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Acorn Electron Quick Plays
Following a Twitter exchange I was prompted to try some of my new game arrivals for the Acorn Electron. I plugged the recently modded composite video out into the recently purchased HDMI upscaler and...
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Another ZX81 Added To The Retro Computer Collection
I was lucky enough to be in the right place (a Facebook Retrogame sales group) at the right time recently, and sae an ad go up for a Sinclair ZX81. This particular ZX81 had been composite modded for a...
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At work one day I was offered a strip of raffle tickets for a quid, handing over my last quid as it was for charity I placed the strip of tickets in my work diary and forgot about it. A few days later...
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BBC Master Computer gets SD Card Interface
In my garage there has been a BBC Master microcomputer sat in a box for the last eleven years, recently I discovered the Stardot org uk forums for lovers of all things Acorn like the BBC and electron...
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ZX Spectrum Christmas Themed Shmup Chrimblast
I recently read about a new Homebrew Christmas themed shoot em up which had been made for the ZX Spectrum (details at http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/51753/new-game-chrimblast#latest...
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Xbox Original Makeover
A few weeks ago I bought an original Xbox with CoinOps installed to see what all the fuss is about. I can confirm CoinOps is a great way to enjoy a variety of old games on old systems all in one...
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Atari XEGS Repaired And Other Retrogaming Goodness
I recently had another look at the Atari XEGS which has thwarted all attempts to repair it, I found that the main processor chip was overheating and when checked with a digital tester no changes...
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Classicade Revamp Again
Once again the PC running the classicade has died, this time it’s probably just overheating due to a dodgy fan as it does power on but then shuts down after a couple of minutes. So this time I decided...
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Sega Saturn gets a new peripheral
I have owned a Sega Saturn for very many years, but have to say it is one of my least favourite consoles, and I have only found Daytona USA, Sega Rally and TT Racing actually caught my attention. Even...
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Another ZX Spectrum Added
I recently bought another ZX Spectrum +2 from EBay as a non working item. The description said none of the keys worked so it seemed it would be an easy fix. So I waited for it to arrive, then did...
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Atari XEGS Gets Some Love Galaxians Style
After finally getting the Atari XEGS working a few weeks back I have been busy doing stuff around the home to keep she who must be obeyed happy. This has left little time and even less money for...
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New Retro Stuff and Happenings
I really do neglect this site, but as I have another blog to keep up to date with (not mine so people moan at me if it isn’t done) I should remember to update here more often (yeah right). Anyway there...
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Outrun 2019 On Megadrive
Outrun was one of those Arcade games that everyone over 30 will remember playing somewhere, and for many of us the home console and computer versions were our way of bringing that arcade joy to our...
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Agony on Amiga by Psygnosis
Anybody familiar with the seminal work of Psygnosis on the Amiga i.e. Shadow of the Beast will know exactly what the company is capable of. Agony has a very similar graphical style to SOTB although...
View ArticleKodi, RetroPie and Opinion
During my Hiatus from this blog I wasn’t just sitting around doing nothing, mostly I was but not only sitting around doing nothing. In fact I was sitting around tinkering with stuff like Raspberry Pi...
View ArticleNew Retro Style Game XyXeXXian Attack quick review
I was just given the heads up on a newly released game from Sunteam called XyXeXXian Attack for Windows PC’s. It is a retro styled shootemup with Sinclair Spectrum style graphics. Gameplay has you...
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A Trip To The Centre For Computing History
It all started, as these things do, with a conversation with my brother. These conversations always go along the lines of him saying we should do something, me agreeing and then nothing happening. This...
View ArticleWhy Microsoft Edge sucks
For the last few months I have been seeing a lot of articles in the technical and computer websites about using Microsofts new browser “Edge”. I have been resisting as I happen to like Googles Chrome...
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Retro Games Forever ZX Spectrum Challenge Mega Phoenix
I have spent a lot of my time over the last year competing (badly) in challenges in retro gaming facebook groups, such as RetroTech100 and Retro Games Forever, this weeks RGF challenge on the ZX...
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Retrotech100 Arcade 20p Challenge Marvel Vs Capcom
Another of the weekly challenges I do is the Retrotech100 Arcade 20p Challenge, this is based around using 20p to score as high as possible or go as far as possible into an Arcade game. It is set at...
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