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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Pippo

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

Pippo starting a new level, just before the enemies appear

Pippo. This was a game I played, back in the 80's. It's quite a nice game. Simple to understand, but infuriatingly hard at times. You appear in the centre of the level, 2 or 4 enemies appear in the corners. Then you bounce from square to square …

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Dino Crisis

Written by Paul in games on Mon 18 September 2023. Tags: games, ps1, old,

I never had a PlayStation back in the 90's. We did finally get on just as they were getting to the end of their life. I Don't have one these days, but the RetroPie plays the games well.

One game I've enjoyed is Dino Crisis. It's pretty …

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Xon

Written by Paul in games on Sun 17 September 2023. Tags: games, android,

(It's been a few months since a post, so I thought I'd get on and do one)

I found this game a few years ago. I'm fairly sure that's back when my phone had Android Gingerbread (2.3) on it. It does say last update was in 2015, but it …

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Railways

Written by Paul in games on Wed 08 February 2023. Tags: games,

Railways. The concept is simple. There are rails that trains emerge from and then they follow the track and exit the screen. But you can drag from a train onto another track. A new, temporary, track is drawn and the train follows this new track onto another …

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