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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · 4h

Shake, shake, shake, Banana, shake it all the time, as Harry Belefonte might have said, had he played Ace winner Banana Shake.

As Dave put it, this variant of 2048 / Threes 'might not make your jaw drop, but it creeps up and ends up being game of the week'
spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/44390/...

Banana Shake - Spectrum Computing

Banana Shake for ZX-Spectrum 48K (Softimar/Portugal, 2025) by Mário Armão Ferreira

spectrumcomputing.co.uk

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · 1d

Another better-late-than-never arcade conversion picked up an Ace : Deanysoft's pixel-perfect GORF.

Sloany reckoned that this version 'not only looks the part, with its colourful bezel and spot-on graphics, but it's an absolute joy to play.'

And it's free at
spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/44271/...

Gorf - Spectrum Computing

Gorf for ZX-Spectrum 128K (Deanysoft/UK, 2025) by Dean Hickingbottom

spectrumcomputing.co.uk

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · 2d

Frogger RX was Issue 2's cover star and with good reason.
Dave reckoned it was 'quite simply a perfect ZX-Spectrum Frogger'.
There are a huge number of Frogger-style games on the Speccy, but this is the first one to really nail the visuals, controls and music.

happycodingzx.itch.io/frogger-rx

Frogger RX by happycodingzx

Another arcade classic for the ZX Spectrum

happycodingzx.itch.io

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · 3d

Echoes of the Future, a time-hopping text adventure, was next. A inertia-sapping maze section towards the end couldn't dampen our enthusiasm, with Mpk opining that 'the puzzles are naturalistic and logical throughout'.

Available on a multitude of formats for just $2
dareint.itch.io/echoes-of-th...

Echoes of the Future (2025) by Dareint

dareint.itch.io

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · 3d

bitmagine.itch.io/driar-zx-spe...

We loved this remake of 2012 NES title Driar.
Jamie : "Driar is fantastic! The graphics are vibrant, the music catchy, the gameplay tight, and the level design superb. If you love flip-screen puzzle platformers, stop reading and play it now."
So, uh, off you go.

Driar DEMAKE by bitmagine Studio

FREE

bitmagine.itch.io

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · 3d

Less than a week until ‪Break Space Issue 3!
Over 120 pages, 58 new games reviewed, a new BASIC type-in, interviews and more. We also roll back the clock with a special mystery guest reviewer.
Meanwhile, here's a daily rundown of Issue 2's Aces.
#retrogaming #zxspectrum
breakspace.itch.io/issue-2

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · 10d

Congrats to Sloany on another fine release. Full unbiased review coming soon.

🕹️ Davey Sloan 👾 @sloanysoft.itch.io · 10d

Well it's taken a few years but we have finally made it. It took quite a bit to get it over the line in the end, but Lee Bee has done a phenomenal job on the music

BubbleBack, our sequel to Forward to the Past, now available for free on Itch.

Enjoy!

sloanysoft.itch.io/bubbleback

#ZXSpectrum

BubbleBack: The Story of Forward to the Past 2 by Sloanysoft

ZX Spectrum platform game inspired by Bubble Bobble

sloanysoft.itch.io

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · 14d

It's October 1st, which means that we now know how many ZX Spectrum games we need to review for Issue 3 of BreakSpace.
And it's...57. Fifty seven new games.

Will the team get them all done by deadline? Fingers crossed.

Meanwhile, Issue 2 is still fabulous and free at
breakspace.itch.io/issue-2

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · 15d

I don't know what the overlap between Speccy fans and tabletop fans is, but if you've any interest in RPGs or Warhammer or the like, you should be buying this. It's a tremendous magazine.

Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 16d

WS7 officially out this week and dropping through letterboxes. just imagine this could be you in 24-48 hours (if you live in the UK, and a little bit longer elsewhere (but hey, more time to get excited for its arrival...))

Order your copy here: shop.wyrd.science

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 16d

WS7 officially out this week and dropping through letterboxes. just imagine this could be you in 24-48 hours (if you live in the UK, and a little bit longer elsewhere (but hey, more time to get excited for its arrival...))

Order your copy here: shop.wyrd.science

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · 24d

No sleep 'til deadline.

