The nature of Munky was… irrepressible
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Following on from the Vectrex post where I mentioned I had a bit of trouble getting the Atari 800 and 5200 cores running properly through Internet Archive Games Launcher, I finally got them working this morning. Here’s how…
While we’re in our third lockdown I decided to revisit some old favourites, but with a twist. The plan is to take a look at some of my all time favourite retro games but on a different system. Tonight I played 180 on the Atari XE.
Spectrum version information is taken from the World of Spectrum archive.
| Usual Version Played | Current Version Played | |
| System: | Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128K | Atari XE |
| Publisher: | M.A.D | M.A.D |
| Release Year: | 1986 | 1986 |
| No. Players: | 1-2 (alternating) | 1-2 (alternating) |
| Genre: | Sports | Sports |
I hope this finds you safe and well during these unusual circumstances.
COVID 19 isolation has given me some much treasured time with the family (minus my eldest who is isolating with my Mum). We played board games. We played Wii games. Family time is great but being together 24/7 isn’t particularly healthy either.
I was starting to look a bit Catweazle so I had the Missus perform the “Quarantine Cut” on me by shaving my head all over with a Number 3. Boredom levels haven’t quite yet risen to taking a razor to it but they’re getting there.
There’s been some working from home, some sleeping, a lot of eating (proven in my blood sugar results). There’s also been some retro gaming.
These days a variety of tasks and responsibilities keep me from putting any substantial amount of time into retro gaming so this COVID 19 isolation presents me with a rare opportunity. Please don’t expect a review or a playthrough, there are countless of those already out there. This is just me talking about some old favourites and how I found out about them.
