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Oh lordy lawks. After my remake of of the #Spectrum classic "Pyjamarama" I thought I'd never venture back to the land of Wally, but I've just spent the last hour looking over the gfx and what not for "Everyone's a Wally" and thinking, yup, maybe a #Pico8 version would be possible !

On May 14, 2025, #Spectrum will start charging a $5 fee for Auto Pay failures.

Spectrum, " Starting May 14, 2025, a $5 fee will be applied for Auto Pay failures. To help you avoid having to pay this fee, we will notify you immediately if your payment fails. We'll give you three days to update your account with a valid electronic payment method before the fee is applied."

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I've been playing with the ZX Spectrum recently (well, the Spectrum core for the Mister, which is quite enjoyable once you manage to crate a realistic looking configuration for the Retrotink 4k).

A surprise find was Horace in the Mystic Woods. This game was originally released for the Psion 3 in 1995 and was ported to the Spectrum in 2010. It's remarkably good, both graphically and from a gameplay perspective.

The gameplay is a pretty standard single screen platformer where you have to pick up some objects, and once you pick them up a door opens that allows you to move on to the next level.

The controls are very responsive, which is not something you can say about all Spectrum games. The movement is very slippery, but that's intentional and makes the games more interesting. There are a few places where you have to make a small jump up to a platform but end up bouncing away from it instead. But it's not too bad.

It's one of those games where you know precisely what you did wrong, so you just go 'one more time, this time I'll definitely beat the level'.

I spent more time than I expected with this one, and I'll definitely come back to it.

The game is available in itch.io: bobs-stuff.itch.io/horace-in-t

itch.ioHorace In The Mystic Woods by Bob's Stuff48K ZX Spectrum - Home at last!

#MastoPrompt 12 Apr #Yonder

A computer or a motorbike, it’s a question to ponder,
Whatever I choose, it will require me to wander,
I could hitch hike down, to the big smoke yonder,
Although in the end, I bought a local Honda.

“16 year old Scott hitch hiked from Swindon to London with £100 in his pocket”

The full story is on the website!

scottrochester.com/scott_roche