Tubbz Cosplaying Ducks by Numskull – Review
When I first heard about these game and film themed Tubbz cosplaying ducks from Numskull, my reaction sounded something like “what the duck?” – nevertheless my interest was piqued. Luckily for me, Numskull were kind enough to send me a couple of samples for perusal and my first impression wasContinue Reading
vDriveZX review – a Microdrive based SD storage solution for your Spectrum
Sinclair launched the ZX Microdrive in July 1983. True to Sinclair’s philosophy of miniaturisation and low-cost, it promised a cheap, high-speed storage system using miniature tape cartridges. Unfortunately the Microdrive didn’t take off as well as Sinclair hoped, dogged by unreliability and also the high cost of the tape cartridges.Continue Reading
Monument Microgames – a closer look
The late 80s and early 90s saw the decline of 8bit computers in favour of their more powerful 16bit brethren. Understandably software production for these now defunct machines took a back seat or stopped altogether with software houses concentrating on the next big thing. However, with the resurgence of interestContinue Reading
Crash Annual 2018 – Kickstarter update
As we reported in our last article, the Crash Annual 2018 Kickstarter campaign got off to an astonishing start – reaching its £12,000 goal within 9 hours. That was just the beginning of the story though and currently – with 18 days to go (at time of writing) the campaignContinue Reading
Crash Annual 2018 – Kickstarter
The legendary Crash magazine is set to return next year with issue 99 being produced by Fusion Retro books after successfully funding their Kickstarter campaign in around 9 hours. Along with original Newsfield Owner/Editor Roger Kean and original artist Oliver Frey, Chris Wilkins is bringing the publication back in theContinue Reading
The Bear Essentials: Developing a Commodore 64 game – Part 5
Creating Caverns I wrote about creating rooms back in part 3 of this series and how I began to store the room data in memory. But of course, rooms in the game have to fit together to form a world in which the character will explore on their journey. WithContinue Reading
Spectrum Addict film cover art by Oliver Frey revealed
The upcoming film by Andy Remic – Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict now has an amazing looking cover, produced by none other than the renowned artist Oliver Frey, famous amongst gamers of course for his Crash and Zzap! 64 magazine artwork. We think it looks amazing and really captures theContinue Reading
Spectrum Vega+ hands on – video and mini review
Will plays with a Vega+ This report was written by Will Woodvine, photography and video by Ant Harper. Disclosure: I backed the Vega+ Indiegogo campaign but requested and received a refund over the Christmas period. I asked for a refund due to what I perceive to be the appalling lackContinue Reading
The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey Extended Edition – review
I have a confession to make. To my shame, I never bought the first version of this book – The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey – when it was first published back in 2006. There, I feel better now that’s off my chest. However, I feel that now it mayContinue Reading
Event news and interview – Retro Station hosted by Kapow 15th October 2016
It seems that retro gaming themed events are growing in number, and take all shapes and formats – which can only be a good thing for the community going forward. This latest event – Retro Station – which we are extremely proud to be sponsoring, is due to take placeContinue Reading