BreakSpace Magazine
@breakspace.bsky.social
Modern ZX Spectrum game reviews, interviews, features, POKES and general good times.
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Issue 4 of BreakSpace is heading your way in Mid-January, but in the meantime, here's a look at our upcoming review of Santa's Lost and Found.
Because you won't be so excited to read about a Santa game in January, we imagine.
The game itself is available at
indigobeetle.itch.io/santas-lost-...
Because you won't be so excited to read about a Santa game in January, we imagine.
The game itself is available at
indigobeetle.itch.io/santas-lost-...
December 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Issue 4 of BreakSpace is heading your way in Mid-January, but in the meantime, here's a look at our upcoming review of Santa's Lost and Found.
Because you won't be so excited to read about a Santa game in January, we imagine.
The game itself is available at
indigobeetle.itch.io/santas-lost-...
Because you won't be so excited to read about a Santa game in January, we imagine.
The game itself is available at
indigobeetle.itch.io/santas-lost-...
Merry Christmas from everyone at BreakSpace HQ, to all the Spec-chums, #zxspectrum developers, #retro heads and even C-64 owners out there.
And especially to everyone who's helped make the best darn Spectrum #magazine there is. Well - Top 3 anyway.
All issues still free at breakspace.itch.io
And especially to everyone who's helped make the best darn Spectrum #magazine there is. Well - Top 3 anyway.
All issues still free at breakspace.itch.io
December 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Merry Christmas from everyone at BreakSpace HQ, to all the Spec-chums, #zxspectrum developers, #retro heads and even C-64 owners out there.
And especially to everyone who's helped make the best darn Spectrum #magazine there is. Well - Top 3 anyway.
All issues still free at breakspace.itch.io
And especially to everyone who's helped make the best darn Spectrum #magazine there is. Well - Top 3 anyway.
All issues still free at breakspace.itch.io
Our intrepid editor Mpk may well have a face for radio, but sadly has a voice for print.
Somehow undeterred, he's recorded a podcast episode. Enjoy?
Somehow undeterred, he's recorded a podcast episode. Enjoy?
A new episode coming this Sunday featuring @mpkch.bsky.social from @breakspace.bsky.social. We chat BreakSpace and Crash, two great Spectrum mags - one from yesterday, and one from today...
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Our intrepid editor Mpk may well have a face for radio, but sadly has a voice for print.
Somehow undeterred, he's recorded a podcast episode. Enjoy?
Somehow undeterred, he's recorded a podcast episode. Enjoy?
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Attention ZX Spectrum, ZX81 and Spectrum Next programming fans. I've released a new version of my speccydev dev container with the latest version of Boriel BASIC, and up to date versions of sjasmplus, z88dk, skoolkit, dezog, pasmo, zx0, inpaws and much more!
Get it at github.com/mcphail/spec...
Get it at github.com/mcphail/spec...
GitHub - mcphail/speccydev: Devcontainer for building programs for the ZX Spectrum and related 8-bit devices including ZX81 and Spectrum Next.
Devcontainer for building programs for the ZX Spectrum and related 8-bit devices including ZX81 and Spectrum Next. - mcphail/speccydev
github.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Attention ZX Spectrum, ZX81 and Spectrum Next programming fans. I've released a new version of my speccydev dev container with the latest version of Boriel BASIC, and up to date versions of sjasmplus, z88dk, skoolkit, dezog, pasmo, zx0, inpaws and much more!
Get it at github.com/mcphail/spec...
Get it at github.com/mcphail/spec...
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Just testing to see if I can get a resonable qualtity of video uploaded here... #MelkhiorsMansion #ZXSpectrum
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Just testing to see if I can get a resonable qualtity of video uploaded here... #MelkhiorsMansion #ZXSpectrum
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A new episode coming this Sunday featuring @mpkch.bsky.social from @breakspace.bsky.social. We chat BreakSpace and Crash, two great Spectrum mags - one from yesterday, and one from today...
December 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A new episode coming this Sunday featuring @mpkch.bsky.social from @breakspace.bsky.social. We chat BreakSpace and Crash, two great Spectrum mags - one from yesterday, and one from today...
