Show Notes
It's been the buzz of the moment. Retro Games Ltd have recently released their latest micro computer replication. Following on the success of the C64 mini/maxi, the Amiga 500 mini and the Atari 400, Sinclair fans celebrated as The Spectrum was dispatched to thousands of loving homes (in time for Christmas). Join Drisky and Kingy as they discuss the system, its included games and suggested classics that you should play on this lovely rubber-keyed device.
Show notes:: Playdate: https://play.date/ Root Bear - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDTVQp0-S44 BBC Micro Literacy Project Archive https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/ Drisky's chosen list of Speccy games: 180
2. Atic Atac
3. Captain Blood
4. Chuckie Egg
5. Fantasy World Dizzy
6. Dan Dare
7. Deathchase
8. Head Over Heels
9. Three Weeks In Paradise
10. Enduro Racer
11. Chase HQ
12. Jet Set Willy
13. Garfield
14. Snoopy
15. Bear Bovver
16. Jet Pac
17. Batty
18. Trantor : The Last Stormtrooper
Kingy's Chosen list of Speccy games: 1. Bugaboo 2. Cyclone 3. Dynamite Dan 4. Knight Lore 5. Kokotoni Wilf 6. Mighty Magus 7. Mugsy 8. Orc Attack 9. The Pyramid 10. Worse Things Happen at Sea
MODERN INDIE:
castle escape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM5VpMv5QT4
Cesare the Somnambule (Sleepwalker) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXNWbjNxW24
Donkey Kong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azNUWPUSvQk
Exo-tical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oobdW3GJuBY
MArlow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkR43nTum7U
Marsmare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoQfnCsIKCQ&t=141s
Dr Acula https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGeM_o5FceM
Mushroom Soup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KQ8LhyJGBk
Nothing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtksG-wrKqE
Microblitz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYPmPPhXBRM
Aliens Neoplasma 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTx8f6Tt39M
Analogue 64 https://www.analogue.co/3d
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