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
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
Sinclair Software and Peripheral Catalogues described the whole range of Sinclair branded software (at that particular time). As time went on the catalogues grew and also later included Sinclair branded peripherals such as Microdrives, the ZX Printer, Interface 1 and Interface 2. Most early ZX Spectrums (rubber keyed 16K andContinue Reading
What could be better than Flappy Bird on the VCS? Flappy Bird on the ZX81, that’s what! The little black wedge gets it’s own version of the gaming phenomenon courtesy of Bob’s Stuff. This version is called Quack and uses the immense power of the Zeddy to show off thisContinue Reading
Since posting a few pics of one of my Spectrum Six Packs on Instagram and Twitter, I noticed that this flimsy box of bundled software seemed to stir up happy gaming memories for a lot of people. Since there is very little on the internet relating to this bundle, andContinue Reading
I’m feeling all Christmassy with a couple of days to go ’til the big day so why not dig out a Christmas themed game for my favourite computer and give it a whirl… What’s it all about then? So here is The Official Father Christmas by Alternative Software. Released inContinue Reading
