Level Up music video and interview with Tek Force
Interview with Tek Force RGC: Hi Tek Force, thanks for taking the time to talk to us. Tek Force: No Prob, and I appreciate how you guys have shown me love! RGC: Describe yourself and your style of music. Tek Force: Well of course at the very core, my musicContinue Reading
The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels – Kickstarter campaign by Chris Wilkins
As many of you already have probably gathered from a quick look around the site, since it’s release I have had a rather (obsessively so sometimes!) fondness for Sir Clive’s first colour capable computer the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. I was overjoyed to hear that Chris Wilkins, the man behind twoContinue Reading
Show us your collection: #25 Paolo Zoratti
Most collections we have featured so far have been general in nature, with maybe a leaning toward one or more console manufacturers. Some people though, specialise in a certain franchise and Paolo Zoratti (@pablo_ha55an) is one such person. The franchise he has chosen is none other than that behemoth ofContinue Reading
Head 2 Head: Pitfall – 2600 vs ColecoVision vs Intellivision
Pitfall! was designed by Activision programmer David Crane and originally released for the Atari VCS in 1982. It features Pitfall Harry climbing, falling and swinging his way around the screen in his quest to find all the lost treasures against a 20 minute countdown. It is often credited with givingContinue Reading
The History of US Gold – Kickstarter campaign
Seems like it’s the year for retro books on Kickstarter, what with Artcade, The Megadrive/Genesis: Collected Works and Commodore 64: a visual Commpendium already having been funded. This campaign has also already been funded but still has 20 days to run (at the time of writing this article) and isContinue Reading
Jupiter ACE for sale – bidding starts at £10000
No, this isn’t drawing your attention to an auction for a special solid gold Jupiter ACE encrusted with diamonds, but a once in a lifetime chance to own the rights to the entire Jupiter ACE brand. Included in the auction are the original development tapes, an archive of unpublished softwareContinue Reading
From Bedrooms to Billions – Ben Daglish on the originality of early games
[youtube=”http://youtu.be/aRsLOUYL3mk”] This is an excerpt from ‘From Bedrooms to Billions’ a ‘2 hour’ feature length documentary movie telling the remarkable, true story of the British Video Games Industry from 1979 to the present. See more at: http://www.frombedroomstobillions.com Pre-order the film before the 31st May 2014 to get a 4Continue Reading
From Bedrooms to Billions – Jon Ritman on Match Day II artwork
[youtube=”http://youtu.be/j7WLYVOKtyk”] This is an excerpt from ‘From Bedrooms to Billions’ a ‘2 hour’ feature length documentary movie telling the remarkable, true story of the British Video Games Industry from 1979 to the present. See more at: http://www.frombedroomstobillions.com Pre-order the film before the 31st May 2014 to get a 4Continue Reading
From Bedrooms to Billions – Peter Molyneux on Populous
[youtube=”http://youtu.be/CkbmXiiLoDk”] This is an excerpt from ‘From Bedrooms to Billions’ a ‘2 hour’ feature length documentary movie telling the remarkable, true story of the British Video Games Industry from 1979 to the present. See more at: http://www.frombedroomstobillions.com Pre-order the film before the 31st May 2014 to get a 4Continue Reading
Early Sinclair ZX81 software adverts
Way before full colour ads were the norm and just before the emergence of it’s colourful sibling; the ZX Spectrum, ZX81 software adverts in computer magazines were often a very crude affair. Still very much in the time of the ‘bedroom coder’ much of the software in this early periodContinue Reading