Amazing Black Friday bargain : All issues of Break Space, perhaps the world's finest ZX Spectrum magazine, are available for FREE.
In all that's 130 new Speccy game reviews, plus code type-ins, crosswords, POKEs, interviews and whatnot.
breakspace.itch.io/breakspace-i...
#zxspectrum #retrogaming
In all that's 130 new Speccy game reviews, plus code type-ins, crosswords, POKEs, interviews and whatnot.
breakspace.itch.io/breakspace-i...
#zxspectrum #retrogaming
BreakSpace Issue 3 by BreakSpace
Spooky Hallowe'en 2025 issue of the world's cheapest ZX Spectrum magazine.
breakspace.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Amazing Black Friday bargain : All issues of Break Space, perhaps the world's finest ZX Spectrum magazine, are available for FREE.
In all that's 130 new Speccy game reviews, plus code type-ins, crosswords, POKEs, interviews and whatnot.
breakspace.itch.io/breakspace-i...
#zxspectrum #retrogaming
In all that's 130 new Speccy game reviews, plus code type-ins, crosswords, POKEs, interviews and whatnot.
breakspace.itch.io/breakspace-i...
#zxspectrum #retrogaming
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I wrote a wee bit about meeting my hero, the legendary @kevintoms.bsky.social
retrostreamers.com/2025/11/23/h...
retrostreamers.com/2025/11/23/h...
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I wrote a wee bit about meeting my hero, the legendary @kevintoms.bsky.social
retrostreamers.com/2025/11/23/h...
retrostreamers.com/2025/11/23/h...
I think this means that we're a real magazine now.
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I think this means that we're a real magazine now.
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I wrote a little blog about my ZX Spectrum game "Boris and the Buses".
www.clockworkrobot.com/i-wrote-a-ga...
www.clockworkrobot.com/i-wrote-a-ga...
I Wrote a game for the ZX Spectrum. – clockworkrobot
www.clockworkrobot.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I wrote a little blog about my ZX Spectrum game "Boris and the Buses".
www.clockworkrobot.com/i-wrote-a-ga...
www.clockworkrobot.com/i-wrote-a-ga...
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The latest episode of Keezees is up! (# 516). Back to a normal schedule, even with a new job, hows that for planning?
Need a catch-up? Here's a link to the archive.
keezees.com/archive.html
#webcomic #comics #indiecomics #comicstrips #Scotland #Glasgow
Need a catch-up? Here's a link to the archive.
keezees.com/archive.html
#webcomic #comics #indiecomics #comicstrips #Scotland #Glasgow
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The latest episode of Keezees is up! (# 516). Back to a normal schedule, even with a new job, hows that for planning?
Need a catch-up? Here's a link to the archive.
keezees.com/archive.html
#webcomic #comics #indiecomics #comicstrips #Scotland #Glasgow
Need a catch-up? Here's a link to the archive.
keezees.com/archive.html
#webcomic #comics #indiecomics #comicstrips #Scotland #Glasgow
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🚀 NEW MAGAZINE ⌨️
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
DOCTYPE magazine 🚀⌨️
’80s BASIC type-in mags are back, but this time for HTML!
vole.wtf
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚀 NEW MAGAZINE ⌨️
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
Crikey.
Good morning 😊
Yes, Sir Clive hated that the Spectrum was popular because of the games and a C5 could never go this fast, but I had a lot of fun making this tribute to Sir Clive Sinclair ZX Spectrum 👍
Animation made in Blender, sountrack made in Studio one
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #8bitgaming
Yes, Sir Clive hated that the Spectrum was popular because of the games and a C5 could never go this fast, but I had a lot of fun making this tribute to Sir Clive Sinclair ZX Spectrum 👍
Animation made in Blender, sountrack made in Studio one
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #8bitgaming
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Crikey.
