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I'm Paul Davies, reviewer and writer for Fusion Retro Books (CRASH AND ZZAPP!64) and author of Florin's ZX Spectrum Haul of Games. Speccy lover.
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They're dead cheap as well - only a fiver each - if you're looking for educational Christmas stocking fillers for kids aged 5 to 11.
Minecraft Official Workbooks | Collins Educational Books
Enhance learning with Minecraft Official Workbooks by Collins. Fun and educational resources to engage young learners in maths and English.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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September 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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CHESS players. Make sure your opponent sits in front of a reflective surface so as you can get a sneaky peek at their pieces when they are not looking. Mac, Fleetwood
September 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Magazine Letter: My Mum used to say that you should always wear clean underwear in case you ever got knocked over and I always followed her advice. But the other week I was hit by a bus, and after looking at the open fracture on my shin, I shat my pants anyway. And pissed them. Craig Eddie, e-mail
August 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Issue 2 of Break Space magazine is out!

Download:
https://breakspace.itch.io/issue-2

#zxspectrum #retrogaming
July 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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#PlaylistPitch #SF #A #Humour

The Ballad of Matthew Smith - the unofficial novel of Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner.

🕹 #GameLit
👾 #Retrogaming
🏫 Big house
☎️ Weird gadgets
🐰 Frank
⛏️ Mining
🐛 Strange creatures

Original Soundtrack Playlist
open.spotify.com/playlist/43A...
Cover art for The Ballad of Matthew Smith by Steve Trower. A big blue house in 8-bit computer style against a black background.
July 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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I'VE JUST noticed that Saturday has the word 'turd' in the middle of it. Why aren't we taught this stuff at school instead of algebra? Dominic Twose, Leamington Spa
July 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Break Space Issue 2 is COMING SOON. Real soon, now,
featuring almost 40 reviews of brand new ZX Spectrum games, Interviews, Type-ins and more.
But in case you haven’t downloaded issue one from breakspace.itch.io/issue-1 , let's take a day-by-day look at the 7 games that received a coveted Ace award!
Issue 1 by BreakSpace
ZX Spectrum game review magazine for Q1 2025
breakspace.itch.io
July 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Hyper Sentinel Fusion 💾 "Paradroid + Uridium + Hades", via @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...
Hyper Sentinel Fusion 💾 "Paradroid + Uridium + Hades"
Roguelite shoot-em-up action for PC, Mac, PS5, Xbox & Switch. Destroy the defences > Plunder the depths > Upgrade, equip & adapt!
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July 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Your Sinclair (Jun 1993) - Championship Sprint, 4 Most Super Sports, Howzat, The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants, Kentucky Racing and Fernando Martin Basket Master reviews

READ: (1/2) #zxspectrum #retrogaming
May 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Herbie Want to Be a Millionaire by Jose doorstein, a brand new Spectrum game.

Download it here:
https://bitmagine.itch.io/herbie-millionaire

#zxspectrum #retrogaming
May 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Loading screen: Chase H.Q./Ocean Software Ltd (1989) https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/903/ #zxspectrum #retrogaming
March 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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#TillysCursedLibrary 📚 No. 16

#FakeBookTitleFriday
March 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Earthworm Jim

🏢 Shiny Entertainment
📅 1994
🖥 DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, Linux, Master System, Mega Drive, SNES, Wii, Windows

#videogames
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March 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Where Do All The Calculators Go: The Gospel According to #RedDwarf

🤖 Silicon heaven
😸 Cat religion
✝️ Deep theology
⏳️ Time travel
⚖️ Justice
🥪 State of the art sarnies
📚 Non fiction

Ebook available everywhere books2read.com/u/49VPy8
Paperback available from the author
#WorldBookDay #BookSky
Cover art for Where Do All The Calculators Go? by Steve Trower. A bright red calculator against a background of stars and nebulae. The calculator display reads: the Gospel According to Red Dwarf.
March 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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I’ve drawn it before, but Tears in Rain, drawn in charcoal is off to a customer in the US of A now. ☺️

Etsy in bio
March 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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So "Fish 2: A Fish In Time", the long awaited (by me at least) sequel to my (ahem) Golden Joystick award winning game of 1989 is almost written. Johnnie Molloy couldn't write it with me because he died in 2018. But I feel he's with me, and is in fact a character in the game. Watch this space.
February 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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If you want to read all my reviews in Your Sinclair then this is the place to find them. I will shortly be doing dramatic readings of all these on my socials. web.archive.org/web/20040614...
A-Z index - Phil South
Your Sinclair tribute site, with game reviews, and loads of other groovy stuff.
web.archive.org
February 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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2024 Crash Smash Countdown (=6th, 90%)

RUMBA

These days, it's rare that an entirely new genre gets invented, but the Mojon Twins did just that with this terrific "Suck-'Em-Up" game, awarded top marks by Paul in issue 25!

#zxspectrum #retrogaming #8bit
February 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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2024 Crash Smash Countdown (=6th, 90%)

INNSMOUTH

Delve into the nightmare world of H. P. Lovecraft in this atmospheric adventure from Bitfans that Gordon recommended "playing with the lights turned off" in issue 22.
A screenshot of the Innsmouth review from Crash issue 22
January 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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2024 Crash Smash Countdown (=6th, 90%)

CESARE THE SOMNABULE

A classy noire adventure from Team Moritz that Gordon described as "highly engaging and memorable" in issue 21!
A shot of the review of Cesare the Somnambule from Crash issue 21
January 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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In 2024, a whopping 11 brand-new Speccy games received the coveted Crash Smash award! What better way to kick off 2025 - and our new BlueSky account - than to count down through the best of last year according to our discerning reviewers!
The famous Crash Smash award logo
January 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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crashmicro.bsky.social
Welcome to the Blue Sky account for CRASH Micro and NEXT Magazine from Fusion Retro Books. We'll try not to clash.... but no promises. 😀

On this account we'll keep you up to date with news on the mag and teases for what's to come. Thanks for your support:

www.patreon.com/c/crashmagaz...
Get more from Crash Magazine on Patreon
Creating an A5, bi-monthly Crash Magazine
www.patreon.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM