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Ever wish setting up your joystick was a bit more like de-fusing a bomb?
Check out Your Spectrum’s January 1984 review of the Heath Robinson-esque AGF programmable joystick interface - a weird mix of crocodile clips, exposed PCB and rough plastic.
#ZXSpectrum #RetroGaming #RetroGames #RetroComputing
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Oof, hey #Sega, we better file this one under ‘hasn’t aged well’.
#RetroGames #RetroGaming #MegaDrive #32x
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A January 1983 news article about a new games company called Imagine Software, founded by former Bug-Byte staff.
What could possibly go wrong?
(As an answer for what could go wrong, see the BBC’s Commercial Breaks documentary on what happened next: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChmQBK_EaUQ )
#ZXSpectrum #Vic20 #Commodore64 #RetroGaming #RetroGames #RetroComputing
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A 1984 Silica Shop advert for the bizarre Coleco Adam - a collection of bolt-on bits that turned the ColecoVision games console into a business machine.
Despite the ‘complete package’ headline, the ColecoVision was not included in this bundle - so if you didn’t already have one, you had to add another £100.
#Coleco #ColecoVision #ColecoAdam #RetroGames #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroCompute
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Ever wish setting up your joystick was a bit more like de-fusing a bomb?
Check out Your Spectrum’s January 1984 review of the Heath Robinson-esque AGF programmable joystick interface - a weird mix of crocodile clips, exposed PCB and rough plastic.
#ZXSpectrum #RetroGaming #Retr…
A pretty damning assessment of the Commodore 16 and Plus/4’s prospects from @llamasoft_ox in the August 1984 edition of Personal Computer Games.
25 years ago today, the Guardian's choice website was Bizarre Stuff You Can Make In Your Kitchen.
Oh, and a shambolic retro computer game website.
Tragically, the article is older than any of the computers and consoles covered by Arrgh! w…
40 years ago a new software company started advertising in UK computer magazines.
Despite their name, Spectrum Games released games for the #ZX81 and #Vic20 as well as the #ZXSpectrum. They also promised that games for the #Oric and #Drag…
This is what game adverts used to look like.
Anirog’s Krazy Kong for the VIC-20.
#RetroGames #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #Commodore #Vic20 #Anirog
A 1984 Silica Shop advert for the bizarre Coleco Adam - a collection of bolt-on bits that turned the ColecoVision games console into a business machine.
Despite the ‘complete package’ headline, the ColecoVision was not included in this b…
Note to budding video game magazine publishers: don’t use KKK as your rating for the best games.
#RetroGames #RetroGaming #RetroComputing
A camera without film? Who could imagine such a thing?
From the 27 July 1991 edition of New Computer Express.
Throwback to late 1985, a time when a joypad was considered unusual.
Games often got new art when re-released on budget labels.
Which cover for Mervyn J. Estcourt’s Speed King do you prefer, the original Digital Integration art, or the Mastertronic version from 1986?
#Commodore64 #RetroGaming #RetroGames #R…
Oof, hey #Sega, we better file this one under ‘hasn’t aged well’.
#RetroGames #RetroGaming #MegaDrive #32x
A January 1983 news article about a new games company called Imagine Software, founded by former Bug-Byte staff.
What could possibly go wrong?
(As an answer for what could go wrong, see the BBC’s Commercial Breaks documentary on what hap…
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