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The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #80 – Sir Lancelot

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From yesterday’s detailed space adventure of Dark Star we turn to Number #80 in the Your Sinclair Top 100 and it’s very much a depart from the scenes we witnessed yesterday.  In another game which could easily be labelled as a Manic Miner clone, we open the portcullis on Sir Lancelot. Sir Lancelot was published […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: Manifest Destiny #4

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: Manifest Destiny #4… The 50th Anniversary Celebration of the STAR TREK franchise continues in this special event mini-series! The fate of two civilizations comes down to the ultimate face-off between Captain Kirk and the Klingons! As the bulkhead door closes on Star Trek: Manifest Destiny, the comic to celebrate the 50th […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #81 – Dark Star

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After being firmly grounded in the Hyperaction’s mazes, we now take to the stars once again with Design Design’s Dark Star which arrives at No. 81 in the Your Sinclair Top 100.  According to the World of Spectrum the game was supposedly inspired by John Carpenter and Dan O’Bannon’s film of the same name, though anybody who […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek #58

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek #58… The stunning conclusion of “Legacy of Spock”! The fate of the Vulcan people hangs in the balance as Spock tries to prevent all-out war with the Romulan Empire! Will the Vulcans find a new homeworld on which to rebuild their civilization… or does this spell the end of their species? […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #82 – Hyperaction

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From one strategy game to another, as we arrive at Hyperaction, No. #82 from Silversoft.  A puzzle game that upon first appearance you may despis, but after a few further rounds, this could become one of your firm favourites. Hyperaction was created by Iain Christopher Hayward, Jay Derrett back in 1984. Initially Hyperaction seems like a […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #83 – Football Manager

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It takes a steely nerve to put a curly-haired, bearded chap smiling on the cover of something and then expect it to sell well. In truth this only really happens once a decade it being Bob Ross’ (Deceased) turn the decade before.  However when Kevin Toms appeared, smiling on the cover of his Football Manager […]

The Top 10 Greatest ZX Spectrum Tunes Ever!

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Going through the Top 100 Your Sinclair games [follow the countdown here] I’ve become aware of the rather brilliant – and also dire – tunes that were designed around the games – some hidden amongst levels, but most placed in a prominent spot as the game’s main theme. Not wanting to be overly biased I strolled along […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #84 – Technician Ted

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If our gaming life was our C.V. it would look rather interesting over the past few days space fighter extraordinaire, trash man, defender of the human-race and now today a technician in a chip factory as our life brings us to Number #84 Technician Ted. In our second Hewson Consultants game within the Your Sinclair […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #85 – Guardian 2

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After the grounding role of a refuse collector in Trashman from yesterday’s Your Sinclair Top 100, we’re back into the murky depths of outer space in this Defender-like game, as  No.#85 on the list is Guardian 2. Published by Hi Tec Software in 1990, I recently discovered – thanks to a programmer from the past named Rich Stevenson – […]