They're dead cheap as well - only a fiver each - if you're looking for educational Christmas stocking fillers for kids aged 5 to 11.
29.10.2025 20:44 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0@florinthedwarf.bsky.social
I'm Paul Davies, reviewer and writer for Fusion Retro Books (CRASH AND ZZAPP!64) and author of Florin's ZX Spectrum Haul of Games. Speccy lover.
They're dead cheap as well - only a fiver each - if you're looking for educational Christmas stocking fillers for kids aged 5 to 11.
29.10.2025 20:44 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0Nice one, mate. My 9 year old is Minecraft mad at the mo (Minecraft Dungeons to be more specific!), so he'll love one or two of these ๐๐ค
29.10.2025 22:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0CHESS players. Make sure your opponent sits in front of a reflective surface so as you can get a sneaky peek at their pieces when they are not looking. Mac, Fleetwood
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17.09.2025 18:07 โ ๐ 209 ๐ 33 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Magazine Letter: My Mum used to say that you should always wear clean underwear in case you ever got knocked over and I always followed her advice. But the other week I was hit by a bus, and after looking at the open fracture on my shin, I shat my pants anyway. And pissed them. Craig Eddie, e-mail
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14.08.2025 17:29 โ ๐ 229 ๐ 51 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Will there realistically be more stock of the Pebble 2 Duo? ๐
14.08.2025 17:05 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Issue 2 of Break Space magazine is out!
Download:
https://breakspace.itch.io/issue-2
#zxspectrum #retrogaming
Cover art for The Ballad of Matthew Smith by Steve Trower. A big blue house in 8-bit computer style against a black background.
#PlaylistPitch #SF #A #Humour
The Ballad of Matthew Smith - the unofficial novel of Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner.
๐น #GameLit
๐พ #Retrogaming
๐ซ Big house
โ๏ธ Weird gadgets
๐ฐ Frank
โ๏ธ Mining
๐ Strange creatures
Original Soundtrack Playlist
open.spotify.com/playlist/43A...
I'VE JUST noticed that Saturday has the word 'turd' in the middle of it. Why aren't we taught this stuff at school instead of algebra? Dominic Twose, Leamington Spa
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11.07.2025 18:25 โ ๐ 194 ๐ 24 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 2Break Space Issue 2 is COMING SOON. Real soon, now,
featuring almost 40 reviews of brand new ZX Spectrum games, Interviews, Type-ins and more.
But in case you havenโt downloaded issue one from breakspace.itch.io/issue-1 , let's take a day-by-day look at the 7 games that received a coveted Ace award!
Hyper Sentinel Fusion ๐พ "Paradroid + Uridium + Hades", via @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...
03.07.2025 08:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Very fond memories of this one. Albeit a little slow, the animation is decent and the monster sprites are really well done. I also love the custom loader on this one for the loading screen - I'll still marvel at it to this day ๐๐ค
21.06.2025 11:40 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yeah, but which is better? I think we all know the answer, Sully.
16.06.2025 11:55 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I know. What a knob, eh? ๐
16.05.2025 11:28 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Wow. I got this exact one for my brother earlier this year. I thought he'd see the funny side... alas, he did not ๐ฌ
16.05.2025 09:17 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Your Sinclair (Jun 1993) - Championship Sprint, 4 Most Super Sports, Howzat, The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants, Kentucky Racing and Fernando Martin Basket Master reviews
READ: (1/2) #zxspectrum #retrogaming
Herbie Want to Be a Millionaire by Jose doorstein, a brand new Spectrum game.
Download it here:
https://bitmagine.itch.io/herbie-millionaire
#zxspectrum #retrogaming
Loading screen: Chase H.Q./Ocean Software Ltd (1989) https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/903/ #zxspectrum #retrogaming
26.03.2025 19:05 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0#TillysCursedLibrary ๐ No. 16
#FakeBookTitleFriday
Earthworm Jim screenshot
Earthworm Jim screenshot
Earthworm Jim
๐ข Shiny Entertainment
๐
1994
๐ฅ DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, Linux, Master System, Mega Drive, SNES, Wii, Windows
#videogames
Cover art for Where Do All The Calculators Go? by Steve Trower. A bright red calculator against a background of stars and nebulae. The calculator display reads: the Gospel According to Red Dwarf.
Where Do All The Calculators Go: The Gospel According to #RedDwarf
๐ค Silicon heaven
๐ธ Cat religion
โ๏ธ Deep theology
โณ๏ธ Time travel
โ๏ธ Justice
๐ฅช State of the art sarnies
๐ Non fiction
Ebook available everywhere books2read.com/u/49VPy8
Paperback available from the author
#WorldBookDay #BookSky
Iโve drawn it before, but Tears in Rain, drawn in charcoal is off to a customer in the US of A now. โบ๏ธ
Etsy in bio
So "Fish 2: A Fish In Time", the long awaited (by me at least) sequel to my (ahem) Golden Joystick award winning game of 1989 is almost written. Johnnie Molloy couldn't write it with me because he died in 2018. But I feel he's with me, and is in fact a character in the game. Watch this space.
25.02.2025 11:28 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0If you want to read all my reviews in Your Sinclair then this is the place to find them. I will shortly be doing dramatic readings of all these on my socials. web.archive.org/web/20040614...
25.02.2025 12:09 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you for the game! Such great fun! Looking forward to what you've got lined up next ๐๐ค
06.02.2025 06:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 02024 Crash Smash Countdown (=6th, 90%)
RUMBA
These days, it's rare that an entirely new genre gets invented, but the Mojon Twins did just that with this terrific "Suck-'Em-Up" game, awarded top marks by Paul in issue 25!
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #8bit
A screenshot of the Innsmouth review from Crash issue 22
2024 Crash Smash Countdown (=6th, 90%)
INNSMOUTH
Delve into the nightmare world of H. P. Lovecraft in this atmospheric adventure from Bitfans that Gordon recommended "playing with the lights turned off" in issue 22.
A shot of the review of Cesare the Somnambule from Crash issue 21
2024 Crash Smash Countdown (=6th, 90%)
CESARE THE SOMNABULE
A classy noire adventure from Team Moritz that Gordon described as "highly engaging and memorable" in issue 21!
The famous Crash Smash award logo
In 2024, a whopping 11 brand-new Speccy games received the coveted Crash Smash award! What better way to kick off 2025 - and our new BlueSky account - than to count down through the best of last year according to our discerning reviewers!
25.01.2025 10:13 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Welcome to the Blue Sky account for CRASH Micro and NEXT Magazine from Fusion Retro Books. We'll try not to clash.... but no promises. ๐
On this account we'll keep you up to date with news on the mag and teases for what's to come. Thanks for your support:
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