Pixel Addict, the multi-format retro tech magazine from the same people as Amiga Addict, has just launched its Issue 9. The cover story is about the cultural impact of the original PlayStation, which features guests including Violet Berlin (Bad Influence), Dominik Diamond (GamesMaster), Geoff Glendenning (Sony), Glen O’Connell (Psygnosis), Julian “Jax” Rignall (Virgin Interactive), Alex … Issue 9 of Pixel Addict out now
Awesome VIC-20 racer, Super Monza Grand Prix has had a small update, so you can now change the difficulty of the game. Author, AJ Layden says: “Seeing as the game was proving to be a little tough for some players I have added an option to select the difficulty in the “race for position” mode. … Super Monza Grand Prix (VIC 20) gets difficulty update
Earlier this year when appearing on the news, it was noticed that Andrew Gwynne MP, Shadow Minister for Public Health had a VIC-20 on his desk. We reached out to Mr Gwynne, not to ask about his ideas for health policies, but to chin-wag about old Commodore computers! Was the VIC-20 your first computer? Yes, … An Interview with Andrew Gwynne MP, Shadow Minister for Public Health and VIC-20 lover!
Arcade1Up are relaunching their Star Wars arcade machine for a limited time. The 40th Anniversary version of the machine features the Atari arcade versions of Star Wars, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
Fairchild’s Channel F was launched in 1976 as the Video Entertainment System, and was the first console to use interchangeable ROM cartridges. It was developed by Jerry Lawson and his team at Fairchild Semiconductor. The Channel F was initially popular, with over 250,000 units sold in the first year. However, it struggled to compete with … The Channel F is back! With new game, and Android ports of Hockey, Dodge It and Robot War
When I was growing up, I had the luxury of having the best (cough) 8-bit computer, the wonderful Commodore Plus/4. No-one wrote games for the Plus/4 but they did wrote games for its less capable sister, the Commodore 16. One company that released a fair few C16 games was Uk-based Tynesoft. These game seem to … Unofficial Commodore 16 Tynesoft Games Cart for Gameboy Color released
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the launch of Apple’s Lisa computer. While it wasn’t a resounding success – it did lay the ground for several computing concepts we are familiar with today, such as the ‘double click’. In celebration of this anniversary, The Computer History Museum has received permission from Apple to release the … Apple release source code to Lisa system and applications software
The Jaguar CD was an add-on for the Atari Jaguar video game console that allowed the console to play CD-ROM games. The add-on was released in 1995 and included a double-speed CD-ROM drive, as well as a digital audio output. Just 13 games were released for the system in its lifetime. Emulating the Jaguar CD … OMG! There might actually be a Jaguar CD emulator on the way!
Sierra On-Line founders Ken and Roberta Williams’ have launched Colossal Cave, a 3D interpretation of the original text adventure for modern platforms. “The original Colossal Cave Adventure was truly unlike anything anyone had seen before, and we hope to make a similar mark on the next generation,” says Roberta Williams, Founder and Lead Designer, Cygnus … Sierra founders, Ken and Roberta Williams, have remade Colossal Cave Adventure as “as a fully immersive, 3D and VR experience”
It is easy to forget that we weren’t always on the internet. You had to decide to go on there. Then you had to listen to the ‘going on the internet theme tune’, which went like this: Hum / Beep-boop-beep-boop-boop-beep-beep-boop. / beedoop-squrrl / squrrllll-mmmmmm / eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-ooooooooooooo, berdang-berdang / ksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKS Well if that scenario makes you … Celebrate going online, old-skool style, with this embroidered tee