Meanwhile, Issue 2 remains free and fresh at
breakspace.itch.io/issue-2
even it 'only' has reviews of 38 new ZX Spectrum games.

Issue 2 by BreakSpace

ZX Spectrum game review magazine for Q2 2025

breakspace.itch.io

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spectrumcomputing.co.uk @spectrumcomputing.bsky.social · Sep 11

🚀 We’ve just passed 2,000 recreated videos from the RZX Archive! 🎉

Love ZX Spectrum gameplay? Come hang out with us on YouTube 👉 www.youtube.com/@SpectrumCom...

Spectrum Computing

Here, we present a collection of re-recorded RZX Playback videos. We are deeply grateful to the late Daren Pearcy for his dedication to the RZX format, and this channel serves as our tribute to his me...

www.youtube.com

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · Sep 6

Reviews first, then chores. We have a deadline to keep, you know!

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · Aug 18

A free, downloadable Spectrum magazine? What a terrific idea.

Juan F. Ramírez @juanfr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 18

Retro Games Ltd has made available the Crash magazine that was included in the UK The Spectrum release as a digital download:

https://retrogames.biz/news/post-5/

#zxspectrum #retrogaming

The Spectrum Crash Magazine

retrogames.biz

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · Aug 2

You're too kind, Sir.

Robert @flatduckrecords.co.uk · Aug 1

#FollowFriday 🍹🏖️📲

@ambientcoder.com
@whathosnorkers.bsky.social
@jimblimey.com
@breakspace.bsky.social
@fuzzweed.co.uk

#ZXSpectrum #BASIC

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · Aug 1

If you're a Serf and run straight at it, it's a shortcut across town.

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Grant Kirkhope @grantkirkhope.bsky.social · Jul 31

There’s a new plaque on the wall of a small building in Ashby de la Zouch …. Legendary

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · Jul 30

This is a fantastic conversion, which we even snuck onto our issue 2 Frogger cover.

A detail of the BreakSpace issue 2 cover, featuring the Gorf mothership partially hidden behind a cloud. Please don't ruin Frogger's day, Gorfians. He's worked hard for that ice-cream.

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njenkin @njenkin.bsky.social · Jul 30

Gorf
ZX Spectrum 128K
Published by Deanysoft in 2025

A space shooter. Based on the arcade coin-op from Bally Midway in 1981.
5 differing levels and a fantastic conversion. Gorf fans will be pleased! 😆👍🕹️

#retrogaming #zxspectrum #gaming #homebrew #games #njenkin

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · Jul 30

A Review of a review magazine? Makes sense.

The Laird's Lair takes a look at Issue 1 and 2 of BreakSpace.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tul...

#retro #zxspectrum

breakspace.itch.io

Break Space - ZX Spectrum - Free Magazine Review

YouTube video by The Laird's Lair

www.youtube.com

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · Jul 29

Telethugs is indeed tremendous.

It's worth noting though that the ZX Spectrum version is already out. We reviewed it in our issue 2.

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · Jul 28

Covering Speccy games for a free magazine is clearly not the same as running RPS, but the linked article has some great advice for reviewers generally.

It also overlaps nicely with our half-formed review policy for BreakSpace. So now we don't have to clarify that, just point at this instead. Tidy.

Chase Taylor-Carter @chasecarter.bsky.social · Jul 28

One of the few regrets from my years at Dicebreaker was only meeting Graham Smith once, in person. An instructive and necessary epitaph to his editorial run at RPS and GamerNetwork, both for me and anyone wanting to cover tabletop.

The Sunday Papers

The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web.

www.rockpapershotgun.com

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · Jul 25

R-Type in BASIC.
You have to applaud the ambition!

Animated ALex @animatedal.bsky.social · Jul 25

"B-TYPE" is one of my proudest game developments to date so far, unfortunately I may have posted it at the wrong time on itch as it didn't get much attention.
animatedal.itch.io/b-type

B-TYPE by Animated ALex

ZX Spectrum Sinclair BASIC

animatedal.itch.io

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · Jul 22

Brings a tear to the eye, it does.

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STITCH-BIT by Bryan. @stitchbit.bsky.social · Jul 21

The Sentinel
(ZX Spectrum, 1987)
Retro video game cross-stitch art

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