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Horace and the Spiders – “From thread to thread”

In 1984, Home Computing Weekly and games chart compilers ASP would split their charts into two categories: ‘arcade’ and ‘non-arcade’. Not all of the games in the arcade…

Manic Miner – “Miner Willy meets the Kong Beast”

When I was five years old, teachers would seek me out to resolve issues with the school’s BBC Micro. I didn’t have a BBC Micro at home, but…

Jetpac – “Thrust on”

Monday February 8th My mother has found a job. She collects money from Space Invader machines. She started today in response to an urgent phone call from the…

The Hobbit – “Gandalf says you are doing a great job”

Far over the misty mountains coldTo dungeons deep and caverns oldWe must away ere break of dayTo seek the pale enchanted gold Sinclair Research released the ZX Spectrum…

Donkey King – “There are four screens”

1983 was a big year in video game history. In Japan, Nintendo released the Famicom console, later known elsewhere as the NES. Nintendo would go on to sell…

“National pride” – Empire: Total War

There are a very small number of PC games left to cover in my story of the British charts. They are charts which have always covered the sale…

Uridium

Graftgold/Hewson, Commodore 64, 1986

Yie Ar Kung Fu

Imagine, Commodore 64, 1985

Elite

Firebird, Spectrum, 1985

Monty on the Run

Gremlin Graphics, Spectrum, 1985