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Horace Goes Skiing

Publisher: Sinclair Research / Melbourne House

Release Year: 1982 (38 years old)

Platforms: Commodore, ZX Spectrum

Legendary Status:

About as basic as graphics can get, yet this game is practically mythological

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Game Review 👁 61 🗪 0

Bruce Lee

Publisher: Datasoft / US Gold

Release Year: 1984 (36 years old)

Platforms: Amstrad, BBC Micro, Commodore, ZX Spectrum

Legendary Status:

An undeniably classic platformer that's as legendary as the man himself

Game Review 👁 134 🗪 1

Batman: The Movie

Publisher: Ocean Software

Release Year: 1989 (31 years old)

Platforms: Amstrad, Commodore, ZX Spectrum

Legendary Status:

Oh I've got a live one here! Batcomputer analysis determines this to be the bomb

Game Review 👁 106 🗪 0

Impossible Mission

Publisher: Epyx

Release Year: 1984 (36 years old)

Platforms: Amstrad, BBC Micro, Commodore, ZX Spectrum

Legendary Status:

Quite possibly the greatest game to ever grace the Commodore 64

Game Review 👁 61 🗪 0

Roland on the Ropes

Publisher: Amsoft

Release Year: 1985 (35 years old)

Platforms: Amstrad

Legendary Status:

It came in a free 12-pack of games, and stands as one of Amsoft's finest

Game Review 👁 71 🗪 0

Amstrad CPC

BBC Micro

Commodore 64

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Pixel8Games.com contains a collection of retrospective reviews and comparisons of 8-bit games for the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum.

My reviews are often as reflective about the time as they are about the game, so expect some waffle! I've also selected a hand-picked song clip coming from the same year as the review to get you into that retro feeling.

Enjoy!

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Fact or Fiction #16

BBC Micro

Rock band Queen used the BBC Micro for some of their compositions.

Thankfully they had their own BBC Micro, otherwise they'd have tied your motherboard down.

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Fiction

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"Putting it all into retrospective!"

Rock band Queen used the BBC Micro for some of their compositions.

Thankfully they had their own BBC Micro, otherwise they'd have tied your motherboard down.

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