Category: Computing And Retro Gaming

Jetpac By Ultimate on ZX Spectrum This game brings back memories of going to WHSmiths to browse the latest Spectrum games on a Saturday morning. Jetpac had just been released and I had enough money for a game, and this was the one I chose. After hurrying home on the […]

This weekend my wife said we had to clear the top of the wardrobe, and the fitted cupboards in the bedroom. While clearing up we found loads of really great stuff While we were sorting out the cupboards I re-discovered my NES PC which has been a bit neglected, so […]

PSSST By Ultimate Play The Game on Sinclair ZX Spectrum If you had a DeLorean to whisk you back to the 1980’s when the Sinclair ZX Spectrum was in its heyday then PSST would be one of the games you’d have heard people raving about. The story behind PSSST is […]

Turrican By Rainbow Arts on Amiga My brother was playing on the Amiga way back in the early 1990’s, and when I went in to see his latest game purchase this was another of those games which made me want a Commodore Amiga. The music and sound effects coming from […]

I recently found my Super Nintendo (SNES) in my garage. I had no power supply, aerial lead or joypad, so I got onto Ebay and bought the required parts. When they arrived I eagerly plugged them in and turned on the console. Nothing. No lights lit up, no buzzing, not […]

I am a geek. I like computers, games consoles and all the kind of technology and gadgetry which goes into it. I started playing with computers in the early 1980’s with a Sinclair ZX81 and then a Spectrum and did some computer programming in BASIC on the Speccy. I have […]