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Lord Arse!
@Lord_Arse
13 Nov 2024
From the man who brought you the brilliant "ZX Nightmares", @Wizwords brings us the sequel, "ZX Dreams"! A 232-page hardback book featuring the best games on the ZX Spectrum. Already smashed through it's funding goal, the next stretch (dust cover) is just £300 away!
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Update #17: ZX Dreams - a book for all those who love the ZX Spectrum kickstarter.com/projects/zza…

Update 17: ZX Dreams - a book for all those who love the ZX Spectrum · ZX Nightmares

Hi there,We have just launched a short Kickstarter for our new book ZX Dreams, the follow up to our popular ZX Nightmares book - both written by Graeme Mason.The book will be sent out early December,...

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Graeme Wizwords Mason@Wizwords
7 Nov 2024
ZX Dreams campaign is live via @Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/zza…

ZX Dreams

Ahh, the good old ZX Spectrum days!

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Fusion Retro Books
@Retro_Fusion
27 Aug 2024
Proud to announce our involvement in the brand new Spectrum from Retro Games Ltd. We are responsible for the mini CRASH magazine inside, and for coordinating some of the IP agreements! #zxspectrum #retrogaming
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This little fellow, Milo from The Mask
Cinema Connoisseur
@MovieEndorser
21 Aug 2024
What’s Your Favorite Performance by an Animal in a Movie?
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BitmapSoft
@BitmapSoft
21 Aug 2024
Knightmare for the #ZXSpectrum by @tomjamespotter Dare you answer Treguard’s call? The reward of Knighthood awaits the adventurer who can succeed in this epic trial! Bookmark bitmapsoft.co.uk/product/kni… #RETROGAMING
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Graeme Wizwords Mason@Wizwords
29 Jul 2024
On The ZX Spectrum #15 is ready to go out at 5pm Friday. Subscribers also get the OTZXS Nextra newsletter, which I'm working on today, and will go out 9th August at 5. Sign up, for free, below and please spread the word - getting close to 1000 subs! onthezxspectrum.eo.page/onth…
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Imagine Software co-founder Mark Butler arrives at his offices astride a custom-made motorbike circa 1983.
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Incentive Software's bespoke C5 atop the company Volvo, circa 1985.
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Domark's Dominic Wheatley (second from the left) and Mark Strachan (second from the right) celebrate the release of its latest game, Eureka! The glass box holds £25,000, the prize for the first person to crack the game. It was won by 15-year old Matthew Woodley.
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Despite the promotion, Domark almost went bust because of Eureka! and was only saved by its best-selling board game licence, Trivial Pursuit.
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Graeme Wizwords Mason@Wizwords
20 Jun 2024
Exclusive highlights of England vs Denmark from earlier #euros2024 #DENENG #football #spectrum #zxspectrum
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Retro Gamer@RetroGamer_Mag
7 Jun 2024
Retro Gamer 260 is on sale now, featuring a history of Nintendo's hardware innovation, and the bonus Mini Metroid Companion Also inside: 🎮 WarioWare Inc 🪛 Technician Ted 🐘 Little Big Adventure 👾 M2 ShotTriggers And more Find it in shops, or online at magazinesdirect.com/az-magaz…
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US Gold's Tim Chaney is presented with an award by Jools Holland at the 1984 C&VG Golden Joysticks. US Gold featured in the Best Strategy Game section with Beach Head coming second behind The Lords Of Midnight.
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Eurogamer
@eurogamer
16 Jun 2024
The story of Captain Blood, in which you track down and murder your own clones - five times eurogamer.net/the-story-of-c…
An alien and an image-based language decoder in the game Captain Blood. The whole thing is rendered in 16-bit graphics.

ALT An alien and an image-based language decoder in the game Captain Blood. The whole thing is rendered in 16-bit graphics.

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Monty Python Terry Jones at the launch of Mosaic Software/Level 9's Erik The Viking game in 1984.
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Mastertronic's Martin Alper, John Maxwell, Alison Beasley and Alan Sharam have fun on the office pinball machine circa 1985.
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Christian Penfold and Mel Croucher of Automata at a trade show in the early-mid 80s. In protest against the violence in computer games, Automata had cleared its stand to make way for jazz band. Note the posters behind the band: "Trumpets Not Crumpets, Peace Not Violence"
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David Marshall, author of one of the Spectrum's finest combat flight sims, Fighter Pilot, in his office circa 1989. David sadly passed away in 2016, aged just 62.
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The Realtime Games team outside their office: Andy Onions, Graeme Baird and Ian Oliver. The trio were responsible for some of the ZX Spectrum's greatest wireframe shoot-'em-ups such as 3D Starstrike and Starglider.
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