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July is BASIC Month on Reddit’s Retrobattlestations

FozzTexx’s entry Subreddit RetroBattlestations is promoting another BASIC Month. This time around, the idea is to run the BASIC program Terraspin, a Turtle graphics type program created for the...

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The 15 Greatest ZX Spectrum Games Ever Made

The Den of Geek website has published one of those (in)famous lists that you see all over the internet. This one talks about the 15 greatest games even made for the ZX Spectrum. The site is not...

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Failed campaign ‘Recreated ZX Spectrum’– Backers unlikely to get their Devices

Eurogamer website has published an extensive article showing how a Kickstarter campaign can go wrong, telling the story of the Recreated ZX Spectrum, which is (was?) a ZX Spectrum Bluetooth keyboard...

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ZX Spectrum Shoot ’em up- A Yankee in Iraq (2016 revival)

Way back in 1992, Ast_A_Moore over at World of Spectrum Forums wrote a shoot-em-up called A Yankee in Iraq. The entire game was written in Sinclair BASIC. He decided to revive the game and have another...

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The Very Best Homebrew ZX Spectrum Games

We thought we would gather a list of some of the very best homebrew releases for the ZX Spectrum. There are some fantastic games here not to be missed! Click the links to read about them and in most...

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Air Apparent – New SEUD Project, Playable Version Released!

LoadingScreech over at World of Spectrum forums has released an unfinished version of his new SEUD project called Air Apparent. He is looking for feedback, so if you like the game and you would like to...

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Strange Kitchen Boriel version, ZX Spectrum

Strange Kitchen is written in Boriel ZX Basic. You have to prepare recipes by destroying unwanted ingredients! The game is mildly frustrating, so make sure you pay attention otherwise your recipe will...

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ZXNights, New Spectrum Strategy/Adventure Game by Valdir

ZXNights is a new Strategy/Adventure game by Portuguese programmer Valdir, who has made a few other games on the ZX Spectrum including ZX Striker and Vampe: GOTO Vampe. The game has Adventure elements...

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Defender of the Crown, Never Released ZX Spectrum Version Limited to 250 Units!

Defender of the Crown – ZX Spectrum The never released port! Developed in 1989 from “THE CAT” but due the lack of interest it was never official released. This is also a FIXED Version. Besides the .rom...

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Harbinger Convergence, New ZX Spectrum 128 Game, Looking Fantastic!

The fate of thousands of worlds is in your hands, as a result of the project Harbinger you must embark on an epic sci-fi adventure to save millions of lives throughout the galaxy.. An ancient alien...

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Mysterious Dimensions, New ZX Spectrum 128K Platformer by Hooy-Program

Mysterious Dimensions is a cute little ‘collect’em up’ platformer for the ZX Spectrum 128. Those of you that know me will know I am mostly a Commodore fangirl, but I do occasionally turn to the...

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Gabriele Amore Releases Two Donkey Kong Homebrew Games for the ZX Spectrum!

Donkey Kong Jr. is a 1982 arcade-style platform video game by Nintendo. It first appeared in Arcades, and, over the course of the 1980’s, was later released for a variety of platforms, most notably the...

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The Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh, ZX Spectrum Full English Translation

The Adventures of Winnie-the-pooh is a Russian Spectrum game originally released in 1996 by Publisher Softland. Inspired by the Winnie the Pooh books, you play a bear called yep you guessed it, Winnie...

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Waiting for the light, New ZX Spectrum Text Adventure, What will be your Next...

Waiting For The Light is a great new text adventure for the ZX Spectrum. Not much to say about this game, it’s a text adventure, I’m sure you all know by now how these play out. However if you have a...

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Willy’s New Mansion Special Edition, Twelfth Anniversary Release

Willy’s New Mansion is a redesign of Matthew Smith’s classic game Jet Set Willy created using the Jet Set Willy Editor v. 2.03 by John Elliott. The game can be played on any ZX Spectrum emulator or...

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ZX Spectrum Next hardware goes gold!

If you, like everybody else, is excited about the upcoming ZX Spectrum Next, a modern version of the iconic Sinclair computer you will be happy to know that the hardware development  has reached the...

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Fill Your Friday Night With Some Fantastic New Retro Game Updates!

You may have noticed it’s been quiet here these last few days, and we haven’t been updating the News much. Well there’s good reason for this, we have been adding the final touches to the new improved...

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Air Apparent – New SEUD Project, Playable Version Released!

LoadingScreech over at World of Spectrum forums has released an unfinished version of his new SEUD project called Air Apparent. He is looking for feedback, so if you like the game and you would like to...

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Thursday Retro Gaming News Updates

Now we are finally up and running with the new look website, our next plan is migrating some pages from CiA. Fred Fish disks, 17Bit Software Public Domain, Box Art, Articles and Reviews. Currently the...

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Defender of the Crown, Never Released ZX Spectrum Version Limited to 250 Units!

Defender of the Crown – ZX Spectrum The never released port! Developed in 1989 from “THE CAT” but due the lack of interest it was never official released. This is also a FIXED Version. Besides the .rom...

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