Category Archives: retro

It’s been a while since I last did a Friday Let’s Play, but here’s one you really should have a go at – Freddy Hardest. I recently played and recorded it for Game Over, Yeah!!, and got almost nowhere – … Continue reading →

Look! A Commodore 64 game! I finally got the Java C64 emulator working, so you might see some more of these in the future. It’s a bit picky about what will and won’t work though. Anyway! The bunnysamurai game! I’m … Continue reading →

In the days of 8-bit gaming, there were over $hlmun platform games. It’s not really surprising, given the excellence and popularity of Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner. One of the platform collect-’em-ups I remember most vividly was Tubaruba, not … Continue reading →

Woo! A rhyming Let’s Play! Ricochet was the best Breakout clone ever, at the time. Well, it wasn’t. It wasn’t even nearly the best. And Arcanoid and Batty and Krakout were all much better. But the thing with Ricochet was … Continue reading →

One of the things I certainly never did when I was at high school was play games on the Acorn computers at lunchtime when we weren’t allowed to do so. And one of those games I certainly never played was … Continue reading →

Warrior is about to die! Elf needs food badly! Eat your food, don’t shoot it! Try this level now! So many quotable speech samples, none of which appear in the Spectrum version I have here. Tch, eh? My first memories … Continue reading →

Apparently, it’s Christmas soon. Who knew? Back in the dark ages (when games only had 8 colours) there was an Official Father Christmas Game. Obviously the bearded one himself authorised it or something. And here it is. Do enjoy it, … Continue reading →

In 2005 I played host to the Annual comp.sys.sinclair Crap Game Competition. I’ve been working on reinstating the competition archive to my site this week, and part of the process involved making the entries playable online! Which means YOU TOO … Continue reading →