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Crystal Dynamics and musician That Norsk Chick release the official Tomb Raider Lo-Fi Collection celebrating 30 years with reimagined tracks and new voice lines.
multi · 2026-10-27 · news
Break Space Issue 7 launches as a free PDF digital magazine featuring 40 ZX Spectrum game reviews, 4 developer interviews, Crash Live 2026 report, and POKEs.
zx-spectrum · 2026-10-27 · news
Developer Tollis releases RoboCop Reimagined for Amstrad CPC 6128, introducing updated sprites, cinematic scenes, custom palettes, and an AY soundtrack.
amstrad-cpc-6128 · 2026-10-27 · news
Developer Kirby2000 releases Tetris ZX v1.0.0 for ZX Spectrum 48K and 128K, recreating the Game Boy classic with competitive two-player mode and AY audio.
zx-spectrum · 2026-10-27 · news
Psytronik Software releases Basilisk, a free Halloween Commodore 64 horror adventure by Alf Yngve and Richard Bayliss set in haunted Chateau Roko.
c64 · 2026-10-27 · news
Nintendo adds Metal Slug Advance, Monster Rancher Advance, and Kururin Paradise to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack.
gba · 2026-10-27 · news
Nintendo expands its Game Boy Classics catalogue on Nintendo Switch Online with Mole Mania, Avenging Spirit, and Revenge of the Gator.
game-boy · 2026-10-27 · news
Developer Dylan McDonald introduces Respring, using touchHLE to bring classic 32-bit iOS games like Peggle and Chuzzle to modern 64-bit Apple devices.
handheld · 2026-10-26 · news
Creative Assembly leadership addresses the controversial Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition rerelease, acknowledging external development and AI art issues.
pc · 2026-10-26 · news
Anglia Television licenses a new free PC point-and-click Knightmare adventure for 2027 celebrating the TV classic's 40th anniversary with Hugo Myatt as Tregard.
pc · 2026-10-26 · news
Minimalist, hypnotic, and weirdly stressful: a strategy puzzle about line-of-sight, terrain, and resource conversion. It feels like playing chess against a lighthouse that wants you dead. Not everyone’s taste, but if it clicks, it becomes obsession material. “One more attempt” is the whole game.
spectrum · 2026-02-14 · review · Score: 78/100
Strategy as atmosphere: sweeping map, moody presentation, and decisions that feel like a winter campaign journal. It’s less about micromanagement and more about planning, movement, and morale—like chess with weather and dread. Not fast, but deeply absorbing if you enjoy thinking your way through a cold apocalypse.
spectrum · 2026-02-14 · review · Score: 76/100
A text adventure with personality, weirdness, and an AI that occasionally behaves like it’s been left alone too long. It’s famous for feeling alive—sometimes helpfully alive, sometimes “your companion just did WHAT?” alive. If you like narrative experimentation and don’t mind friction, it’s a fascinating trip. If you want clarity, it will respond with riddles and smug silence.
spectrum · 2026-02-14 · review · Score: 72/100
A school simulator where the goal is basically to survive education through mischief. It’s open-ended, comedic, and full of little routines that make the place feel alive—teachers patrol, classmates react, chaos spreads. It’s not “smooth,” but it’s charmingly systemic: you create stories, not just solutions. Also: this is the only game where detention feels like a boss fight.
spectrum · 2026-02-14 · review · Score: 73/100
A jungle maze of “where am I?” and “why is everything trying to touch me aggressively?” Exploration is the game, and it’s charmingly brutal: you learn landmarks, manage risk, and accept that confusion is part of the adventure. It’s iconic because it feels like a real expedition—just with more snakes and fewer health & safety regulations.
spectrum · 2026-02-14 · review · Score: 76/100
A licensed game that actually tries: multiple gameplay styles, gritty tone, and enough challenge to make you feel like a machine built for justice (who still falls into pits like everyone else). It’s uneven, but it’s memorable, and the atmosphere does a lot of work. When it hits, it feels cool. When it misses, it feels like you’re enforcing the law with a rubber chicken.
spectrum · 2026-02-14 · review · Score: 73/100
Street brawling with that gritty “everyone is a problem” vibe. It’s simple, satisfying, and absolutely built to make you feel like a hero until three enemies decide you’re not. The combat has a nice rhythm once you learn spacing and timing. It’s rough around the edges, but the attitude is timeless.
