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The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #44 – Rescue

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Leaving the beautiful game (not my words) behind us, we run as fast as we can away from International Match Day towards our next entry in the Your Sinclair Top 100; however it doesn’t bode well for us, as even the Your Sinclair description of Number #44 mentions that Rescue is “nothing remarkable”. Rescue was […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #45 – International Match Day

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We leave one world of spheres with Bobby Bearing and enter another – however as regular readers of the Your Sinclair Top 100 know, the following genre really isn’t my favourite.  You could actually say that I personally despise what’s hiding behind No.#45, which is International Match Day from Ocean Software. International Match Day was […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #46 – Bobby Bearing

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If you’ve enjoyed your life as a common garden bumble bee in Antics (or not) it is now time to move on, or in this case roll on, as trundling into the No.#46 slot of the Your Sinclair Top 100 is Bobby Bearing from software publishing house The Edge. Bobby Bearing was released back in […]

Legendary nears deal for Pokemon live-action movie rights following hugely successful Pokemon Go launch

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Pokemon has been taking the world by storm following the launch of the hit mobile game Pokemon Go, and now it seems that the franchise could be heading back to the big screen, albeit in live-action form, with Deadline reporting that Legendary Pictures is nearing a deal with The Pokemon Company for the rights to a movie […]

Battlefield is heading to the small screen for TV adaptation

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It looks like the hit first-person shooter Battlefield is heading to the small screen, with Electronic Arts announcing that Paramount TV and Anonymous Content are partnering up for a TV adaptation. “Battlefield has a tremendous built-in, engaged fan base, making it a highly coveted piece of IP primed for long-form adaption,” said Michael Sugar of […]

Exclusive Interview – Andrew Krausnick discusses Troves’ arrival on the PS4 and Xbox One

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Trove is about to celebrate its first birthday; this free-to-play MMO combat adventure game is played by millions of gamers on the PC, spanning over a 100 different countries every month and it’s still growing! And announced today is the news that Trove, the game that has blended both MMO plus the building sandbox genre […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #47 – Antics

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You’d think that after the serious amount of bloody noses you’ve dished out in yesterday’s gaming classic Renegade, that the Your Sinclair Top 100 would be ready to deliver us another game which rocked the home computer world, one with thrills, spills and that is etched into gaming lore.  You’ll be rather surprised then to […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #48 – Renegade

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After the peace and quiet has passed with a few rounds of Tetris, it’s only right our attention returns to some real action.  What better way to do this that with smacking somebody in the teeth, then following this up with high-kick, knocking them straight off the edge off a train station!  Obviously we’re not advocating this […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #49 – Tetris

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After the adrenaline, wheelie filled world of Enduro Racer we need a come down, and what better game to take with us to our quiet corner than the one resting at Number #49 in the Your Sinclair Top 100, which is Alexey Pajitnov’s classic Tetris. Tetris is the game that quite possibly everybody on the […]