We had a brief chat to ChinnyVision about his popular Youtube channel. Based on your Twitter posts you have a lot of affection for the Amstrad CPC – was this your introduction to computing? Yes. First got to use a CPC 464 at some point in 1985 and we got a CPC 6128 for Christmas … A Chat with ChinnyVision
After 27 years of Internet Explorer, Microsoft has finally retired the ageing browser, which has been replaced by their new browser, Edge. Microsoft commemorated the life of the browser, with this tweet below, which shows the Internet Explorer on an Amiga: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1537149896662339584 Internet Explorer was originally released in 1995 as first part of the add-on … Microsoft thinks Internet Explorer ran on an Amiga
If the click buttons in your Neo Geo CD joypad are no longer working as they should, then Laser Bear Industries are producing a new repair kit. The original buttons were a 9x9mm button that are no longer available for purchase, this kit replaces the top cover of the button mechanism with one that will … Neo Geo CD control pad repair kit now taking pre-orders
Drew Roller’s documentary tells the untold story of one of gaming’s most important, celebrated titles – GoldenEye 007. The feature-length documentary focuses on the untold story of the creation of iconic first-person shooter GoldenEye 007, and its remarkable legacy. Viewers will learn how a young and inexperienced team at UK development studio Rare were handed … GoldenEra – a documentary telling the untold story of Rare’s classic N64 game, GoldenEye 007
Retro gaming platform Antstream Arcade has today announced a deal with video game publisher Irem, which will see dozens of iconic hits from the arcade era added to Antstream’s library of games. Games to be included include American football game 10-yard Fight, platformers like Lode Runner and Spelunker and beat ’em up Kung-Fu Master will … Antstream to add Irem games to its streaming platform
50 Years of Text Games is a new book exploring the history of the oldest video game medium – text. The book, by Aaron A. Reed, is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter, and has smashed through it’s initial goal. As well as the obvious classics such as Adventure and Zork – the book also features … 50 Years of Text Games: From Oregon Trail to A.I. Dungeon – upcoming book
Those of you with an Oculus Quest 2 can play a version of the ZX81 game, 3D Monster Maze in VR. You can see a video made by the author, Stephen Smith, below. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1534993746470879254 3D Monster Maze was originally launched for the ZX81 in 1982 and was programmed by Malcolm Evans. The game has retro-actively … ZX81 classic, 3D Monster Maze, gets unofficial VR upgrade
If the coloured Apple logo on your Clamshell iBook Mac has gone astray, then fear no more. Etsy-seller, kemze has recreated handmade replacement apples and leaves from resin. Kemze says: “The logos are casted in resin. Due to the handmade nature, I cannot guarantee a perfect end product. There may be traces of bubbles, scratches … Missing an apple on your Clamshell G3 iBook? Kemze has you covered
In the nineties there was a glut of companies trying to sneak a gaming platform into people’s homes as part of something else, under the guise of a “Multimedia Device”. The Philips CD-i, Commodore CDTV and Tandy Visual Entertainment System were computers disguised as CD players. None of them were huge successes – but that … Breakthrough in Nuon Homebrew scene
The Backstory In The late seventies, toy giant Mattel was eyeing up Atari’s VCS and decided they wanted a piece of the video game pie. After dabbling in some hand-held electronic LED games, the company decided the time was right to launch a console. In January 1979, Mattel’s Intellivison (“Intelligent Television”) was announced at the … How not to launch a console: A brief history of the Intellivision Amico