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Showing posts with label 80s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 80s. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 02, 2019
Monday, April 01, 2019
Game Covers - Mercenary & Mercenary The Second City (Commodore 64 & Commodore Plus 4)
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Game Covers - Total Eclipse & Total Eclipse II The Sphinx Jinx (Commodore 64)
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Sunday, January 13, 2019
Songs that remind me of my childhood Number 45 - Heaven In My Hands (Level 42)
My first STRMOMC for 2019 is this classic from Level 42, called Heaven In My Hands, and was appropriately chosen because I finally reached my own personal Level 42 yesterday. Yes, I've reached 42 years old, and another year closer to getting my pension. Woohoo!
Sunday, March 05, 2017
Mastertronic - What if? : Resident Evil VII
Mastertronic brings you "Resident Evil VII" on cassette for £1.99, only for Commodore, Amstrad, Spectrum and Atari - Available from all good newsagents, chemists and game shops!
If only..... :o)
Because I have WAY too much time on my hands, I thought I'd mess around with putting together some fake Mastertronic covers for modern computer games in an attempt to give them the retro 1980's 8-bit cassette look.
Remember... These are just for fun, and are obviously NOT real and NOT available, (although I'd love to see an 8-bit version with blocky graphics and cool chip-music).
In case you are not aware (or can not remember), Mastertronic were big in the mid to late 1980s and were a major budget software label in the United Kingdom and produced a large number of cheapo games and re-releases for the Commodore/Spectrum/Amstrad/Atari 8-bit computers (and some 16-bit too) - most at a pocket-money-friendly £1.99! They're still going now, but dare I say it I doubt anyone from the original days is still running things.
Anyway, remember this is just a bit of fun, but what would modern games look like if Mastertronic still released games like the good ol' days? Well, here you can find out!
As always, click the images to enlarge.
If only..... :o)
Because I have WAY too much time on my hands, I thought I'd mess around with putting together some fake Mastertronic covers for modern computer games in an attempt to give them the retro 1980's 8-bit cassette look.
Remember... These are just for fun, and are obviously NOT real and NOT available, (although I'd love to see an 8-bit version with blocky graphics and cool chip-music).
In case you are not aware (or can not remember), Mastertronic were big in the mid to late 1980s and were a major budget software label in the United Kingdom and produced a large number of cheapo games and re-releases for the Commodore/Spectrum/Amstrad/Atari 8-bit computers (and some 16-bit too) - most at a pocket-money-friendly £1.99! They're still going now, but dare I say it I doubt anyone from the original days is still running things.
Anyway, remember this is just a bit of fun, but what would modern games look like if Mastertronic still released games like the good ol' days? Well, here you can find out!
As always, click the images to enlarge.
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Retro Game Boys Episode 6 - Outrun (Arcade and Playstation 2)
Just me, Kieran, a Ferrari Testarossa, an open road, and some random bloke who keeps getting hit by his abusive girlfriend whenever he crashes. Yep, it's Outrun.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Alive and Kick'Starting'
Kickstarter is addictive.... There I said it.
Last year, I backed my first Kickstarter... a book called "Commodore 64: a visual Commpendium", by Sam Dyer, and published by Bitmap Books. It surpassed all expectations and became quite a hit with fans of the Commodore 64 (including me).
So, when I heard that Sam was producing a follow up book entitled "Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium", I just had to back it immediately.
The book had a target goal of £25,000 so I think it came as a bit of a surprise to most when the total amount pledged to the project came in at just short of £130,000. Wow. It just goes to show how much love there is for the old Commodore computers.
Anyway, after several months of waiting, the book finally arrived through the letterbox today, and WOW.
The book is fantastic, and considerably larger than the Commodore 64 one. The graphics on each page depicting various well known games are truly remarkable, with a small piece of text from well known people from the Amiga days (game/demo programmers, designers, graphic artists and fans)
AND due to the massive success of the project, backers also get loads of cool extras with the book as standard.
Amiga Book - http://www.funstock.co.uk/commodore-amiga-a-visual-commpendium-book
C64 Book - http://www.funstock.co.uk/commodore-64-a-visual-commpendium-c64-book
Now, I've just got to wait for the other Kickstarter projects I've backed to arrive, including Matt Gray's "Reformation" C64 music project, From Bedrooms to Billions : The Amiga Years, Marcel Donne's "Project Sidologie" CD Box set, and Uncle Art's Elite 2 (Frontier) Orchestral and Retrogaming Music Remakes.
Last year, I backed my first Kickstarter... a book called "Commodore 64: a visual Commpendium", by Sam Dyer, and published by Bitmap Books. It surpassed all expectations and became quite a hit with fans of the Commodore 64 (including me).
So, when I heard that Sam was producing a follow up book entitled "Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium", I just had to back it immediately.
The book had a target goal of £25,000 so I think it came as a bit of a surprise to most when the total amount pledged to the project came in at just short of £130,000. Wow. It just goes to show how much love there is for the old Commodore computers.
Anyway, after several months of waiting, the book finally arrived through the letterbox today, and WOW.
The book is fantastic, and considerably larger than the Commodore 64 one. The graphics on each page depicting various well known games are truly remarkable, with a small piece of text from well known people from the Amiga days (game/demo programmers, designers, graphic artists and fans)
AND due to the massive success of the project, backers also get loads of cool extras with the book as standard.
- Shadow of the Beast 2015 Remix CD by Tim Wright (CoLD SToRAGE)
- I Love Commodore Amiga Sticker
- Metal Amiga engraved bookmark
- Amiga pen
- Amiga Ball Pin
- 6x Demoscene postcards (one signed by the author of the book)
- Another World poster
- Ask Me About Loom badge (from The Secret of Monkey Island) Limited to first 100 Backers
Amiga Book - http://www.funstock.co.uk/commodore-amiga-a-visual-commpendium-book
C64 Book - http://www.funstock.co.uk/commodore-64-a-visual-commpendium-c64-book
Now, I've just got to wait for the other Kickstarter projects I've backed to arrive, including Matt Gray's "Reformation" C64 music project, From Bedrooms to Billions : The Amiga Years, Marcel Donne's "Project Sidologie" CD Box set, and Uncle Art's Elite 2 (Frontier) Orchestral and Retrogaming Music Remakes.
Both Books - the Amiga Commpendium and the C64 Commpendium.
Both Books - the Amiga Commpendium and the C64 Commpendium.
Remember this from The Secret of Monkey Island?
Demoscene Postcards
A3 Poster from the cover of Another World
Shadow of the Beast 2015 Remix CD by Tim Wright
Sticker!
The full booty!
Oh yeah, I got my name in the book as an official backer!
Saturday, January 11, 2014
I'm a Ladbroke Holiday Superstar (apparently!)
Another blast from the past, discovered while my Mum was sorting out her wardrobe. As well as loads of old school work, she also found this - a certificate which I won whilst we were on Holiday at Seashore holiday camp in Great Yarmouth during the mid 1980's (probably 85 or 86).
Do you remember Starcruiser?
Do you remember Starcruiser?
I can't remember what the Q Quest was - I think it involved us having to search the holiday camp for answers to certain questions, and I'm sure the only reason I won was because nobody else bothered to take part. That sounds about right considering my usual lack of luck at winning anything remotely good!
I'm sure I won some other prizes too which are all now no doubt hidden in the depths of some landfill somewhere.
I wonder if her name really was Vicky Micky?
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