Retro fan. 8bit. 16bit. ZX Spectrum. Commodore Amiga. Films, Music, TV and silliness. Upcoming ZX Spectrum book.
In and around Glasgow
Joined June 2010
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Pick a retro gamefor #Halloween
Here's mine. Splatterhouse - released by Namco in 1988.
A classic arcade title.
#retrogames
Check this out. Anyone who enjoys a text adventure will want to see this
#Retro
Remember playing Zork, The Hobbit, Twin Kingdom Valley in the 80s?
I made The Scroll, a free tool to write your own 80s-style text adventure and play it on real 8-bit machines or in any browser. No programming required.
virtualjames.itch.io/the-scr…
#retrogaming #textadventure
Cobra is one of my favourite #movie tie-ins on the #ZXSpectrum
The smooth, parallax scrolling still holds up today and the humour and spot-effects are equally brilliant.
It's just a superbly crafted game courtesy of the genius of Jof.
#retrogames
I preferred arcade style games but did enjoy a text adventure from time to time. Kentilla was a great, if tough one in the genre. I never did finish it.
#RETROGAMING
Another book close to reaching its goal. 👍
We are only £5k away from smashing the next stretch goal..!!!!
Then we are onto the final run…. £100k to unlock 8 pages of THE CHEAT BOOK!
RT and shares greatly appreciated to help us get over the line…. 🙏🙏
BACK THE BOOK: kickstarter.com/projects/48k…
'Landscaping' in Lords of Midnight and Doomdarks Revenge was so good. The visuals were so clean and striking - I still like the style today.
#retrogames
Can any people who owned a 16K #ZXSpectrum tell me if they bought this game? I can imagine the disappointment when it failed to load. Despite being marketed as a 16K title, a rogue Byte prevented it from loading
Styx. Mathew Smiths first ever ZX Spectrum title was compatible with the 16K model
A fun, quirky game that's covered in my upcoming book on the greatest 16K releases.
#RETROGAMING
Crazy Caverns was a great little 16K #ZXSpectrum game.
A budget release in '84, it was great value.
It's covered in my upcoming book on the greatest 16K games.
#retrogames
How my computer gaming journey began. A ZX81 with a 16K RAM pack.
It was my friends machine.
#retrogamer
Cruising on Broadway is one of the most stripped back, minimalistic, yet superbly playable games to ever grace the 16K #ZXSpectrum
This, along with input the games creator is featuring in my upcoming book on the subject. 👍
#retrogaming
Who didn't like Tranz Am?
Another triumph of 16K #ZXSpectrum gaming from Ultimate.
Featuring in my upcoming book on the subject.
#16K
#retro
Where does Tomahawk rank amongst the #ZXSpectrum flight sims?
For me, anything Digital Integration was usually top-drawer.
#retrogame
Who can name the 16K #ZXSpectrum game?
A playable title from Software Projects.
#retro
Chuckman was only £1.99 on the #ZXSpectrum under the Mastertronic label.
Well worth it
#retro
A beat em up/hack em up I really liked this time. Barbarian on the #ZXSpectrum.
Released by Palace Software in 1987 it put a unique spin on the genre. Good as a single player game and great fun against a friend.
The decap move will never not be satisfying.
#retrogames
I love beat em ups, but I was disappointed with Yie Ar Kung Fu on the #ZXSpectrum
The one-step animation made the bouts too random. I beat it on my second go simply by button mashing.
Was it worthy of a Crash Smash?
#retrocomputing
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Cassette decks overheating with R Tape Loading Errors on computer desks. I watched loading stripes glitter in the dark on portable TVs. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Time to rewind.
#ZXSpectrum
#retro
