REX: The Spectrum Game That's Ahead Of Its Time | Kim Justice

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Rex. an action game from 1988, feels more like a modern indie shooter than an old ZX Spectrum game -- it plays differently from everything else, and graphically it looks the part too. How did this 1980's gem come about? Let's look back at The Light's rhino-tastic masterpiece. Enjoy!

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0:00 Intro - A Speccy Game Like No Other
2:17 Creative Reality's Earlier Weird Games and the Development of Rex
4:54 Rex's Graphics and Gameplay
11:20 Rex's Critical Success and Legacy



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