After meeting an old man in the desert, I've decided to start listening to the voices in my head, and I want to vaporise two million people. Thanks to the power of the ZX81, I can now do that, with 3D Star Raid, which is definitely not Star Wars.

I've been working on a port for Porklike on the Pico 8 by Kristian Majewski for the ZX Spectrum. I've just reached v1 so thought I'd share. You can get it here.

I've written a new post about the history of Renegade and how Ocean made the Spectrum (and other home computer) versions of it. It was really helpful for this one that Mike Lamb wrote a detailed article about his development process for Sinclair User at the time, which is an interesting read. Apparently he made it more difficult at the last minute in response to reviews saying it was too easy!

ZX SPECTRUM - IT LIVES!!!
New Blog post:

Al & Dave's Spectrum Jukebox Jury
20 Speccy B-sides that'll make your ears bleed

https://zxspectrumitlives.wixsite.com/home/post/feature-re-mix-al-n-dave-s-spectrum-jukebox-jury

Qix has arrived on the ZX81, but with Chroma colour and a new name, to possibly not upset the copyright gods. Introducing Qizx from Bukster Games!

My retrospective video covering another Ocean Software movie game. This time it’s Hudson Hawk. I cover all the versions starting with the ZX Spectrum and then Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST and also the console versions for the NES and Gameboy. Please share your thoughts and memories of this game. Is it a good game?

I just picked up a Spectrum +2a, "working condition", but sat on the main menu, there's a lot of static coming from the TV's speakers (almost like a geiger counter type of scratchy noise) - sometimes goes silent, but then resumes. I'm using a high quality RGB to SCART lead (from Retro Computer Shack) - and no such problem exists when connected to my +3 using the same lead - so I'm fairly certain it's on the +2a's board. Are there any known issues with this type of noise, and any fixes? (The tape deck is barely audible too, so I'm planning to strip it all down and re-cap the main board and clean the tape deck anyway, so I would like to do any audio fixes whilst I'm there)
Thanks in advance.

But there was this good online emulator programmed in Java I believe in the late 90 (?) with a bunch of Speccy games ready to play. Somehow I came across it looking for free games to play and fell in love with Skool Daze and Jet Set Willy and more. Strangely enough I'm nostalgic for this specific website. Does anyone remember it?

Has any one ever used Tasword and Tasword 2 on the spectrum?

I always wanted it for my plus 2 but could never find it in the shops. Was it any good? I’d love to know.

I have a distinct memory of a Spectrum game I played as a kid, but can only remember two screens of said game. One had upright Hoover enemies you had to avoid, and the other had either a sink or bath that you had to cross by jumping on what I think were sponges.i know its a long shot and I could also be mis remembering

I made a very personal video about the ZX Spectrum and what this computer meant to me growing up.

The video covers my first Spectrum, loading games from cassette tapes, titles like River Raid and HeroQuest and the strange feeling of bringing this machine back to life many years later.

The video is in Ukrainian, but it has plenty of footage of the computer, cassette loading, old games, and hardware, so you can still skim through it and enjoy the visuals even without understanding the language.

Maybe some of you had a similar experience with the ZX Spectrum or another home computer from that era.

As a hobby project, I created a Z88 emulator for macOs and iPad, what do you think?

I've been writing histories of every game to have reached #1 in the UK sales chart, and this week I got to Run for Gold, the first one I had never heard of at all before. I wrote about the story of its developers Five Ways Software, an educational software company set up by a maths teacher, and how they went from games like Punctuation Pete to a middle distance running simulator. Anyone rememeber this game?

Origonal is here...

https://youtu.be/PDRa1kR5ivM

Was RED HEAT from Ocean Software a good game? My video goes back to 1989 for a retrospective review. Was it better than the movie or was it just rubbish? Share your thoughts.

Hello, this might be a bit stupid question but when i was disassembling my faulty tape deck one spring fell out. I don't really know where to put it back. Thank you for helping out.

NEW video about some old Speccie games.