Category Archives: ZX Spectrum Games

Good and bad news (and some other stuff)

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Dehumanizer

First, the good (great, in fact) news: Julian Gollop, author of Chaos, Laser Squad, and the original X-COM: UFO Defense (known in Europe as UFO: Enemy Unknown; note that the recent Firaxis remake combines the two names) has announced that … Continue reading →

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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 1 of 3: 8-bit home computer ports)

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Dehumanizer

Note: this entry has proven itself much longer than I had intended; I had concieved of a post per game, but this one, as it is now, will require three! Obviously, I need to play with this format in the … 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 →

Posted in Books, Fantasy, Geeks, Nostalgia, Personal Stories, TGomL Posts, Tolkien, Video Games, ZX Spectrum Games | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

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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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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