Category: ZX Spectrum
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#12 Jetpac – Thrusting for fun
Join Phil and Chris as they get to grips with flying around a screen trying to build and then fuel a space ship whilst wearing only a Jet Pack! Do their memories hold up? Is Jet Pac still a good game? Most importantly, is it one or two words? Jet Pac or Jetpac? Tune in…
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#11 Daley Thompson’s Decathlon – Waggle Fest
Phil and Chris take turns trying to remember Daley Thompson’s Decathlon on the ZX Spectrum. How many joytsicks did they break when playing it back in the day? How many keyboards did they break playing it now in 2023? Who can run the fastest? Can Chris even do the high jump? Is it as good…
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Episode 9 – Renegade: Just like the movies
Join Phil and Chris as they try to remember Renegade on the ZX Spectrum! Will they even remember who published the game correctly? Will they constantly confuse it with Target Renegade and Double Dragon? Of course they will! They released the game back in the 80’s you know! When they get around to playing it,…
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Magic Miner
Our podcast is not to be taken seriously. It’s an excuse for three cousins to talk to each other every week and have a laugh doing so. We hope people listen in and have a chuckle too, but mostly we’re doing it for ourselves. We haven’t reached double digits with the episodes yet and we’ve…
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Episode 8 – Manic Miner: Magic?
Link to the podcast episode all about our memories of Manic Miner on the ZX Spectrum.
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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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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…