Spectrum Days - retro games and movies

In this episode, we look back at Street Fighter 2! Can you remember what it was like when it first came out in the Arcade? Or did you first see it on a home console like the SNES or the Sega Mega Drive? Did you ever play it on the Commodore Amiga? Have you seen the ZX Spectrum fan made version? Are you still playing it on the Nintendo Switch?

Who taught you how to throw your first Hadoken?

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Join us for this BONUS episode where we discuss the Nintendo Direct event from 14th of September 2023. We focus on the retro related new releases, the old games that have been re-made, sequels to classic games, and a few other things that caught our attention.

Titles covered include:

• Mario vs. Donkey Kong
• Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
• Super Mario RPG
• Another Code: Recollection
• Princess Peach: Showtime!
• Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft
• Trombone Champ
• Contra: Operation Galuga
• Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD
• F-ZERO 99
• DAVE THE DIVER
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pass Wave 6

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Our favourite retro consoles often came with an amazing pack-in title. Which ones do you remember? Was it the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis with Altered beast or was it the Sonic the Hedgehog pack? Were you a Nintendo kid who had an NES Action Pack with Zapper to play Duck Hunt or were you busy playing Super Mario? Perhaps you Super Nintendo with the amazing Super Mario World, Street Fighter 2, Starfox or the All Stars pack? Was the original ZX Spectrum under your Christmas tree or maybe the 128k, a Gameboy with Tetris perhaps? Or maybe you were a lucky middle class kid like Chris and you had the Amiga 500 Batman Pack! Or maybe it’s a modern games machine like a PS5 or and Xbox. Computer or console, let us know what you had.

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In this Episode we go back to September 1985 to discuss the ZX Spectrum Gallup top 30. We struggle to remember all the titles, but have fond memories of a lot of them! Can you remember them all? Were you playing many of the games mentioned during the summer of 1985?

What other memories from that summer do you have? We just about remember watching The Goonies and Back to the Future movies on VHS cassette. Did you watch Police Academy 2? Are you the person who bought Ewoks: The Battle for Endor?

We weren’t in the era of Nintendo and Sega console gaming yet. We still had our trusty Sinclair and Commodore 64s. Most of us were busy hammering away at our joystick’s playing Daley Thompson and saving our pocket money to buy a cheap Mastertronic or Firebird game.

Games covered *Episode Spoiler Alert*:

WAY OF THE EXPLODING FIST

FRANK BRUNO’S BOXING

DALE THOMPSON’S SUPERTEST HYPERSPORTS

NOW GAMES

FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD

HIGHWAY ENCOUNTER

DAMBUSTERS

SOUTHERN BELLE

DYNAMITE DAN

JET SET WILLY 2

SOFT AID

ACTION BIKER

SPY vs SPY

SPY HUNTER

FINDERS KEEPERS

POLE POSITION

CYLU

RED ARROWS

NODES OF YESOD

GLASS

RED MOON

WORLD SERIES BASKETBALL

BRUCE LEE

NONTERRAQUEOUS

NICK FALDO’S OPEN GOLF

EMPIRE FIGHTS BACK

CHILLER

DALEY THOMPSON’S DECATHLON

Our Episodes:

Way of the Exploding Fist

Bruce Lee

Daley Thompson's Decathlon

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In this episode, Chris and Phil discuss their long-lost gaming goodies found in their respective parents’ lofts.

They discuss ZX Spectrum finds, 2000AD comics, and dubious music choices.

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Is Bruce Lee on the ZX Spectrum the best fighting game ever, the top of the beat ‘em ups, or is it just a platform game with some brawler elements? Not just on the humble Speccy, it also appeared on the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari, MSX and Apple 2. Did it get converted to any modern games consoles? Did the lads complete this hard retro game, or is it for the hardcore gamers only? Will we enter the dragon, or is it a game of death? In short, we review a game we played nearly 40 years ago that isn’t on the SEGA or Nintendo, but the mighty Speccy!

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Chris and Phil are back once again to discuss their fading memories of old retro games from the 80's and the 90's. This time it's Match Day on the ZX Spectrum!

Was it the best football game on the ZX Spectrum? How much better is it than FIFA? Is it still great today?

#megadrive #genesis #sega #playstation

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In this episode, we take a detour from our normal format and talk about our thoughts on Retro gaming - what does that term even really mean? What does it mean to us? Why are we talking about the ZX Spectrum, the NES, Master System, Megadrive and the Amiga all these years after they were released?

Why do we have such fond memories of these old games?

What is it about Nostalgia that has us scouring the eBay for original copies of Way of the Exploding Fist and JetPac?

What does Retro gaming mean to you? Let us know.

During the episode, we mention “Filling in the gaps: creative imagination and nostalgia in ZX Spectrum gaming” by Will Brooker. You can find a copy of the paper here.

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Speeder bikes in disguise! Join Phil and Chris as they try to remember this ZX Spectrum classic - Deathchase!

Can you remember playing it at home, imagining you were flying through the forests of Endor on your very own Speeder Bike? Or was its release near Return of the Jedi just a coincidence?

Was it fun to play? Is this now Retro game still fun to play? Did Chris work out the keys for this one? Did Phil complete it? Tune in and fine out.

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