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Super Kick Off

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Kick Off was converted to pretty much every platform of its day, including the NES quite late on in 1991. However, whilst backing up some old 5.25″ floppies from the Enigma Variations archive, we found a big surprise in the shape of a Super Kick Off prototype build for Nintendo’s console, which doesn’t seem to be known about until now (certainly couldn’t find any press mentions). Continue reading

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Early and lost Jeff Minter ZX81 title ‘Fastlife’ recovered!

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Thanks to the brilliant preservation work of Steve Brown of the TZX Vault, we are proud to present for the very first time, an extremely early Jeff Minter title from 1981. This was for the ZX81 and has been missing for 44 years – yet to be preserved, until today! Here is a version of Conway’s Life simulator from Jeff called Fastlife and another piece of history saved. Continue reading

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Conspiracy: The Deadlock Files

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A CIA Agent is viciously murdered in a top class New York Hotel and suddenly you’re the number 1 suspect. You’ll find yourself thrust into an ingenious plot by a murderous clutch of financiers with world domination on their mind. You have only 24 hours to find the Deadlock files — the key to proving your innocence and exposing the conspiracy. Can you clear your name? Can you save the nation? Continue reading

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Path of the Little Dragon

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You may think you’re looking at a PC Engine title, but instead – here’s an Amiga game you likely have never heard of. An early and impressive PC Engine style beat-em-up called Path of the Little Dragon (a working title). The game was being developed at Imagitec from between 1988 and 1989 that was coded and designed by Che Guevara John. Continue reading

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The Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventure

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As we crept into 1994, there were still very decent Amiga titles seeing release – and yet another promising looking title was the sequel to Blues Brothers – The Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventure. This time though, it was just Amiga users who would get delights of the famous duo – well actually, only SNES, PC and Game Boy users would ever get to play the game. The Amiga title would disappear into the ether and become one of the big Amiga mysteries. Continue reading

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