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Back in the Day: The Video Games We Were Playing in May 1981

May 20, 2021 by Andrew Newton

Andrew Newton on the titles that were proving a hit with gamers back in May 1981… The May of 1981 was a great one for football fans, there was the the 100th FA Cup final which at first ended in a draw between Manchester City and Spurs and then a week later a win for […]

Filed Under: Andrew Newton, Articles and Opinions, Video Games Tagged With: 747 Flight, Defender, Warlords

Back in the Day: The Video Games We Were Playing in March 1981

March 22, 2021 by Andrew Newton

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 […]

Filed Under: Andrew Newton, Articles and Opinions, News, Video Games Tagged With: 1Z Games, Defender, Game Watch Headache, Game Watch Helmet, ZX81

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

June 4, 2016 by Villordsutch

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 – […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Video Games, Villordsutch Tagged With: Defender, Guardian 2, Hi Tec Software, Stargate, Your Sinclair, zx spectrum

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