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LOAD ZX Museum becomes 1st Portuguese EFGAMP member. Officially recognized as a project of cultural interest by the Portuguese Ministry of Culture it is regarded as the 1st museum in the world devoted to honouring the legacy of the ZX Spectrum
Celebrate its 5th anniversary on Nov 2🎉
loadzx.com/en
Celebrate its 5th anniversary on Nov 2🎉
loadzx.com/en
LOAD ZX Spectrum - World's first Museum dedicated to our first personal computer
The LOAD MUSEUM is dedicated to the ZX Spectrum, which was for many Portuguese and foreigners (Spanish, English, etc.) their first personal computer. The Museum also includes many other equipments rel...
loadzx.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
LOAD ZX Museum becomes 1st Portuguese EFGAMP member. Officially recognized as a project of cultural interest by the Portuguese Ministry of Culture it is regarded as the 1st museum in the world devoted to honouring the legacy of the ZX Spectrum
Celebrate its 5th anniversary on Nov 2🎉
loadzx.com/en
Celebrate its 5th anniversary on Nov 2🎉
loadzx.com/en
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A good pal of mine Gordon "SirClive" Sinclair has returned to making YouTube vids after somethinglile a 17 year hiatus.
He has just started a series taking a deep dive into #ZXspectrum compilations.
Really enjoyed part 1: Now Games, check it out & give him a follow.
youtu.be/3lhGOhV4RmM
He has just started a series taking a deep dive into #ZXspectrum compilations.
Really enjoyed part 1: Now Games, check it out & give him a follow.
youtu.be/3lhGOhV4RmM
NOW GAMES (1985) - ZX Spectrum Compilation Chart Challenge #1
YouTube video by SirClive's Retro Gamesworld
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A good pal of mine Gordon "SirClive" Sinclair has returned to making YouTube vids after somethinglile a 17 year hiatus.
He has just started a series taking a deep dive into #ZXspectrum compilations.
Really enjoyed part 1: Now Games, check it out & give him a follow.
youtu.be/3lhGOhV4RmM
He has just started a series taking a deep dive into #ZXspectrum compilations.
Really enjoyed part 1: Now Games, check it out & give him a follow.
youtu.be/3lhGOhV4RmM
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And I don't just use the BBC Micro (as pictured), I even try typing one in on the ZX81 as well (and that membrane keyboard is one to make anyone scream lol)!!! ... Link to video below⬇️⬇️
youtu.be/73yftr5k4Bo
youtu.be/73yftr5k4Bo
Coding Horror Games Like It's The 80s
YouTube video by Kari
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
And I don't just use the BBC Micro (as pictured), I even try typing one in on the ZX81 as well (and that membrane keyboard is one to make anyone scream lol)!!! ... Link to video below⬇️⬇️
youtu.be/73yftr5k4Bo
youtu.be/73yftr5k4Bo
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Over the last two months on my blog, I've written about the history of each of the nine computer games to reach #1 in UK sales charts during 1985.
Here is a thread with links to those posts, plus one thing I learned for each of them
www.superchartisland.com
Here is a thread with links to those posts, plus one thing I learned for each of them
www.superchartisland.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Over the last two months on my blog, I've written about the history of each of the nine computer games to reach #1 in UK sales charts during 1985.
Here is a thread with links to those posts, plus one thing I learned for each of them
www.superchartisland.com
Here is a thread with links to those posts, plus one thing I learned for each of them
www.superchartisland.com
Spanish-language adventure magazine CAAD issue 69 is out, featuring a translation of our Break Space Issue 2 review of Echoes of the Future
Check it out :
wiki.caad.es/CAAD_69
Check it out :
wiki.caad.es/CAAD_69
October 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Spanish-language adventure magazine CAAD issue 69 is out, featuring a translation of our Break Space Issue 2 review of Echoes of the Future
Check it out :
wiki.caad.es/CAAD_69
Check it out :
wiki.caad.es/CAAD_69
Great work!
Struggling to place the 2 heads at top left and right. Any hints?
Also, Cú Chulainn has terrible posture.
Struggling to place the 2 heads at top left and right. Any hints?
Also, Cú Chulainn has terrible posture.
An animated loop basd on the games of the ZX Spectrum 8 bit micro from the 1980s
This was made in photoshop and Blender and just a fun little tribute to my all time favourite home computer
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #pixelart #8bitart
This was made in photoshop and Blender and just a fun little tribute to my all time favourite home computer
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #pixelart #8bitart
October 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Great work!
Struggling to place the 2 heads at top left and right. Any hints?
