No sir, your eyes don't deceive you, this is a squad based, first person shoot-em-up on the ZX Spectrum (probably the first one ever made, but then again probably not). Guide Ripley and 5 other marines around the deserted colony, splatting aliens as you go. The game could be great fun, if it wasn't for the fact that the aliens are so hard to hit (and if you miss, your dead). Still, I suppose that for the time this is a pretty good game - just not one of my favourites.

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Great little side-on adventure game, based on the adventures of everyone's favourite drunken wife-beater. You can gamble in the betting shop, goto the pub, and even go job hunting - just make sure you avoid the rent man until you get some money (that's him blocking the door to the pub in the screenshot).

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Thoroughly addictive one or two player sword-fighting game. Take on increasingly difficult opponents using a combination of attacks and blocks, the especially skilful will be able to pull of the overhead chop, which results in your opponents head being sliced clean off - and the body being dragged away by a little troll fella. Next to IK+ this is the one of the best two player games that I remember owning, some of my fondest memories from childhood involve decapitating the kid down the street, and playing this game of course (yeah I know that wasn't funny - bite me!)

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I'm sorry to say that although I did own this game on the spectrum, I never really got into it. It was only got a PC that I started playing it a lot - and I can honestly say that the spectrum version is miles better. The game is a non-linear space adventure where you fly from planet to planet, talking to aliens and trying to destroy "clones" of yourself. A game that was way ahead of its time (I'm just sorry that I didn't have the sense to get into it the first time around). A must for all Sci-Fi fans.

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Okay, so this is the one game on the site that I didn't own for the spectrum - but when I found it I had to have a look. It's exactly the same as the original Chaos, but with all the fantasy elements taken out and replaced by Sci-fi stuff. I'm sorry but using spells that create C3PO just doesn't have the same appeal as casting a Red Dragon or a Hydra, plus a lot of the creatures seem to be the product of a strained imagination - I mean "Space-Dog", don't make me laugh (it really didn't).

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Horrendously addictive arcade game that I used to play before I even owned a speccy (the swimming pool that I used to go to every Saturday had it). Guide a little bear type bloke around a multi-layered maze, avoiding the baddies as you go - think pacman in 3d and you'll have the right idea. Only problem is that the Spectrum version isn't very pretty when compared to the C64 and Atari releases.

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I think this is the first game that I ever played on the speccy, it was either this or Gift from the Gods. As I remember both games came bundled on a disk with my spectrum +3, and I played it, and played it, and then my mother started playing it and I couldn't get near the bloody game. In the game you compete in a variety of sporting events, Sprinting, Rowing, Shooting, Ski-Jump, Diving, Tug-o-War, and a couple of others that I cant remember off the top of my head. As with most games of the time a lot of the events involved waggling the joystick as fast as you can, but some did involve good timing and reflexes.

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Fun, but hard, side scrolling shoot-em-up based on the character from Eagle comics. The Mekon (evil little green guy with inflated head) is planning to destroy the Earth with a huge asteroid, and only Dan Dare can stop him. This game had a few annoying faults though, among them was the fact that if you got caught by enemy laser fire, you where frozen on the spot - so you couldn't move, duck or return fire =( But apart from that the game was, and is very enjoyable.

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An inferior sequel but fun nonetheless, plus this time you can play as either Dan Dare or the Mekon.

The Mekon plans to invade Earth with an army of genetically engineered super treens. The hardest part about the game was controlling the hover-bike that Dan is riding, you are often left fighting to fit down a narrow corridor filled with nasty treens, but I suppose the difficulty adds to the fun... or something

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This game caused a huge stir when it was released, simply because it looked so good. The graphics were gorgeous, the explosions erm... breathtaking, and the first time you saw the huge Mekon your jaw just dropped (yes it did! don't question me). This time Dan is equipped with a jet pac - so the game plays a lot like Jet Set Willy, this also has the advantage of leaving the "down" key free, so in the game you use that to switch between weapons. The only bad thing I can think of is that some of the enemies seem too "cartoonish" and just don't seem to fit with the Dan Dare theme, but apart from that the game is great.

All-in-all this is my favourite of the three games.

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Nice little side scrolling shooter that stands out from others because of the large range of power-ups and weapons available. Unfortunately this is one of the hardest games I owned on the speccy, If I remember rightly I only got past the first stage once, and then I got killed almost straight away =)

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A legendary game that spawned a lot of sequels and spin-offs. Dizzy is a platform/adventure game hybrid where you guide a cute little egg called Dizzy (surprise surprise) around a bright, colourful landscape dodging nasties and collecting the objects needed to solve puzzles and progress further in the game. A fantastic and addictive game, not too hard and not too easy and great fun.

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Pretty much the same as the first dizzy but with better graphics and sound... and set on an island. This one is a lot harder too - you only get one life and the island is filled with traps, so you often get killed with no warning.

Not a lot more I can say... just download it.

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The third game in the series, and IMHO the best of the sequels. Unlike the others you actually feel as if your working towards some sort of end, instead of wandering around trying to find objects to combine with other erm... objects. A well structured game that is a lot of fun.

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I think things were starting to wear a little thin by the time this game was released, I just don't find it as enjoyable as the first 3 - in fact I think that the only reason I bought it is because I had the others. Anyway, Dizzy 4 follows exactly the same formula as the other games. This time you must rescue the rest of the yolk folk (groan) from a spell cast upon them by the evil wizard Zax. If you like the series then by all means download this game, you will no doubt enjoy it. Just don't expect anything too innovative.

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Little egg dude ... blah blah ..... jump around ... blah blah ... platform game ...blah blah ... adventure elements ... blah blah ... same as rest.. blahdy blah blah... phaart!



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And another dizzy game. Jump from platform to platform, collecting the objects needed to save the yolk folk from certain doo.... you know what, sod it, its the same as the others but with a different story so I aint gonna bother talking about it.. If you are a real fan of dizzy games then download it, if your not then don't - it's as simple as that.

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Nice little science fiction shoot-em-up. Run around a planet that has been invaded by robots (robot monsters no less), attempting to rescue hostages while shooting the crap out of hordes of tonka toy replicas (seriously, the enemies really do look like something you used to play with as a kid). The game has a lot of great touches, for instance if you shoot a computer that someone is working at they start banging away at it and pulling their hair out. Also try to walk off the edge of one of the levels, I couldn't help but laugh the first time I did it (I am so easily amused). Its these little things that add to the whole experience, plus they help to hide the fact that your basically repeating the same task over-and over throughout the entire game... which can't be bad.

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