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Friday, 30 December 2016
Tuesday, 27 December 2016
RIP Carrie Fisher 😢 #carriefisher #ripcarriefisher #starwars #fb #tweet #blog #retrospecs
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Monday, 26 December 2016
The Commodore Vic 20. Doesn't get any cuter than this does it. #fb #tweet #blog
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Sunday, 25 December 2016
Saturday, 24 December 2016
Santa's Xmas Caper (Zeppelin Games, 1990)⠀ ⠀ A Christmas-themed horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up. Santa is attempting to make his annual gift-delivering journey while battling renegade pixies. As Santa and Rudolph journey over seasonal landscapes, the pixies attack with presents and bombs. Santa can retaliate by throwing his own presents at them. The game is divided into three main sections: Lapland, the Atlantic Ocean, and present delivering.⠀ ⠀ #fb #blog #tweet
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Wednesday, 21 December 2016
Up in London today. Hate that place but this was a site for sore eyes! Old Sega building. How cool is that!?! #fb #tweet #blog
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Monday, 19 December 2016
Saturday, 17 December 2016
Altered Beast (Sega, 1988)⠀ ⠀ Altered Beast is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade game developed and manufactured by Sega. The game is set in Ancient Greece, and follows a centurion who is resurrected by Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena, and to do so becomes able to turn into beasts such as the werewolf with the use of power-ups. After its initial arcade release, it was ported to several home video game consoles and home computers, including the Mega Drive/Genesis, for which it was a pack-in game.⠀ ⠀ #fb #blog #tweet
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Friday, 16 December 2016
Out Run (Sega, 1986)⠀ ⠀ Out Run is an arcade game released by Sega in 1986. It was designed by Yu Suzuki and developed by Sega AM2. The game was a critical and commercial success, becoming one of the best-selling video games of its time, winning the Golden Joystick Award for Game of the Year, and being listed among the best games of all time. It is notable for its innovative hardware (including a moving cabinet), pioneering graphics and music, innovative features such as offering the player choices in both soundtrack and nonlinear routes, and its strong theme of luxury and relaxation. In retrospective interviews, Yu Suzuki has classified Out Run not as a racing game, but as a "driving" game.⠀ ⠀ #fb #blog #tweet
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Tuesday, 13 December 2016
The Goonies (Datasoft, 1985)⠀ ⠀ A good conversion of the movie The Goonies in a video game. Multicoloured 2D graphics, whereby each level covers one screen. 8 rather tricky levels need to be solved and can demand a lot from you. The music is not bad, but unfortunately it gets a bit monotonuous after a while. You play two of the Goonies in turns, but you can only solve the tasks with teamwork. In almost every level each Goonie has the abilities to solve all types of tasks, only in the last level the assignment of the tasks is fixed.⠀ ⠀ #fb #blog #tweet
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The Goonies (Datasoft, 1985)⠀ ⠀ A good conversion of the movie The Goonies in a video game. Multicoloured 2D graphics, whereby each level covers one screen. 8 rather tricky levels need to be solved and can demand a lot from you. The music is not bad, but unfortunately it gets a bit monotonuous after a while. You play two of the Goonies in turns, but you can only solve the tasks with teamwork. In almost every level each Goonie has the abilities to solve all types of tasks, only in the last level the assignment of the tasks is fixed.⠀ ⠀ #fb #blog #tweet
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Monday, 12 December 2016
H.A.T.E: Hostile All-Terrain Encounter (Gremlin Graphics, 1989)⠀ ⠀ H.A.T.E: Hostile All-Terrain Encounter is an isometric scrolling shoot 'em up similar to Sega's Zaxxon, developed by Vortex Software and released in 1989 for Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga and Atari ST.⠀ ⠀ A major gameplay difference from Zaxxon is the ability to play with either an airplane or a tank.⠀ ⠀ #fb #blog #tweet
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Friday, 9 December 2016
Just arrived through my door! Have you got yours yet? #theamigayears #amigayears #frombedroomstobillions #fb #tweet #blog
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Nemesis: The Warlock (Martech, 1987)⠀ ⠀ Nemesis' mission is to finally finish Torquemada, Grand Master of Termight. There he must kill his Terminators through 22 levels, either swords or gun fire. Platform and killing game with neat graphics and a master piece of music. ⠀ ⠀ #fb #blog #tweet
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Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Hysteria (Software Projects, 1987)⠀ ⠀ Hysteria is an action game published in 1987 by Software Projects for Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum . In the video game, the future of the human race has been altered after a sect of fanatics called for an entity destructive in the past of the Earth. The hero of the game, controlled by the player, is the last survivor of the Time Corps special agents and must confront and defeat this entity in three different eras: the ' Ancient Greece , the Middle Ages and the future.⠀ ⠀ #fb #blog #tweet
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Saturday, 3 December 2016
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Finally god this today for my C64. Love it!! #spidey #amazingspiderman #spiderman #fb #tweet #blog
