GamePark GP2X Wiz Review
OK, this review is probably a little too late in coming, but having just purchased a GP2X Wiz handheld and knowing how many of you out there are wondering just how good this fabled machine really is at emulating your favourite retro consoles, I felt I had to let youContinue Reading
More rare ZX Spectrum software auctions
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
Sinclair vs Acorn – Micro Men on BBC4
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
Copy Protection – Retro Style!
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
Sinclair ZX81, ZX Spectrum and QL collection
Well I can’t expect you all to show me yours without showing you mine, so here it is. I have photographed just my Sinclair collection as it is my main area of collecting and listed the Sinclair stuff I have. I have lots of other retro goodies of all typesContinue Reading
How classic videogames came to be…?
Video Game Pitch Meeting (1979) — powered by Cracked.comContinue Reading
Retro games – better than modern games?
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
Everyone’s gone Atari…
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Whacko prices for Jacko games – Case 2
It had to happen. With the demise of the sequin gloved, ape loving pop legend there had to be a rise in price for merchandise bearing his name. Even 20 year old ZX Spectrum software isn’t immune from price hikes. Take this little gem I saw on a popular internetContinue Reading