Punching Robots 2084

With Your Host, Rob Remakes

Tag: ZX Spectrum

  • Ye Olde Videogame: Alchemist

    Posted on this, the day of our Molyneux,

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    Rob
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    Please sir, I cannot tell a lie, Alchemist is one of a number of videogames I’ve bought over the years for no other reason than it had a big wizard in it. A few weeks back I tried counting up exactly how many games I’d bought for this reason alone and I needed more fingers…

  • The Blue Danube

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    Rob
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    Clunky and borderline tuneless but still, Manic Miner has the most recognisable rendition of The Blue Danube outside of 2001. It sounded better in black and white, I swear. It’s the flashing border that really makes it though. A tremendous intro to a tremendous game.

  • Dan Dare II

    Posted on this, the day of our Molyneux,

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    Rob
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    Sorry that it’s a bit of a Dare-fest round here at the moment, just in a comfort read mode for some reason. Anyway. One of my more profound early (earlier?) inspirations lies with Martin Wheeler’s art for Dan Dare II. Both of the Gang Of Five Speccy Dare games are great (Probe’s entry, not so…