I’m slightly behind the curve here, because Sir Clive’s masterpiece, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, turned 35 years old yesterday. This is, of course, an occasion worth marking, even a day late, so mark it I will do: with my Top Ten Spectrum memories. This won’t represent the best of what…
This week marks the 30th birthday of one of the icons of the 8-bit era: adventurer, boxing glove wearer and all-round good egg, Dizzy. So, to mark the occasion (and breathe life back into the retro-gaming blog here), here’s a quick rundown of Dizzy’s greatest adventures, ordered from least good…
The Ambivalence Chronicles – a Sci-Fi Comedy in 8 Bits – takes its inspiration from a multitude of sources, from the ZX81’s killer app to classic 80s movies by way of popular music; retrogaming aficionados and pop culture gurus alike will, I hope, have fun hunting for the various Easter…
The Chip Whisperer – Bit#1 of The Ambivalence Chronicles launches this month. Sign up below to be first to read it.
Hot on the heals of my last post, Bit#1 of The Ambivalence Chronicles now has a title – and it’s none of the possible options I offered then. So, heading your way before the end of the year will be Bit#1 of The Ambivalence Chronicles: The Chip Whisperer. And over…
I’m going slightly off the usual retrogaming topic just this once – although it is sort of related as you will soon see. The reason for this is that I’m in the final approach phase for launch of The Ambivalence Chronicles: a comic fantasy in 8 bits – and I’ve…
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It’s been a little erratic here lately, what with having a day job, and summer holidays, and novels to write; and I had once planned to do a proper write up of the Revival Solstice retrogaming fest that happened last weekend, but, well I haven’t really got the time. Suffice…
If you follow me on social media it may come as no surprise that Ghostbusters was a favourite of mine back in the day; which is slightly odd because my parents wouldn’t let me see the film, which came out when I was ten, so I compensated by playing the…
Today’s challenge is to see how long I can actually keep writing about what is, in essence, a maze game; thankfully, I’ve chosen a maze game with a twist. The Facts. Released in 1983 by Incentive Software, ‘Splat!’ was ‘a totally original game’ in which the player must explore a…
This had been on my tbr list for ages, but I held off actually reading until this year because I didn’t want it to influence my writing in The Ambivalence Chronicles. Now I’ve read it, it was definitely worth the wait. By 2044 the world as we know it has…