Electric Dreams

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

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 flat above his (maybe it …

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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! It was different …

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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 steps, and over …

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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 same. If you …

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Pippo

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

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, as you enter …

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