As many of you already have probably gathered from a quick look around the site, since it’s release I have had a rather (obsessively so sometimes!) fondness for Sir Clive’s first colour capable computer the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. I was overjoyed to hear that Chris Wilkins, the man behind twoContinue Reading
Way before full colour ads were the norm and just before the emergence of it’s colourful sibling; the ZX Spectrum, ZX81 software adverts in computer magazines were often a very crude affair. Still very much in the time of the ‘bedroom coder’ much of the software in this early periodContinue Reading
Back in the heady days of the early 80’s I was witness to, and also the instigator if I’m honest of many a playground argument regarding which micro was best; ZX Spectrum or Commodore 64. I was always fighting Sinclair’s corner back then and still do hold the Spectrum toContinue Reading
War is a misguided topic in today’s gaming world. It’s understood to be misguided by a majority of gamers too. Call of Duty, Medal of Honour and Battlefield all make for great gaming, visually, if you are inept to that kind of entertainment. But key factors are lost in translationContinue Reading
After reading Danny Major’s recollections of owning a Commodore Amiga, I was taken back to my own memories of owning an Amiga 500. I loved my Amiga, but there was a hint of sadness about its arrival into the household as my beloved Atari 800XL died that same day. ItContinue Reading
When discussing the 16bit era, most people jump to the subject of the SNES or Mega Drive. This is an obvious choice of console discussion. Not because they are mainstream, but simply because they synonymous with word ‘games console’. I want to talk about another type of games console, thoughContinue Reading
Sinclair ZX81 Software catalogues listed all Sinclair branded software available at the time of publishing. The software was produced by Psion and ICL and covered everything from educational software to business and games. Check out the order form pages for game prices. Click here to see ZX Spectrum Software andContinue Reading
Tipped off by a friend on Instagram (thanks Graham @gameygamer !) I trundled off to www.bizzley.com to see what the fuss was about. And what a treat I found. Bob Pape has written a book about converting the seminal scrolling shooter R-Type to the ZX Spectrum and if that wasn’tContinue Reading
As I have reported before on several occasions, a number of Sinclair branded ZX Spectrum educational titles seem to command unusually high prices when sold online. Their rarity lies with the fact that although we all promised our parents that we wanted a computer for educational purposes, the reality wasContinue Reading
Steve Dixon of Purple Unicorn Software talks exclusively to RGC about his latest work-in-progress – Lucy the Ladybird: I have played some interesting games made using Jonathan Cauldwell’s Arcade Game Designer (AGD) especially graphically but nothing much has really captured my imagination or done something I would say was newContinue Reading