Crappy Crates - A very festive ZX Spectrum Review by Steve Trower

Well it's almost Christmas, and you know what that means, right? You got it, it means there's some poor chav working overtime in a warehouse somewhere, possibly for a company with a river-based name, we don't know. He's constantly shuffling boxes from remote corners of a warehouse into the despatch area, while being chased by giant Christmas puddings, weird little aliens and that big blue

Max Knight Xmas - Festive Arcade fun on the Amiga as a demo

Every year when it comes close to Christmas you'll always find lovely festive games to play, either via a new Indie release or a homebrew game such as this one ' Max Knight Xmas ' for the Amiga. Released as a demo developed in Backbone with a full version due Feb 2017, you play as Max Knight and must traverse through 36 levels challenging levels in 5 worlds, collecting items, avoiding enemies

Zombo's Christmas Capers! - A new festive ZX Spectrum game reviewed by Florinthedwarf

Santa isn't looking himself these days


It's the most wonderful tiiiiiiiiiimee...of the year, and what better way to celebrate than with a zombie and some evil sprouts? (Though, all sprouts are evil!) Poor Santa. Every year he's the busiest person in the world, for one day a least, so it's only natural/inevitable that he gets a bit stressed at this time of year. Taking this into account,

Merry Christmas from Horace - Steve Broads Christmas treat for the ZX Spectrum

Some more festive fun for our retro gaming readers, is the latest game from Steve Broad ' Merry Christmas from Horace ' for the ZX Spectrum 48K. Now many of you nostalgic geeks might remember this blue eyed, blob character with arms and legs, that's because he first appeared way back in 1982 in the Pac-Man style arcade game of Hungry Horace by Beam Software. Which was celebrated as the first

8-BIT XMAS 2016 - Retrousb's latest Xmas NES cart is a pinball game!

Ho ho ho it's Christmas, well not yet anyway, but that hasn't stopped Retrousb from selling their latest NES cart ' 8-Bit Xmas 2016 ', which is a new Pinball game in celebration of that very festive season. In this game you'll be bashing balls, hitting targets and aiming for the ultimate high score and the big SANTA for extra points. If you get a truly awesome score, you can upload it via the