Duel

Written by Paul in films on Tue 15 October 2024. Tags: 80s, no-spoilers,

Duel

I wouldn't feel too bad revealing the end of a 50 year old film, but I'll hold off spoilers today.

Duel is a 1971 film, directed by Steven Spielberg. There's not much to the film, we see a man, who later turns out to be the …

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Electric Dreams

Written by Paul in films on Tue 15 October 2024. Tags: 80s,

Electric Dreams

Electric Dreams is a 1984 film. It's about a man and his computer. Most likely taking advantage of the new interest in computers, it uses one in a very unrealistic way. Miles buys his new computer at the same time a woman moves into the …

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Dragon Quest

Written by Paul in games on Tue 08 October 2024. Tags: games, rpg, snes,

Dragon Quest (Originally Dragon Warrior), this is one of my favourite series of games. I first started playing on my Nintendo DS and it must've been IV, V & VI that I played on that console. I was delighted when after a while Dragon Quest IX was released …

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Horace and the Spiders

Written by Paul in games on Mon 09 October 2023. Tags: games, old, zxspectrum,

The Horace games were such a good series of games. The best one was Horace and the Spiders. Horace is an odd shaped, blue person. He has a head, legs and no arms. But there is pony-tail.

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First he has to run along and jump up some …

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Horace Goes Skiing

Written by Paul in games on Mon 09 October 2023. Tags: games, old, zxspectrum,

Another Horace game. This time Horace wants to go skiing. And, inexplicably, you have to run across the road, buy skis and run back. You have a starting budget of $40 and skis cost $10. And, if you get hit on the road, an ambulance costs the …

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