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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Game Covers - Road Runner (Commodore 64)

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

Game Covers - Beach-Head (Commodore 64)

ULTIMATE 3-D ARCADE ACTION!
MULTISCREEN
AMAZING SOUND!

A challenging naval battle followed by an invasion with land forces. If your troops succeed in penetrating the island defences, the most difficult challenge still remains; capturing the enemy fortress of KUHN-LIN!

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Monday, May 22, 2023

Game Covers - Aztec Challenge (Commodore 64)

At the ancient Mexican pyramid of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec gods have demanded a human sacrifice. You are one of the chosen! Your only hope of escape is to survive a series of tests in which your agility and stamina are pushed to the limits. With a pulsating soundtrack and seven screens full of spear-throwing warriors, booby-trapped chambers and pools of piranhas, Aztec Challenge is a challenge on an epic scale!

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Sunday, May 21, 2023

Game Covers - Raid Over Moscow (Commodore 64)

Gripping arcade action

Multiple scrolling screens

As squadron leader, you must lead your commandos on a virtual suicide mission; knock out the Soviet launch sites, and then proceed into the city of Moscow. Armed only with the weapons you can carry you must seek and destroy the Soviet defence centre to stop the attack!

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Thursday, April 06, 2023

Now That's What I Call Stuart's Favourite Music 75 - A-ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV

Ranking alongside Take On Me as one of my all-time favourite 80s tracks. It was A-ha's follow-up single and third from their album "Hunting High and Low". Despite not being as popular as Take on Me, it still managed to perform really well, achieving number 1 in the UK charts on the 28th of December 1985 where it remained for 2 weeks.

Another defining music track from the 1980s.

Thursday, March 09, 2023

Now That's What I Call Stuart's Favourite Music 74 - Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

A classic track from 1982 makes it to number 74 on my list of favourite music. Come on Eileen was released on the 25th of June 1982 and was Dexy's Midnight Runners 2nd UK number one following Geno in 1980. Released as a single from their second studio album Too-Rye-Ay, it did pretty well in America too, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Whenever I hear this song, it always takes me back to a childhood memory of visiting some sort of fate with my grandma and I vividly remember a stall that had a game where I had to place a toy car in a slot, and then let it roll down. Whoever's car reached the bottom first won the game.

Happy memories from a simpler time. Enjoy.