Sir Clive Sinclair, inventor, entrepreneur and pioneer of home computing in the UK has sadly died at the age of 81. Sir Clive Sinclair is famous to those of us who saw the ’80s thanks to his efforts in making home computing available to the masses with the ZX Spectrum. The ZX Spectrum wasn’t his […]
Back in the Day: The Video Games We Were Playing in March 1981
Andrew Newton on the video games we were playing back in the day… To say the March of 1981 in the UK was an average month was a bit of an understatement. The weather was miserable and wet (being the second wettest March on record in England), unemployment was high and lots of people were […]
Retro Review – 1K Minesweeper for the Sinclair ZX81
Villordsutch reviews Minesweeper for the Sinclair ZX81… Back in the 1990’s, if you sat behind any computer that ran a version of Microsoft Windows you quite possibly became a wee bit bored and found yourself drawn towards the ‘Games’ folder. Here lurked (if you were lucky) a cluster of excellent little titles, to waste numerous […]
Retro Review – ZX81 Jetpac (2018)
Villordsutch reviews ZX81 Jetpac… Back in 1983 the brothers Tim & Chris Stamper released, via their enigmatic software house Ultimate Play the Game, Jetpac for the ZX Spectrum. This groundbreaking game was both ever-so-simple to pick up and unbelievably difficult to turn off, it also let all fellow Spectrum programmers know what the Speccy could […]
Sinclair designer Rick Dickinson sadly passes away
Rick Dickinson the award-winning British designer has sadly passed away. Rick was the genius that, amongst other things, brought to our homes – in the 1980’s – the iconic ZX80, ZX81 and ZX Spectrum. Gathering numerous awards, he continued his passion and only recently was working on the upcoming machine the ZX Spectrum Next. Rick […]
Interview – Julian Chappell of the classic ZX81 publishing house Software Farm
Villordsutch chats with Julian Chappell of the classic ZX81 publishing house Software Farm… The Sinclair ZX81 was (and still is) a plucky little machine. RAM packed with 1K of memory this machine came into its element when you crammed a hefty additional 16K onto the back of it, however at the time gaming on the […]
Interview: Bob Smith of Bob’s Stuff on creating a new wave of ZX81 and ZX Spectrum games
Villordsutch chats with Bob Smith of Bob’s Stuff about creating a new wave of ZX81 and ZX Spectrum games… The Sinclair ZX81 – currently 35 years old – is a great British machine that proudly boasts 1K of RAM or 16K if you buy yourself an additional RAM pack. It’s fair to say on its […]
Video Game Review – Merry Christmas From Horace on the ZX Spectrum
Villordsutch reviews Merry Christmas Fom Horace on the ZX Spectrum… Horace, the no necked, vacant staring shape of a being is – in some classic ZX Spectrum owners hearts – the official mascot of the their machine. Yes, we have Miner Willy from Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy, Monty Mole from a cluster of games […]
Ten great ZX81 games you really need to play!
Villordsutch with ten great ZX81 games you really need to play… Sir Clive Sinclair’s ZX81 celebrated its 35th Anniversary in March 2016. This small unassuming machine to most people today, with a mere 1K of RAM, is quite possibly laughable 0 but this sleek flat-keyboarded machine began a revolution that is still rolling today. When […]
Interview – Rick Dickinson talks about designing iconic Sinclair machines
Villordsutch interviews Rick Dickinson about his the moment he started working with Sinclair Research Ltd, how he got there and how do you design a new “retro” machine… Rick Dickinson is one the most recognisable British designers to anyone involved in 1980’s home computing boom or the rather huge current retrogaming circuit. It was his talents that […]
