Father, Husband, website developer, avid gamer since the mid-70s and collector of just about anything video game related. 8-Bit microcomputer and Sinclair specialist with a huge Sinclair related collection of his own. Blogs about retro gaming here but occasionally elsewhere when people ask. Bored of Mario and never much liked Zelda. Performs quirkafleegs for cold hard cash. Often found destroying ice crowns in the Lands of Midnight.
Remembers: Lunar Lander.
Plays: Steel Battalion, Gears of War
Back in the heady days of the early 80’s I was witness to, and also the instigator if I’m honest of many a playground argument regarding which micro was best; ZX Spectrum or Commodore 64. I was always fighting Sinclair’s corner back then and still do hold the Spectrum toContinue Reading
I have often mentioned how great I think Social Media is at connecting like-minded people from around the globe and here is a great example of just why. I have been following Jason Payne’s (@UltimusPrime) posts on Instagram with some interest for a while now and thought it a greatContinue Reading
The great guys over a groupees.com have given us 5 keys to give away for their Retro Groupee 3 bundle of games. Sound good? It gets better. Not only that but the more bundles sold, the more games you get with each target reached. Already there have been 3 bonusContinue Reading
Think you have what it takes to sit through nine hours (yes 9!) of Super Nintendo intros? You do? Great, then go get a coffee, make yourself comfortable and watch this amazing video of SNES start up screens in alphabetical order. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9V-A_26s0M]Continue Reading
Now, normally I would publish these before the auction ended, to let you all know of a great and rare vintage computer coming up for sale. I kept this Sinclair PC200 to myself because I wanted to have a bid and I’m not likely to go and increase the interestContinue Reading
Sinclair ZX81 Software catalogues listed all Sinclair branded software available at the time of publishing. The software was produced by Psion and ICL and covered everything from educational software to business and games. Check out the order form pages for game prices. Click here to see ZX Spectrum Software andContinue Reading
Tipped off by a friend on Instagram (thanks Graham @gameygamer !) I trundled off to www.bizzley.com to see what the fuss was about. And what a treat I found. Bob Pape has written a book about converting the seminal scrolling shooter R-Type to the ZX Spectrum and if that wasn’tContinue Reading
As I have reported before on several occasions, a number of Sinclair branded ZX Spectrum educational titles seem to command unusually high prices when sold online. Their rarity lies with the fact that although we all promised our parents that we wanted a computer for educational purposes, the reality wasContinue Reading
FILM ON ‘HISTORY’ OF ‘UK GAMES INDUSTRY’ ONLY AVAILABLE UNTIL 31ST MAY 2014! – RESERVE YOUR COPY NOW The current ‘Backer’ or ‘Pre-Order’ version of ‘From Bedrooms to Billions,’ the crowdfunded documentary film that tells the story of the UK Video Games Industry, funded by people pre-ordering it over theContinue Reading
The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy 30th Anniversary edition is a free online version of the classic Infocom text adventure originally released back in 1983. Notoriously difficult to complete, but great fun nevertheless (if you like old school text adventuring), this is a welcome distraction from most of what weContinue Reading