Spectrum Days - retro games and movies

By Chris Head, Phil Head, Jon Head

The podcast where we ruin our childhood memories of games we used to play.

Join Phil and Chris as we take look at the video games we played as kids back in the late eighties and nineties.

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November 01, 2024 Commando, Rambo and Ikari Warriors are all the same game, right?
In a previous podcast we had a feeling that Commando (the arcade hit and excellent ZX Spectrum conversion) and Rambo were basically the same game, well, that's what our memories of 80´s gaming were telling us!

Surely they were both Shoot 'em ups? In this episode we played both games and few others in the same gaming genre to see if we still felt they were "the same game". Do you remember Ikari Warriors in the arcade or did you have it on a home computer or console? Maybe on the Commodore 65 or the Amstrad? Did you play Secret Command on the Sega Master System?

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43min
January 27, 2024 WANTED: Monty Mole - how hard is it!?!?
Why? Just why did they make Wanted Monty Mole so hard? Listen to Phil and Chris discuss this retro gaming classic by Gremlin Graphics on the ZX Spectrum. It also came out on the Commodore 64.

It has just been released on Nintendo Switch and is also available on Steam thanks to Pixel Games UK (https://pixelgames.uk/).

Other titles in the series include...
Monty is Innocent
Monty on the Run
Auf Wiedersehen Monty
Moley Christmas
Impossamole

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37min
January 12, 2024 Are games too long?
Whether you are a PC gamer or a console gamer, we want to know, are games just too long now?

Games only lasted about 20 minutes back in the days of the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64, now they can last for hundreds of hours! Games like Zelda and the Witcher, massive sprawling sandbox style adventure games, role playing games, not to mention the almost infinite quality of online gaming like GTA. Is it that us middle aged people just haven't the time or energy to start a game with that much content? Or maybe games are better value now than they ever have been? Let us know your thoughts.

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32min
December 24, 2023 Die Hard the MOVIE - Yippee Ki-Yay Muddy Funksters!
Yippee Ki-Yay Muddy Funksters it’s Christmas Time!!

Can you think of a better way to enjoy Christmas than listening to two old guys trying to figure out why they can't remember Die Hard?
Well, here you go, our gift to you, us trying to remember Die Hard, then we watch it and share our thoughts on it now. Is it as good as it was back then? Is it as good as… the book?

Let us know if you watch Die Hard over Christmas - it is a Christmas movie, after all.

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54min
December 21, 2023 Top 30 ZX Spectrum games Christmas 1985
Using expert knowledge and superlative memory recall, we look at the top 30 ZX Spectrum games we were all buying or being given by Santa for Christmas 1985.
Did you get any of these retro gaming treasures?

Which ones were actually any good?

What would your top 30 look like from that time?

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December 07, 2023 Chaos The Battle of Wizards on the ZX Spectrum
Can I play with madness? How about some Chaos?

This week we look at Julian Gollop’s massive Sinclair hit, the same guy that brought us Rebelstar, Laser Squad (which we enjoyed on the Amiga) and X-Com. Some would say he was the king of turn-based type games. Does Chaos live up to our memories?

Would we rather play D&D or any other Games Workshop table top game?

Do you remember playing this one? Did it ever come out on the Commodore 64?

Want to play along?

Here is a link so you can:
https://torinak.com/qaop/play/chaos

Here is Chaos Reborn on

Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/319050/Chaos_Reborn/

If you want to play the original with a friend who isn’t close enough to cozy on up to your Speccy, try Stephen Smith’s play by email version:

https://stephensmith.itch.io/complete-mayhem

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42min
November 23, 2023 Robocop the Original Movie - is it STILL good?
Do you remember the first time you watched Robocop? Did your mum or dad rent it out on VHS for you? Or were you not allowed to watch it back in the day? If you watch it today, does it still hold up?

Join Phil and Chris as we try to remember this classic, then we discuss what we think of it after watching it again, so 30 years or so since the first time.

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November 09, 2023 Mortal Kombat - Finished it?
Was the first ever Mortal Kombat a Flawless Victory or are your memories deceiving you?

In this episode Phil and Chris try to remember playing Mortal Kombat back on the Sega Megadrive / Genesis, and the Super Nintendo. It was amazing right? Realistic digitized sprites, martial arts action, special “fatality” moves, blood, gore… must still be amazing!! Tune in to find out how these two old men remember it and what they think of it now when they play it once again!

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36min
October 26, 2023 80s and 90s Shopping for games - was it better than today?
Do you remember buying games back in the 80s and 90s? What was your local games shop like? Did you browse the shelves of the big shops like Menzies and WH Smiths? Or were you lucky enough to have a small independent games shop in your town?

Was it more fun buying games in a box in a real shop than ordering them online or downloading a digital version?

Do you get all your games on Steam and other digital stores now? Do you miss the experience of going to the games shop, or do you still have a games shop close to home you visit? Let us know!

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42min
October 12, 2023 #27: Should we get an Atari 2600+ or an Atari Gamestation Pro? Trailer reaction
In this episode we react to the official trailers to both consoles - the Atari 2600+ and Atari Gamestation Pro. We talk joysticks, paddles and the ability to use your old Atari carts.

Did you have an Atari back in the day, or did you laugh at your friends who did as you enjoyed your ZX Spectrum?

Why does everything have to have LED lights in them now?

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26min

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