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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · 4d

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

🕹️ Davey Sloan 👾 @sloanysoft.itch.io · 4d

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 · 7d

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 · 9d

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 · 9d

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 · 9d

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 · 18d

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 · 27d

🚀 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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WhatHoSnorkers @whathosnorkers.bsky.social · Jul 20

I wrote a game for BreakSpace magazine... here I talk about it. Don't forget that you can download BreakSpace for FREE and type it in yourself!

youtu.be/Z3pUIbm5n-Q

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Animated ALex @animatedal.bsky.social · Jul 20

BREAK SPACE - ZX Spectrum magazine check it out. In this video i share the game play of the featured type in that i provided for issue 2.
download the mag here: breakspace.itch.io/issue-2

youtu.be/IdDqY6z0sVA

BREAK SPACE, My featured Type In - game play. ZX Spectrum Magazine.

YouTube video by Animated ALex

youtu.be

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Animated ALex @animatedal.bsky.social · Jul 18

My selection of ZX Spectrum games programmed in Sinclair BASIC are all free for download here: animatedal.itch.io
ENJOY!!!

Animated ALex

animatedal.itch.io

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · Jul 18

A lot of you retro gaming types will be jetting off on holidays about now, so why not load up your tablets with a 92-page ZX Spectrum magazine? Perfect reading to accompany your pool-side Margaritas.
Especially since it's just been updated to fix a couple of nasty typos.
breakspace.itch.io/issue-2

Issue 2 by BreakSpace

ZX Spectrum game review magazine for Q2 2025

breakspace.itch.io

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ZX Spectrum Next Official @specnext.com · Jul 13

A brand new Kickstarter launches NEXT Saturday, 19/07/2025!
It’s your chance to get your hands on the FINAL ZX Spectrum Next + new features on Kickstarter!
Find out more at: www.specnext.com/ks3/
Be part of retrogaming history with thousands of games, old and brand new!

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BreakSpace Magazine @breakspace.bsky.social · Jul 13

What are people saying about the new Summer issue of BreakSpace, the ZX Spectrum review magazine available free at breakspace.itch.io/issue-2 ?
Things like this, which is pretty terrific.

A screenshot from itch.io from poet laureate ( I assume ) r-lyeh stating "If this is not actually your favourite ZX magazine idk wth you're doing with your life"
Which is about as good a review as we could have hoped for. Succinct and forceful.

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