Spectrum Days - retro games and movies

Phil and Chris take turns trying to remember Daley Thompson's Decathlon on the ZX Spectrum. How many joytsicks did they break when playing it back in the day? How many keyboards did they break playing it now in 2023? Who can run the fastest? Can Chris even do the high jump? Is it as good as they remember? Tune in and find out. Follow us on Twitter - @SpectrumDaysPod Check out the YouTube channel -...

In this episode Phil and Chris try to remember Desert Strike on the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. As usual, once they've racked their memories they pause to play the game and then share their thoughts. Will they get past mission one? Will they agree that Airwolf on the ZX Spectrum was better? Tune in to find out. Follow us on Twitter - @SpectrumDaysPod Check out the YouTube channel - https://www.yout...

A podcast ruining childhood memories game by game. We try to remember a game, then play it to find out how much we were wrong. Spectrum Days is a podcast where Chris and Phil ruin our childhood memories of the games we played as kids back in the 80s and 90s. Each episode features a new game that we discuss from our memories before pausing and playing. We then come back and let you know what we thi...

Join Phil and Chris as they try to remember Renegade on the ZX Spectrum! Will they even remember who published the game correctly? Will they constantly confuse it with Target Renegade and Double Dragon? Of course they will! They released the game back in the 80’s you know! When they get around to playing it, will they even get off the first stage? Will Chris use the right keys? Were these two ever...

In this episode, Phil and Chris stumble through their memories of the ZX Spectrum classic Manic Miner! If you had a Spectrum, you played this! If you’ve never played it, then it’s time to add to your Retro gaming knowledge by listening to two middle-aged men wrestle with nostalgia and the fact that they might not be good at playing games anymore… Has Manic Miner stood the test of time? How many ti...

In this episode Phil and Chris mix up their memories of playing Space Harrier. Surely playing it at home on the ZX Spectrum or Mega Drive was exactly the same as the fullmotion hydraulic arcade cabinet experience? Tune in to find out if they completed it. Follow us on Twitter - @SpectrumDaysPod Check out the YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@spectrumdays Read things on our blog - https://...

We go back to the ZX Spectrum and play The Way of the Exploding Fist for this episode. Do you remember the keys? Could you get the flying kick timing right? Is it better than Street Fighter? Join us this episode and hear what we can half remember, and then how we feel after playing it over thirty years since the last time. Follow us on Twitter - @SpectrumDaysPod Check out the YouTube channel - htt...

This time Phil and Chris try to remember how awesome Speedball and Speedball 2 Brutal Deluxe was on console and the Amiga. Do their memories serve them well? Was it really that good? Did the Bitmap Brother's predict the future? Are we all wearing spikes? Were they really even brothers? Most importantly - is the game any fun playing it today in 2022? Or is it terribly bland... YouTube here. https:/...

Join Phil and Chris as they stumble through their memories trying to remember how great The Revenge of Shinobi was on the Sega Mega Drive. Do their memories serve them well? Is it still the classic they vaguely remember? Is it incredibly difficult to play some 30 years later? Can Chris use the right buttons on the controller? Tune in to find out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

In this episode we play the classic Horace Goes Skiing on the ZX Spectrum along with the other two games in the “Horace Trilogy”. A true gaming classic that we remember fondly. It was brilliant back in the day. So what’s it like now when we “review” it now? Has it stood the test of time? Or is it incredibly hard and diabolically frustrating? Join us as we reminisce and then destroy our childhood m...

In this halloween inspired episode we reminisce about playing Ghouls 'n Ghosts - can we remember on which platform we played? Do you? We then play it to see if our memories are holding up. Is it as difficult as we remember? Is it any good now? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this, our first episode, Phil and Chris talk about R-type and the memories it stirs. We then play it and share our thoughts now, some 35 years since we last played it. Has it stood the test of time? Or has playing it again ruined our childhood memories? Join us to find out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.