This was actually one of my favourite Spectrum games. Despite its crudeness, I have a real fondness for it (almost on a ironic level).

Whenever my mates and I get the old Spectrum out, Run Baby Run is usually one of the games we want to have a bash on. It’s kind of a rebellion against slick, modern manufactured games. Game presentation doesn’t get more “bog standard” than this. But as a game, it doesn’t half get your heart racing!

Back in the 90s I was actually making my own sequel to this game on the PC (instead of cars it had little characters running around following each other). I spent months developing it… but then I got bored halfway through!

Thanks Dunny for this excellent editor! And thanks DeKay for putting it up here, and these pages! I’d be lying if I said I “always wanted a Run Baby Run editor”, but it’s nice to know there is one just in case I ever get the urge. Might give it a spin sometime.

Oh, and you know what? I’m actually from Huddersfield, and I can tell you it’s not really as glamorous as the game makes out.