The Spectrum Show 33

Welcome to Episode 33 of The Spectrum Show... In this episode...we get all the Sinclair news and top selling Spectrum games from October 1985. I try to compare the masses of frogger clones, I review some older games, take a look at a newer title, pay a visit to type in corner, give you some playing tips and end with my demo of the month. It’s a big episode…enjoy.....

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Spectrum Light Guns

Light gun games are very popular in the arcades with classics like House Of The Dead and Virtua Cop , but these types of game have been pulling in the cash since 1984, when Duck Hunt from Nintendo hit the arcades. Light Guns eventually came to the home computer market with several cheap looking, plastic moulded guns appearing for many of the systems. The Spectrum had several including the Cheetah Defender, the Magnum Light Phaser, Sinclair’s own version of the Magnum with their logo on it, and the rarely seen Stack Light Rifle. They all worked in the same basic way, and all had a limited number of games tailored for them. Sinclair bundled their version of the Magnum Phaser with the Action Pack and James Bond Action pack for the Plus 2...

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