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The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #73– Popeye

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With the brilliant Pang passing us by yesterday we arrive at the second game in the Your Sinclair Top 100 from dk’tronics and also Don Priestley (the last being Maziacs), however this game is one of the first television tie-ins Don will be tackling in a rather bright and large way; we’ve arrived at the […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #74– Pang

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After a succession of not overly enjoyable games  – with the final one being Wriggler – it’s great to finally pick up a game that not only rings back from the past with some brilliant gaming memories, but within the opening few rounds still shows you that the gameplay has been retained after a quarter of a century.  […]

The Top 5 Worst ZX Spectrum Games Ever!

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Villordsutch wades through the Top 5 worst ZX Spectrum games ever… As I’ve worked my way through the annals of Speccy games [follow my Your Sinclair Top 100 here], I’ve come across a fair few games, that in all honesty, I personally don’t feel should even be allowed into the sunlight.  Granted at a point […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #75– Wriggler

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After Three Weeks in Paradise yesterday which came from a software house that had programmers at desks creating games, music composers for title music and art departments for posters and cassette inlays ,we turn to Number #75 in this Your Sinclair Top 100 which is called Wriggler – a game completely designed by a schoolboy. It wasn’t just […]

Interview – Rob Williams talks Judge Dredd: Titan

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Villordsutch recently managed to secure a few minutes with Rob Williams (Judge Dredd, Unfollow) to discuss the upcoming release of Judge Dredd: Titan which is set to arrive on the shelves come June 16th… Villordsutch: When did the initial spark ignite for Titan? Was it devised to fit neatly after the Day of Chaos, as […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #76 – Three Weeks in Paradise

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After the soul crushing Gyroscope we arrive at the final ever Wally Week game from the Icarus software publishing house Mikro-Gen.  Slowly plodding in at Number #76 from the Your Sinclair Top 100 is Three Weeks in Paradise. Mikro-Gen delivered solid titles that soldwell  and they were having a run of high rated games, even seeing one […]

Comic Book Review – Judge Dredd: Titan

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Villordsutch reviews Judge Dredd: Titan… Mega-City One, 2136 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to 50 million citizens. Crime rules the streets, and the Judges are empowered to dispense summary justice. These lawmen are judge, jury and executioner. Toughest of all is Judge Dredd – he […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #77 – Gyroscope

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After the two rather excellent games of Flying Shark and Atic Atac we descend rapidly towards Number #77 in the Your Sinclair Top 100 and scream towards the arcade-puzzle game Gyroscope from Melbourne House. Our second game from Melbourne House in the chart so far (the first being Sir Lancelot just last week), Gyroscope spun into existence back in […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #78 – Flying Shark

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With Ultimate’s Atic Atac, which was the last game looked at in the chart, our fortunes are continuing to run high as swooping in from Firebird at Number #78 is Flying Shark, the Taito coin-op classic from 1987. This is our second game in the countdown from Firebird so far – the first being Gyron – […]