2010s

2010s Archives | Category for grouping a collection of posts for topics covering the years 2010-2019.

Maze Death Rally-X: Sinclair ZX Spectrum December Review

Maze Death Rally-X

Maze Death Rally-X: December featured game

You all remember the 1980 Namco arcade classic Rally-X right? Well, Maze Death Rally-X for the Speccy should seem very familiar to you. Rally-X is one of my favourite golden age arcade games but it never saw an official release on the ZX Spectrum. Back in 2018 a chap named Tom Dalby released his version, Maze Death Rally-X, to the world and what a joy it is for us Rally-X fans. The game comes…
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80s RetroGaming ZXSpectrum

HUDL bricked after factory reset and how to fix it

Tesco HUDL

I did a factory reset on my Tesco HUDL

Update 29/03/2025: It has been brought to my attention that this method no longer works due to the site https://device. mobile. tesco. com now being unavailable. It turns out that was a mistake. The HUDL is getting on a bit now and while it may not be able to run the most recent apps it still can be used for some basic functions. I blew the dust from my old HUDL…
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2010s Software
Android HUDL Tesco

Christmas Bonus – Nintendo Classic Mini

Nintendo Classic Mini NES (1)

I just won a Nintendo Classic Mini...

Yep, a Nintendo Classic Mini. It's still sinking in that I won something, sorry. I'm not the type of person who would normally enter a competition and even on the rare occasion that I do I rarely rank amongst the top scorers; and that's OK because it's normally for brain exercise and enjoyment of it all. The last time I won a prize was back in the early '80s when I won a…
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NES 2010s Nintendo
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Pokemon Go to Pokemon Stop

Pokemon Go

I've never played Pokemon...

Yep, that's right, I've never played Pokemon before. It's one of those games that just didn't appeal to me, that is until... The fascination people seem to have with this game intrigued me and curiosity got the better of me so I jumped in head first. I downloaded the game late Wednesday evening using one of the server tricks to allow my iPhone to download from the U. S. Apple store. The game itself seemed simple…
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Mobile Gaming 2010s
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