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Overdue Reviews is an occasional series in which I pretend to be a videogame journalist. This week: The Spy Who Loved Me.

The Spy Who Loved Me is a vertical scrolling driving game based on the Bond film of the same name, released in 1990 for the C64.

I have two good memories of it.

Still Game? is an occasional series in which I replay a game from my youth, to see if it really is as good as I remembered. This week: Rally Cross Simulator on the C64.

Writing about Rally Cross Simulator is difficult because if there's anyone reading this under the age of 20 I first I have to explain what a cassette is. Or you can just skip past that and get to the game itself. That's probably easier.

Rally Cross Simulator is really old, really difficult, and surprisingly good.

Overdue Reviews is an occasional series in which I pretend to be a videogame journalist. This week: Chase HQ on the C64.

Do you remember when you had to go to a shop to buy computer games? Crazy.

In which I get frustrated about/derive great pleasure from the smallest of things and come over a bit philosophical about the relative value of money.

Spurred by some recent encounters with old friends and finally finding spare time enough to install RetroPie on my Raspberry Pi, I'm having a bit of an old games nostalgia trip. That prompted a simple question: are the games I revered in my youth still worth playing? Have they stood the test of time, or should they be consigned to the archive of history?

Let's find out. To begin with, Stunt Car Racer on the C64.

I recently watched Charlie Brooker's How Videogames Changed the World and moderately enjoyed it. Brooker essentially did a chronological countdown of not the best games ever, but those that have had the biggest wider cultural appeal and therefore the biggest impact on the world, rather than just the world of gaming. While I didn't necessarily agree with his choices, I was relieved that it wasn't just another programme about someone's debatable favourites. But it got me thinking - what games have most changed the world of games?