Category: System
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Episode 7 – Space Harrier: Welcome to the fantasy zone
In this episode Phil and Chris mix up their memories of playing Space Harrier. Surely playing it at home on the ZX Spectrum or Mega Drive was exactly the same as the full motion hydraulic arcade cabinet experience? Tune in to find out if we completed it.
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Not the movie! We, if you are of my era, are getting to that age, who am I kidding?…we are that age! The age when every day an anniversary of some amazing, influential or simply well remembered and loved game crops up in your various online feeds. Gaming is such a new…hobby? That’s what we…
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Horace goes skiing: a slippery slope
In our third episode we finally cover a ZX Spectrum game. We took our sweet time considering we are calling our podcast “Spectrum Days”… But we finally got there and we chose a classic to cover. Actually, we chose three classics as we take on the legendary Horace Trilogy: Horace Goes Skiing Hungry Horace Horace…
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Mega Drive 2 Mini
…or is it the Sega Mega Drive Mini 2? as it says on the box! Well, technically it is a Mega Drive 2, or at least a mini version of one, so in summary, it’s a mini Mega Drive 2 and the 2nd mini Sega have made…got it? Being a collector of retro gaming stuff…
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Ghouls ‘n Ghosts: Terrifyingly difficult?
In a nutshell… yes, it’s very hard. Too hard. When discussing games apt for Halloween we jumped on Ghouls ‘n Ghosts. Surely this was one of the best Sega Megadrive games from our youth. An arcade port that would survive the test of time we thought. At the time it was the best game for…