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Cobra (video game)

Name: Cobra Made by: Ocean Software Ltd Year: 1986 Country of origin: UK Category: Video Games Tags: Ocean, Cobra Links: World of Spectrum – Cobra Notes: Great film and a great video game to go along with it. Quite a fun game with cartoony graphics…

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The UK’s rich video game history

The UK’s rich video game history

In my continuing excitement about the upcoming Spectrum Next computer, which continues the legacy of the classic Sinclair ZX Spectrum and all its iterations, I’ve been reminiscing about just how great the UK gaming scene has been over the years, and still is now. Even…

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Top Ten Nostalgia ZX Spectrum Games

Top Ten Nostalgia ZX Spectrum Games

My excitement for the upcoming Spectrum Next is rising. It’s making me think back to all the great ZX Spectrum games that I grew up with. Literally grew up with. Some of my earliest memeries, when I was six years old, are of playing on…

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My Top 5 Dream Cars

My Top 5 Dream Cars

I’ve never been a massive petrol head but I certainly appreciate a fine automobile. I often fantasise about what sort of things I would buy if I suddenly came into money. If you didn’t have to work and you could spend stupid amounts of money…

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What retro goodies would I spend a lottery win on

What retro goodies would I spend a lottery win on

I’m the kind of guy who daydreams a lot. I just enjoy daydreaming and thinking ‘what if’ sometimes. Quite often I wonder what I would spend my money on if I had a cash windfall. It’s fun and can be a bit of an escape….

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The ZX Spectrum Next: A new Spectrum computer gets Kickstarted

The ZX Spectrum Next: A new Spectrum computer gets Kickstarted

I’m a big supporter of Kickstarter. I’ve backed several projects on there. Mostly books but occasionally other things. The ZX Spectrum Next project which launched today is probably the one that I have been most excited about though. At the time of writing this blog…

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My Retrogaming History

My Retrogaming History

I’ve enjoyed reading/listening to other people’s posts/podcasts about their gaming history so I thought I would write mine. Particularly after just attending Revival Events this past weekend where it really struck me how different everyone’s gaming backgrounds were. It just highlights how rich the world…

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Top Ten Movie Posters

Top Ten Movie Posters

Movie posters can be simple, descriptive representations of the contents of the movie, or other times they can be works of art. I used to have several of the movie posters below on my bedroom wall and I used to also collect those postcard sized…

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Top Ten 80s Actors

Top Ten 80s Actors

This Top Ten list was incredibly hard. So many great actors from so many great movies to choose from. I’ve tried to keep it to the 80s although to be honest some of the movies mentioned are from 1 or 2 years either side. Basically…

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Top Ten – Cartoon Villains

Top Ten – Cartoon Villains

We all love our cartoons from the 80s but what would these cartoons be without villains? How can you have goodies without any baddies? Here is my own personal rundown of the meanest, scariest, terribliest villains from the cartoons that we’ve loved over the years….

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