Retro Games Collector is proud to be supporting this new Kickstarter campaign by Antoine Clerc-Renaud to produce Coleco – The Complete History, a book about an often visionary and sometimes revolutionary company that brought gamers like us the ColecoVision console, the Adam computer and many great tabletop and TV games.Continue Reading
The impressive Centre for Computing History in Cambridge was the scene of the action yesterday as a new Kickstarter campaign to fund the new book on the Oliver Twins was launched. The book written by Chris Wilkins and Roger Kean will chronicle the astonishing rise of Andrew and Philip fromContinue Reading
With a book about software publishing house Ocean, an upcoming Kickstarter-funded Commodore 64 in Pixels book and a highly popular ZX Spectrum in Pixels duo already their belts, there seems to be no stopping the publishing powerhouse that is Fusion Retro Books and its owner Chris Wilkins. Our reviews ofContinue Reading
There have been quite a few ‘new housing for vintage computer/console’ Kickstarter campaigns of late but this one caught our attention because it dares to be a little bit different. Let me elaborate… With less than a week to go at the time of writing this particular campaign by PhilippeContinue Reading
Following on from his highly successful series of ‘in Pixels’ books on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Chris Wilkins, founder of Fusion Retro Books has now turned his attention to it’s playground rival; the Commodore 64. After the success of the books I have done the ZX Spectrum, it was onlyContinue Reading
We are proud to be supporting Chris Wilkins and Fusion Retro Books with the imminent Kickstarter campaign for his latest title ‘The Story of the Commodore 64 in Pixels’. This book follows on from his highly successful series of books on the ZX Spectrum and will be a great additionContinue Reading
Never since the actual release of the ZX Spectrum in 1982, has there been a better time to be a fan of this great British microcomputer. With new hardware releases such as the DivMMC, Just Speccy 128 and Spectranet, our humble little machine has been dragged kicking and beeping intoContinue Reading
Now here’s an idea. A range of 80s micro computers in Lego form. Sound good? Well it could be reality if enough people vote for them on the Lego Ideas site. This particular range by user ‘Fbsarts’ has been joined by my personal favourite 80s micro, the ZX Spectrum. AContinue Reading
Ever fancied exploring a live map of The Legend of Zelda a Link to the Past from within your browser? The guys over at JADSDS engine have created Link’s world in stunning detail, including Link himself, other NPCs and enemies all wondering around the map. There is no gameplay involvedContinue Reading
We are getting quite excited by the prospect of aliens invading our planet with video game characters. Especially Pac-Man chomping through the streets of American cities. Not sure what we are talking about? Check out the Pixels The Movie trailer. Film to be released this August. We can’t wait. Continue Reading