The Story of a Beautiful Machine Viva Amiga is a project by Zach Weddington which needs the support of Amiga fans everywhere to make it reality. Planned to be a documentary film about the legendary Commodore Amiga series of computers and their colourful history. Zach has already filmed many bigContinue Reading
What is iCade? For those of you that don’t know, iCade is a spoof that became reality. ThinkGeek thought it was a good idea to do an April fools joke of an article featuring a miniature arcade cabinet that housed an iPad. Many people (myself amongst them) thought it wouldContinue Reading
OK, so not strictly retro game related, but we saw this computer gadget of yesteryear and we now long to run around with serial ports sticking out of the back of our trainers. How cool would it be to plug your trainers into an Commodore 64? Super cool, that’s howContinue Reading
As an retro game store owner, I get a lot of pre-SCART retro consoles and computers sent back to me with reports of them not working. Upon testing, 9 out of 10 of these prove to be working just fine, leading me to the conclusion that one or more ofContinue Reading
Our latest interview is with Steve Dixon, the man behind www.JammaJup.co.uk a site not only dedicated (as it’s name might suggest) to coin-ops, but classic consoles and computers of all marques. The site also features one of the most comprehensive retro gaming polling systems on the web, collating some veryContinue Reading
Back once again with more news of Sinclair ZX Spectrum software auctions that have ended with good prices being paid, and more proof that there are collectors out there with deep pockets indeed… The software in question here is none other than the very rare Sinclair branded Macmillan Education titles;Continue Reading
Airing: BBC4 Thursday 8th October 9.00pm Starring: Martin Freeman (The Office, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) as Chris Curry, the man behind the BBC-backed Acorn, and Alexander Armstrong (Armstrong and Miller, the Pimms ads) as Clive Sinclair, inventor and owner of Sinclair Research. The story covers the period of BritishContinue Reading
If you think copy protection on software is a new thing, think again. Way before DRM, there were code-cards, code-wheels, Lenslok and dongles. Never heard of them? Head on over to Pingdom and read this great article for yourself.Continue Reading
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The age old question asked by many a journalist in their quest to stir up controversy in the gaming community and get the resulting traffic/magazine sales. I personally think its all a load of b***ocks and a good game is a good game whether it was on the NES orContinue Reading