These days, Usborne coding books are popular, but this is an area of publishing that was first explored back in the 1980s… As you probably know, the 1980s were amazing. While we didn’t have supercomputers in our hands, we had teletext, powered by a BBC Micro. Eventually, 8-bit computers wereRead More →
An upcoming title from Fusion Retro Books, ZX Nightmares is devoted to the worst of the ZX Spectrum computer. With a planned 232 full-colour hard-backed pages, the book has been compiled and written by author and journalist Graeme Mason, with a foreword by CRASH writer Nick Roberts. Described as “aRead More →
Zerouno Games has announced the upcoming release of three classic ZX Spectrum games under the Retro Golden Age label this March. Goody, Operation Alexandra, and Livingstone, I Presume will form the Boomer Pack on this label, which aims to offer classic ZX Spectrum games to Steam for a new generationRead More →
Over 41 years after its release, the ZX Spectrum remains popular among retro enthusiasts. It should therefore come as no surprise that new games are released ont he platform. But did you ever expect to see a ZX Spectrum game running on your PC after installing it from Steam? That’sRead More →
A coder has fixed all of the bugs in Jet Set Willy and made the TZX available to download. One of the most famous home computer video games of the 1980s, Jet Set Willy was infamously buggy, especially on the original ZX Spectrum version. CHXOFT’s modded version of the gameRead More →
Just a few days after we shared a new 3D “Quake-like” engine for Spectrums comes another one, this time providing a glimpse of Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, on an 8-bit computer. Created in 2022 by Alone Coder and Dragons’ Lord, a 128k Spectrum is the last place you would expect toRead More →
I can’t be alone in thinking that Freescape was the extent of the ZX Spectrum’s capabilities. But in its 40th anniversary year, two developers have relesed what can only be described as a Quake-style game engine for Sir Clive Sinclair’s amazing little computer. From the minds and fingers of AloneRead More →
Most of our knowledge of retro games concerns mainstream releases and big name titles. Whether ZX Spectrum games or BBC or C64, or 8-bit consoles, there is generally a sort of folk memory of the title, good or bad. The same is probably true in eastern Europe, but that folkRead More →
It’s easy to find old games from the big publishers, and even many of the smaller ones. But what about the ones that fall through the gaps? A lost ZX Spectrum game by a deceased developer has finally been unearthed and archived, and it’s all thanks to Facebook. Back inRead More →
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