Posts Tagged With 'old'

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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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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The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

Written by Paul in games on Sun 29 January 2023. Tags: games, old, gameboy,

I'm currently playing Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages. As it turns out most people suggest Oracle of Seasons first, but 'd already started by the time I read that, so I'm sticking with "Ages".

It feels very much like an addon/extra levels to Link's Awakening, I'm enjoying it …

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