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Tag: ZX Spectrum

  • Avalon

    Had cause to remember Avalon a day or so back and yeah, I remember the cover art/advert being a tad more imposing than it is. Plus, there’s not much to say about the nuddy fairy beyond “that’s well dodge”. Because it is well dodge. I’m still in awe of Steve Turner all these years later…

  • Project Future

    There’s a very particular genre of ZX Spectrum maze games where you travel room to room, exploring a pretty reasonably sized map and as you roam, enemies spawn in at random. I mention this only because it remains my favourite lost genre of videogame. There’s similarities to a bundle of roguelite games (I really dislike…

  • Beaver Bob

    Beaver Bob In Dam Trouble is my PT, or my Silent Hills if you prefer. Except instead of a playable advert, there’s only a magazine advert and a loading screen designed by someone else. To be fair, it is a really good loading screen. I have no idea what Beaver Bob was ever supposed to…