spectrum · 2026-02-14 · review · Score: 75/100
Manic Miner is pure 8-bit platform chaos: tiny rooms full of hazards, tight jumps, cruel timing, and the constant sense that the level designer is giggling behind the curtain. It’s a Spectrum classic because it’s simple, hard, and instantly readable. Graphics are clean and functional, and on the Spectrum that means something. Rooms are distinct, hazards are visible, and the game uses color boldly even with attribute clash shenanigans. Sound is basic but charming—classic Spectrum beeps and simple tunes that set the mood. Gameplay is the hook: tight platforming in small, contained spaces. The game’s challenge comes from precision and pattern recognition. Honesty time: it’s unforgiving, but it’s short-loop unforgiving. You restart quickly, you try again quickly. Verdict: a brutal, charming Spectrum platformer that defined an era.
spectrum · 2026-02-14 · review · Score: 78/100
The isometric landmark. It looks incredible for its time and created a whole genre vibe: spooky rooms, object puzzles, and exploration. It can feel slow and fiddly now, but as a piece of design history that’s also still playable, it’s a must. Like stepping into the blueprint of British micro gaming.
spectrum · 2026-02-14 · review · Score: 79/100
A huge mansion of platforming chaos and questionable collision. It’s ambitious, iconic, and occasionally held together with tape and vibes. Exploring the mansion is fun; falling through something you swear was solid is less fun. As an era-defining oddball, it’s still worth it—just bring patience and a sense of humor.
spectrum · 2026-02-14 · review · Score: 74/100
Sinclair ZX81 / Timex 1000 · Arcade Shooter · Updated 2026-09-12 · development
Pass 02 · WRX renderer hot-path pass
Flicker-free WRX hires driver, 16K RAM limit and deterministic wave generation locked.
Windows Mobile / Pocket PC · Arcade Shooter · Updated 2026-09-12 · development
Pass 12 · Windows Mobile CAB candidate
ARM native build, touch/D-pad dual input, lifecycle persistence and sound effects verified.
WonderSwan · Arcade Shooter · Updated 2026-09-12 · development
Pass 12 · Native platform lock & Bubu core
Deterministic gameplay core, canonical parity gate, hardware sprites and native sound effects verified.
Mega Drive / Genesis · Adventure · Updated 2026-09-12 · development
Pass 04 · Mega Drive native vertical slice
68000 native engine, VDP tile management, YM2612 atmospheric sound and battery backup save.
Find your way through a silent station in this 24-floor suspense puzzle adventure. Retune between amber and cyan, activate the relays and reach each exit. Optional recordings reveal more of the story, while par targets reward careful routes. Includes original music and sound effects.
€4.99 · c64
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Take charge of twelve railway signal boxes, from a quiet country halt to Grand Junction. Set points, clear signals and lower crossing barriers while keeping the timetable moving. Fog, freight, overtaking trains and temporary point failures test your judgement, accompanied by original music and effects.
€4.99 · c64
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Record, rewind and synchronise two operators through thirty puzzle boards across three chapters. Record Track A one beat at a time, then guide B while A repeats its pads, pushes and signals. Diodes, toggle switches and crates deepen the puzzles. Includes undo, retry, chapter passwords and an original soundtrack.
€4.99 · c64
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Keep the reactor running through forty power-routing puzzles across five reactor families. Lay conduit from cores to terminals, ground sparks, manage heat and cut the line ahead of surges. Rotating junctions, one-way current and mirrored movement add new pressures as you chase three-star records.
€4.99 · c64
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Teach a tiny colony to solve 45 habitats across five biomes. Write short IF-THEN rules for gatherers, builders and scouts, then watch them carry food, bridge gaps and coordinate their routes. Chase three-star rule and time targets, return with biome passwords and enjoy an original soundtrack.
€4.99 · c64
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Recover the seven scattered Gems in Super Sean 007: Legend of the Seven Gems. Explore eight regions, build a five-person party and read each boss’s tells in turn-based battles. Solve puzzles, visit shops and inns, save your journey to disk and face Xelar at Bald Moon Tower.
€4.99 · c64
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