Game History Super Sprint came from the arcade legends Atari Games in 1986. The arcade cabinet had 3 steering wheels, brakes and an accelerator. It was quite a unique look to the machine and was a big hit. It only a year later, and it was ported by Electric Dreams Software for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC & Atari ST. There was a NES port, but I am uncertain on who ported it. The port to the home systems were greeted with scores ranging from average to high. Later on it was included with various compilations like Big Box, Grand Prix Selection, and We Are The Champions. It was also available with The Hit Squad budget label and even free with Your Sinclair Issue 74 in 1992. Game Objective So this is a racing game as if you didn't know by the title and your main aim is to finish 3rd or better on 8 tracks. You're racing against 3 other cars unless you have other players chipping in. When that happens they will take over the computer controlled cars. As your playing you can also upgrade your car by picking up the 3 spanners that show up on the tracks. You can also pick up some extra points too, but you must watch out for oil slicks, water slicks on the road. There is also a moving tornado that will wreck any car that gets close. Being in contact with this will spin yours and the other cars and who knows where you will finish. Upgrading is a breeze. All you do is pick up 3 spanners in a race and your whizzed off to where you can upgrade your traction, acceleration, higher speed and even increasing your score. That's the basics of the game in a nutshell Spectrum Port Now the Spectrum port starts off with a really nice loading screen. It gets you in the mood with a red f1 car being shown along with another smaller car at the bottom. The title of the game dominates the screen in the middle along with the publisher logo in the right-hand corner. All in all it's very well drawn and hardly any colour clash. Once the game is loaded you are greeted with a few choices which are numbered 1 to 4 Number 1 picks if you wanted to have a 1 or 2 player game. When you pick 2 players you will be racing against player 2 and 2 other computer controlled cars. Numbers 2 and 3 are to pick what control method you would like to use for each player Number 4 is to start the game Pick what you would like and once you hit number 4 key this will put you onto a screen where you can see the 8 tracks and here you pick which one you want to start on. The game itself is excellent with a good pace on the cars and the controls are quite tight. Of course like with any racing game you need to get used to the tracks and learn where the best places to brake and accelerate are to get those times to the lowest possible. I found myself bombing out on the first lap but gett ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfSmPjF5wTg

Released in 1987 by System 3 this game takes The Way of the Exploding Fist, throws another player on the screen and some bonus stages in, and cranks it up to 10. It's a great game for the Speccy, but I find the main graphics to be a bit ugly. It doesn't have the speed like the #commodore64 version, which makes the game chug along. If you want more Spectrum goodness then please head over to these places where Spectrum User is waiting for you. LBRY/Odysee https://odysee.com/@SpectrumUser:e Twitter https://twitter.com/SpectrumUser46 Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/spectrumuser #zxspectrum #retrogaming #8bit #sinclair #martialarts #ArcherMaclean ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjMepXPrsqA

These are some of the best home brew games of 2019 that I think you should be playing on your ZX Spectrum. These games included Aliens: Neoplasma http://zx-dev-mia-remakes.proboards.com/thread/29/alien-neoplasma Booty The Remake https://playonretro.itch.io/booty-zx-spectrum Bruce Lee RX https://highriser.itch.io/bruce-lee-rx GLUF https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=34649 Buy a physical copy https://www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/product/gluf/ Manic Pietro https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=34687 Mr Do! https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=34817 Nixy and the Seeds of Doom https://www.bubblesoftgames.com/nixy-and-the-seeds-of-doom Redshift http://www.indieretronews.com/2019/02/redshift-world-xxi-soft-announces-zx.html Tiki Taka https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=34685 Valley of Rains https://rgb.yandex/storage/204/valleyofrainsen.zip Yazzie https://rgb.yandex/storage/212/yazzie128.zip ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0eZ90UeGxQ

First off can I apologize that I ran out of time on this review and had to revert to having it just written. Hopefully, this won't happen again but if it does at least you get something you can read while watching the video. Anyway let's crack on with it shall we? Today we are going to look at new game called Nixie and the Seeds of Doom by Andy Johns. Now Andy Johns has done some really good games in the last few years from his rejuvenation of Monty Mole games to the awesome game Ooze. Some of these are available to own physically so look around on the ZX Spectrum websites and I am sure you will find them ready to buy. So, before we take a look at Andy's new game I want to bring you back to the first Nixie game in the series which is called Nixie the Glade Sprite. I also want to point out that I will be showing both the normal and ULA Plus versions and if you look at the bottom of the screen it will let you know which one you're looking at. Anyway, the first game was called Nixie the Glade Sprite and was released in 2018. This game introduced us to this cute little character Nixy, that has an important task of looking after the Gaia stone. This stone gives life to all nature in the land, but Nixie notices there is something wrong with the stone. Everything is corrupted and the plants are attacking everyone. You’re task is to find a special pool of water that will cure the stone and then you have to take it to the Guardian Tree. Seems simple but wait until you try the game. Now I'm not going to say this is one of those frustrating games but you will have to restart a few times to get the right path. What helps is that not every single jump you have to be exact. It makes the game more enjoyable to play rather than be frustrated and hit the reset button. What really hits you is the level of detail and the use of colour. Obvious care has been put in with some smooth animation from Nixie to everything around you. Colour is just a joy on the eyes and to enhance it, even more, you have the ULA Plus version of the game. The music really fits in and creates an atmosphere that's perfect for the game. Also, the controls are also very responsive so you know when you mess up it's your fault. All in all, the game is a wonderful thing to behold and everyone should give it a try. So...what's the newest Nixie game like I hear you ask? Well, this is a continuation from the first game and in this, you have to find out what's causing the corruption that's threatening her home. You will be going through caves, old castles and that kind of thing. You will also be dodging knights, ghosts and all kinds of creepy stuff. It’s basically more of the same which is no bad thing when Andy Johns is at the helm. You get more great animation and colour (and yes a ULA ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujKnpOSgjws