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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.

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Minecraft Official Workbooks | Collins Educational Books Enhance learning with Minecraft Official Workbooks by Collins. Fun and educational resources to engage young learners in maths and English.

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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nice 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 ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿค˜

29.10.2025 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Charlotte's Giving Page 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Every single pound you donate makes a difference to Cancer Research UKโ€™s ground breaking work. Donate to my Giving Page today and help ...

fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/charlot...

18.09.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
CHESS 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

CHESS 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

subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz348bs

17.09.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 209    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Magazine 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

Magazine 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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 229    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Will there realistically be more stock of the Pebble 2 Duo? ๐Ÿ˜

14.08.2025 17:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Issue 2 of Break Space magazine is out!

Download:
https://breakspace.itch.io/issue-2

#zxspectrum #retrogaming

11.07.2025 09:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cover art for The Ballad of Matthew Smith by Steve Trower. A big blue house in 8-bit computer style against a black background.

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.

๐Ÿ•น #GameLit
๐Ÿ‘พ #Retrogaming
๐Ÿซ Big house
โ˜Ž๏ธ Weird gadgets
๐Ÿฐ Frank
โ›๏ธ Mining
๐Ÿ› Strange creatures

Original Soundtrack Playlist
open.spotify.com/playlist/43A...

11.07.2025 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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

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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 194    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Issue 1 by BreakSpace ZX Spectrum game review magazine for Q1 2025

Break 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 havenโ€™t 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!

04.07.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Hyper Sentinel Fusion ๐Ÿ’พ "Paradroid + Uridium + Hades" Roguelite shoot-em-up action for PC, Mac, PS5, Xbox & Switch. Destroy the defences > Plunder the depths > Upgrade, equip & adapt!

Hyper Sentinel Fusion ๐Ÿ’พ "Paradroid + Uridium + Hades", via @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...

03.07.2025 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very 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 ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿค˜

21.06.2025 11:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, but which is better? I think we all know the answer, Sully.

16.06.2025 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know. What a knob, eh? ๐Ÿ˜€

16.05.2025 11:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow. I got this exact one for my brother earlier this year. I thought he'd see the funny side... alas, he did not ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

16.05.2025 09:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Your 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

12.05.2025 11:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

12.05.2025 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Loading screen: Chase H.Q./Ocean Software Ltd (1989) https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/903/ #zxspectrum #retrogaming

26.03.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TillysCursedLibrary ๐Ÿ“š No. 16

#FakeBookTitleFriday

21.03.2025 13:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 91    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Earthworm Jim screenshot

Earthworm Jim screenshot

Earthworm Jim screenshot

Earthworm Jim screenshot

Earthworm Jim

๐Ÿข Shiny Entertainment
๐Ÿ“… 1994
๐Ÿ–ฅ DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, Linux, Master System, Mega Drive, SNES, Wii, Windows

#videogames

06.03.2025 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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.

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

๐Ÿค– Silicon heaven
๐Ÿ˜ธ Cat religion
โœ๏ธ Deep theology
โณ๏ธ Time travel
โš–๏ธ Justice
๐Ÿฅช State of the art sarnies
๐Ÿ“š Non fiction

Ebook available everywhere books2read.com/u/49VPy8
Paperback available from the author
#WorldBookDay #BookSky

06.03.2025 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™ve drawn it before, but Tears in Rain, drawn in charcoal is off to a customer in the US of A now. โ˜บ๏ธ

Etsy in bio

06.03.2025 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 313    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A-Z index - Phil South Your Sinclair tribute site, with game reviews, and loads of other groovy stuff.

If 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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you for the game! Such great fun! Looking forward to what you've got lined up next ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿค˜

06.02.2025 06:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2024 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

03.02.2025 11:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A screenshot of the Innsmouth review from Crash issue 22

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.

26.01.2025 09:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A shot of the review of Cesare the Somnambule from Crash issue 21

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!

25.01.2025 10:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The famous Crash Smash award logo

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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Get more from Crash Magazine on Patreon Creating an A5, bi-monthly Crash Magazine

Welcome to the Blue Sky account for CRASH Micro and NEXT Magazine from Fusion Retro Books. We'll try not to clash.... but no promises. ๐Ÿ˜€

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:

www.patreon.com/c/crashmagaz...

22.01.2025 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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