A spot more catching up on Spectrum-related releases for Chrimble. First off is Jonathan Cauldwell's Batteries Not Precluded which he describes as being a drive/shoot/fly/drift 'em up with miniature vehicles "where the batteries come included, but battery is an occupational hazard". Second on the list is Uwol, Quest for Money, a money-grabbing platformer from those coding dervishes the Mojon Twins and last but not least we've got World of Spectrum forumite dm_boozefreek's now completed and released Miles Mad Mission (or get the larger archive with extras here), a Platform Game Designer-developed title which became a labour of love. Oh, and blah blah new year whilst i'm here.

i'm playing catch up over the festive season, so here are three Spectrum games that have been released into the winter wonderland over the last week... first off is Bob Smith's All Present And Correct, a Christmas-themed action game where presents must be directed to sacks for delivery without being mashed by hammers - this is based on the excellent Chu-Chu Rocket and loads of fun. Bob has also added the original Stranded to his website for free download.

Second in line is the Mojon Twins' latest, the rather euphamistically-titled Sgt. Helmet Zero (i believe i'm contractually obliged to say "fnarr, fnarr" at this point) which isn't Christmassy at all and instead involves shooting things... i've warmed to it already in fact, especially since theres a dedication to Chuck Norris on the title page!

Finally we've got Rafal Miazga's Heritage which is based on the Polish Atari 8-bit platformer of the same name. No snow, though. Chances are there'll be more releases but in the meantime... bah humbug to the feckin' lot of you and am off to hide and play shoot 'em ups until the New Year celebrations are past!

This is a variant on the puzzle game Lights Out, the tiles of the play area exist in one of three states and clicking on them toggles through those states; the player can select three tiles at a time, either as a row or column, and the objective is to get all of the times to white.

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