

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The Magnavox Odyssey2 / Philips Videopac G7000

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Dehumanizer

If you thought the ZX Spectrum was “old”, you’ve got another thing coming. Meet the Magnavox Odyssey2, known in Europe as the Philips Videopac G7000.(1). Released in 1978, and competing with the Atari 2600, the Videopac (sorry, Americans, but I … Continue reading →

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TGomL: Doomdark’s Revenge (ZX Spectrum, 1984)

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Dehumanizer

Note: this post is expanded from one in my old blog, The Games of My Life. In 1984, there was a little game for a little 48 KB machine which amazed everyone – nobody had done something like that with … 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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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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