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J.R.R. Tolkien's work inspired some great games in the golden era of ZX Spectrum - spent many happy hours playing these:

The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
War in Middle Earth

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2020-02-07

my loading screen for the with the colour attributes removed

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2020-02-02

Had some time to spare today so I added some bits 'n' bobs to a screen I started a few weeks ago. Anyway, I'm finding the Capri really hard to get looking Capri-like, so I got a gob-on and stopped😂.

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2020-02-03

4 Box Art Covers from 1986 21 - 24

Rescue From Zylon - 1986
Kung-Fu Kid - 1986
West Bank - 1986
Desolator - 1986

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2020-01-28

Title: Hybrid
Year: 1987
Platform: ZX Spectrum
Publisher: Ariolasoft UK
Developer: Starlight Software
Artist: David John Rowe

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2020-01-13

Title: Hyper Sports
Year: 1985
Platform: ZX Spectrum
Publisher: Imagine
Developer: Konami 
Artist: Bob Wakelin

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2020-01-12

Results and releases from DiHalt 2020 Lite (Nizhny Novgorod 🇷🇺) are now available!
https://t.co/7z0y8WUMXP

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2020-01-09

Toni Galvez and friends created the MSX Screen 2 slideshow (CRT emulation+Color Saturation Enhanced), compatible with based on images sourced from the ZXSpectrum scene.

The DSK can be downloaded at https://t.co/IcFLtUNZ1U

Youtube demo at https://t.co/TsdNVhYh5G

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2020-01-09

Just some of the incredible games featured this year on Indie Retro News! (part2) If you love indie and or retro games and haven't visited, you're seriously missing out :D

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2019-12-17

Just some of the incredible games featured this year on Indie Retro News! (part1) If you love indie and or retro games and haven't visited, you're seriously missing out :D

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2019-12-17

Title: The Pyramid
Year: 1983
Platform: ZX Spectrum
Publisher: Fantasy Software
Developer: Fantasy Software

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2019-12-16

Valley of Rains - High grade ZX Spectrum game featured in the Yandex Battle https://t.co/1kmdHXnmAv

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2019-12-06

Dirty Dozer - A lovely ZX Spectrum game experience from Miguetelo Art https://t.co/5aJaHXJLBs

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2019-11-21

Better Late Than Never - Andy Green Pixel Art Book gets a BIG Florinthedwarf review! https://t.co/1vSC40SFkg

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2019-11-11