Friday, December 22, 2017

Trekkie Dad and Super Sophie Episode 1 - USS Enterprise D Jumbo

My poor, poor neglected blog.

As most of you may already know, I love Star Trek and have been collecting the Star Trek Starships Collection models from Eaglemoss since 2013. 

Now, my daughter Sophie has really got interested in Star Trek recently and loves it when I have a delivery of new ships.  So much so that we both decided to do some box opening/reviews on YouTube of the collection.

So here's the first video of Sophie and I opening the Enterprise D Jumbo model.


Sunday, April 30, 2017

Retro Game Boys - Episode 15 - Last Ninja 2 (Commodore 64)

Sorry for the delay, but we're back with another episode.

Get your nunchucks and shuriken stars at the ready.  Stuart introduces Kieran to Last Ninja 2 on the Commodore 64.
 

Happy New Year, and we hope you have a wonderful 2017

Retro Game Boys - Episode 14 - Kikstart 2 (Commodore 64)

Part 2 of our Christmas/New Year special double whammy. We look at the Kikstart games on the Commodore Plus 4 and Commodore 64. For this episode, Stuart introduces Kieran to Kikstart 2.



 

Retro Game Boys - Episode 13 - Kikstart (Commodore Plus 4)

Part 1 of our Christmas/New Year special double whammy.  We look at the Kikstart games on the Commodore Plus 4 and Commodore 64.  For this episode, Stuart introduces Kieran to the original Kikstart


 

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.

 
 
 
 

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Retro Game Boys - Episode 12 - Buggy Boy (Commodore 64)

Stuart introduces Kieran to one of his favourite driving games from his childhood.  Buggy Boy on the Commodore 64