Posts Tagged With 'zxspectrum'

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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