On the th of April , Amstrad launched the CPC at the Westminster School. An all in one home computer that would launch Amstrad on the way to being the largest computer manufacturer in Europe before it all came crashing down . And here we are years later. This isn’t a history, it’s...

   To be fair you might have liked them. I didn’t though and this is a story of games where the sequels really let me down. Space Harrier, Chase HQ, Beach Head and Yie Ar Kung Fu, all running on original hardware. ChinnyVision The shoddy sister channel of ChinnyVision https: www...

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   Dr Destructo or The Island Of Dr Destruction is a budget game from Bulldog Mastertronic where you have to destroy ships and islands by shooting down enemy planes who will then crash onto it causing damage. There’s no power ups and you only get bomb to drop per level. It’s down to you to...

   Everyone loves a martial arts game, especially if it’s done well. Which Thai Boxing from Anco is not. Released on the Acorn Electron BBC, C, C, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and Amiga, you have you beat your opponent at thai boxing which frankly in this game could just be about any martial art going....

   Chevy Chase is a budget racing game from Hi Tec released on the Spectrum, Commodore and Amstrad CPC and has nothing to do with, er, Chevy Chase. Race across America for some reason or other, powering up your car as you go. Original racing games on budget in the late bit era are rare so...

   Pang on the GX CPC Plus is one of my favourite computer games of all time. No other version will do it for me. Not the arcade, not the Amiga and certainly not the junk Ocean put out on the C . No, it has to be the GX version complete with its player mode and lush graphics. But what is...

   Stainless Steel is a top down shoot em up from Mikro Gen released on the Sinclair Spectrum and Amstrad CPC in . The first and last levels are carried out on foot but for the rest of the time you have a special flying car like, er, I dunno Jon Pertwee in Planet Of The Spiders. It’s fairly run...

   The Erebus is a device available from multiple people which allows an Oric and Armos to load TAP files from SD card. No more do you have to try and load in TAP images via the tape connector, games can be loaded onto the SD card and accessed in an instant. So is this expansion a valuable addition...

   The early days of Ocean were filled with arcade knock off games and Gilligan’s Gold is no exception. An identical unofficial clone of Bag Man, you have to fetch the bags of gold and put them into your mining cart. Released on the Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore , ChinnyVision plays...

   It’s space year and yet we still have brand new games coming out for the soon to be year old Spectrum. These are some of the latest that have caught my eye. Links for each game are below and remember to support each of these coders by spreading the word about their games All recorded on...

   Any similarity between the cover artwork and howling mad Murdock is purely coincidental. Fly Spy is a budget game from Mastertronic coded by future C legend Richard Aplin while just a teenager. It’s a quirky game that is ahead of its time with a built in Centipede game. Fun if complicated. The...

   This week I fire up the Sega Master System, close my eyes and select five games at random. Can’t say more than that really. Come along on a gaming adventure that spans platforms, racing games, beat em ups and racers. You can support ChinnyVision on Patreon from just or a month https: www...

   You can trust Elite to clone an existing game and put it out on their label. Overlander shares a lot with RoadBlasters as you race across the countryside blasting other cars out of your way. You can beef up your car and your weapon systems and can get bigger rewards for transporting illegal items...

   Slicks is a game by Codemasters probably inspired by Micro Machines not the other way around as I say in the review . For just . you get a top down racer by Ash and Dave that is a lot of fun and betters many full price racing games. ChinnyVision looks at the game on real hardware. Namely...