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The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #25 – Manic Miner

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After the frantic, colourful space shmup that was Light Force our next game in the Your Sinclair Top 100 takes us deep under our own worlds surface.  Number #25 is the classic platformer Manic Miner. Manic Miner came from the brain of Matthew Smith in 1983, published by Bug-Byte Software and then Software Projects.  It […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #26 – Light Force

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Left in the dust-cloud of Super Hang-On we look for our next game in the Your Sinclair Top 100 and it’s delivered to us from FTL (Faster Than Light) at No.#26 in the form of the extremely colourful Light Force. Light Force is a vertical shooter or as the kids call them today a shmup, which […]

Exclusive: Bringing ABZÛ to life with composer Austin Wintory

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Take a behind the scenes look at Grammy nominated composer Austin Wintory creating the much anticipated ABZÛ score ahead of the game’s release tomorrow on PlayStation 4 and PC in this exclusive video… ABZÛ is an epic descent into the depths of the sea, where players will explore beautifully rendered ocean environments with fluid swimming […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #27 – Super Hang-On

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Our brains have clearly been taxed enough over the past couple of days and as Deactivators is ejected from our communal cassette deck, we pick up an adrenaline-filled serving from the Your Sinclair Top 100 and smile as we realise that No.#27 is Super Hang-On from Electronic Arts. Super Hang-On was originally released by SEGA as […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #28 – Deactivators

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Forcing the old grey matter to actually do some work seems to be on the cards again, as we wave goodbye to Think! and greet our next title in the Your Sinclair Top 100. Deactivators which sits at No. #28 however this isn’t a flat 2D board game – here we’re in the pseudo-3D realm of bomb […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #29 – Think!

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With the graphical wizardry of Nebulus from Hewson served to us in our last instalment, you’d now expect our bar to be set pretty high in the Your Sinclair Top 100, so when what looks like a square version of Connect 4 strolls up at No.#29 – calling itself Think! – we’re instantly sneering at it […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #30 – Nebulus

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Resetting our ZX Spectrum, we remove from memory Lunar Jetman, looking towards our next game in the Your Sinclair Top 100 and again it’s another from the Hewson Consultants Ltd.  Number #30 was a game that made both critics and gamers really stop and look, as Nebulus had a certain unique feature. Nebulus was programmed by John […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #31 – Lunar Jetman

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With a heavy heart we leave Jet Set Willy and continue counting down in the the Your Sinclair Top 100 and it appears we’re in luck as what floats in at No.#31 is another Ultimate Play the Game release – this time it’s Lunar Jetman. Lunar Jetman bobbed into view back in 1983 from Tim and Chris […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #32 – Jet Set Willy

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Still riding high from Knight Lore from the day before we turn to today’s Your Sinclair Top 100 and cross our fingers hoping that we’re given something just as wonderful.  Pulling our hand from the bag of ZX Spectrum gaming delights, it’s revealed that No.#32 hasn’t let us down as it’s the true classic Jet […]