Also, Cú Chulainn has terrible posture.
Struggling to place the 2 heads at top left and right. Any hints?
Also, Cú Chulainn has terrible posture.
Chilling documentary footage here of the behind-the-scenes tragedy of BreakSpace Issue 3.
One thing that the video doesn't mention is that there 2 BASIC type-ins in the issue, and printable j-cards for both, so you can proudly archive to tape.
One thing that the video doesn't mention is that there 2 BASIC type-ins in the issue, and printable j-cards for both, so you can proudly archive to tape.
Issue 3 of @breakspace.bsky.social is out, and I wrote an EXCLUSIVE, must-be-typed-in game for it!
Check out this video to see how it works!
youtu.be/vj4h-PJWk0g
Check out this video to see how it works!
youtu.be/vj4h-PJWk0g
Shriek Space! I wrote ANOTHER game! Terror and Type-Ins!
YouTube video by WhatHoSnorkers
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Chilling documentary footage here of the behind-the-scenes tragedy of BreakSpace Issue 3.
One thing that the video doesn't mention is that there 2 BASIC type-ins in the issue, and printable j-cards for both, so you can proudly archive to tape.
One thing that the video doesn't mention is that there 2 BASIC type-ins in the issue, and printable j-cards for both, so you can proudly archive to tape.
A fresh perspective on some modern classics for the Speccy.
Hardly 'secret' though - you just need to know where to look. And for 2025 ZX Spectrum games, that's
BreakSpace.itch.io
Hardly 'secret' though - you just need to know where to look. And for 2025 ZX Spectrum games, that's
BreakSpace.itch.io
October 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A fresh perspective on some modern classics for the Speccy.
Hardly 'secret' though - you just need to know where to look. And for 2025 ZX Spectrum games, that's
BreakSpace.itch.io
Hardly 'secret' though - you just need to know where to look. And for 2025 ZX Spectrum games, that's
BreakSpace.itch.io
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Last week, I covered 12 amazing, ✨new✨ games made for the #ZXSpectrum , a personal computer from the 80s. This week, I've got 12 MORE for you that might be even better.
youtu.be/ID74f1wOcxE
youtu.be/ID74f1wOcxE
MORE Must-Play SECRET Homebrew Games! | 12 Modern ZX Spectrum Gems
YouTube video by humblemud
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Last week, I covered 12 amazing, ✨new✨ games made for the #ZXSpectrum , a personal computer from the 80s. This week, I've got 12 MORE for you that might be even better.
youtu.be/ID74f1wOcxE
youtu.be/ID74f1wOcxE
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Available now!
BreakSpace Issue 3
Featuring 58 reviews!
Some of them by YS legend Phil South!
2-new BASIC type-ins!
Interview with Gabriele Amore!
Elite BASIC coding tips!
More!
All free.
You're welcome.
breakspace.itch.io/breakspace-i...
#retro #zxspectrum #magazine #BASIC #YourSInclair
BreakSpace Issue 3
Featuring 58 reviews!
Some of them by YS legend Phil South!
2-new BASIC type-ins!
Interview with Gabriele Amore!
Elite BASIC coding tips!
More!
All free.
You're welcome.
breakspace.itch.io/breakspace-i...
#retro #zxspectrum #magazine #BASIC #YourSInclair
BreakSpace Issue 3 by BreakSpace
Spooky Hallowe'en 2025 issue of the world's cheapest ZX Spectrum magazine.
breakspace.itch.io
October 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Available now!
BreakSpace Issue 3
Featuring 58 reviews!
Some of them by YS legend Phil South!
2-new BASIC type-ins!
Interview with Gabriele Amore!
Elite BASIC coding tips!
More!
All free.
You're welcome.
breakspace.itch.io/breakspace-i...
#retro #zxspectrum #magazine #BASIC #YourSInclair
BreakSpace Issue 3
Featuring 58 reviews!
Some of them by YS legend Phil South!
2-new BASIC type-ins!
Interview with Gabriele Amore!
Elite BASIC coding tips!
More!
All free.
You're welcome.
breakspace.itch.io/breakspace-i...
#retro #zxspectrum #magazine #BASIC #YourSInclair