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Sunday, 27 November 2016
Saturday, 26 November 2016
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (The Bitmap Brothers, 1990)⠀ ⠀ Speedball 2 is a 1990 video game based on a violent futuristic cyberpunk sport that draws on elements of handball and ice hockey, and rewards violent play as well as goals. The original game was developed by Bitmap Brothers, with various remakes for many platforms since being published. It is a sequel to the 1988 game Speedball.⠀ ⠀ The game was released for multiple platforms: the Acorn Archimedes, Atari ST, Amiga, Amiga CD32, PC, Commodore 64, Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Game Boy and Game Boy Advance. The first version was released in 1990 for the Atari ST.⠀ ⠀ #fb #blog #tweet
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Friday, 25 November 2016
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Good haircut. Old Adverts Rule⠀ ⠀ #oldadvertsrule #fb #blog #tweet
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Monday, 21 November 2016
CJ's Elephant Antics (Codemasters, 1991)⠀ ⠀ CJ's Elephant Antics is a platform video game developed by Genesis for the Commodore 64 with conversions made for the Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum and Nintendo Entertainment System. All ports were handled by Genesis with the exception of the ZX Spectrum version which was handled by Big Red Software. The computer versions were published by Codemasters in 1991. with the NES game arriving in 1992 as part of the unlicensed compilation cartridge Quattro Arcade. The player controls a baby elephant by the name of Columbus Jumbo on his way home to Africa.⠀ ⠀ #fb #blog #tweet
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Friday, 18 November 2016
Amstrad GX4000 (1990)⠀ ⠀ The GX4000 is a video game console that was manufactured by Amstrad. It was the company's short-lived attempt to enter the games console market. The console was released in Europe in 1990 and was an upgraded design based on the then still-popular CPC technology. The GX4000 shared hardware architecture with Amstrad's CPC Plus computer line, which was released concurrently. This allowed the system to be compatible with the majority of CPC Plus software.⠀ ⠀ The GX4000 was both Amstrad's first and only attempt at entering the console market. Although offering enhanced graphics capabilities, it failed to gain popularity in the market, and was quickly discontinued, selling 15,000 units in total.⠀ ⠀ James Harding of The Times said that the console was "promptly outgunned by the 16-bit Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo – it failed the cardinal test of entrepreneurship: stamina."⠀ ⠀ #fb #blog #tweet
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Tuesday, 15 November 2016
Sunday, 13 November 2016
Disney's Aladdin (Virgin Games, 1993)⠀ ⠀ Disney's Aladdin is a platform video game developed by Virgin Games and Disney Software based on the 1992 motion picture of the same name. The game was released for the Sega Genesis in November 1993, and was later ported to the Amiga computer and MS-DOS. The NES and the Game Boy received a reworked port. It is one of several video games based on this film, including another game that was released in the same month by Capcom for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.⠀ ⠀ #fb #blog #tweet
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Saturday, 12 November 2016
Beach-Head (U.S Gold, 1984)⠀ ⠀ Beach-Head is a video game developed and published in 1983 by Access Software for the Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64 home computers in the US. Versions for the C16, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro and Acorn Electron (as well as the Atari and C64 versions) were published in Europe by U.S. Gold in 1984, followed by a version for the Amstrad CPC platform in 1985.⠀ ⠀ The game's setting is the Pacific Theatre of World War II.[1] Gameplay consists of several varying stages in which the player must control various vehicles including warships and tanks in order to defeat an enemy fleet, break through enemy beach defences and destroy an enormous gun-emplacement to win the game.⠀ ⠀ #fb #tweet #blog
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Wednesday, 2 November 2016
Tuesday, 1 November 2016
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Jack Attack (Commodore International, 1983)⠀ ⠀ Jack Attack is a platform action video game for the Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4, and Commodore 64. It was published in 1983 by Commodore International for the North American and European markets.⠀ ⠀ This video game is simple to play and comes with 64 levels. Each level is laid out in a rectangular grid. The levels contain the player character, eight enemies, and a varying arrangement of bricks. The player's goal is to kill all the enemies without being killed by them.⠀ ⠀ The player character is able to push and pull bricks, which the player must use to kill the enemies. An enemy can be killed by being crushed either by the player character or a brick falling down on it or horizontally between two bricks. On the other hand, the player character dies if a brick or an enemy falls on top of it. Enemies are unable to push or pull bricks. Some levels include water, which is fatal to the player character, but safe to enemies.⠀ ⠀ #fb #tweet #blog
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Thursday, 20 October 2016
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Sega, 1990)⠀ ⠀ Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse is a 1990 platform game developed by Sega and released for the Sega Genesis. An 8-bit version of the game was later released for the Master System and Game Gear. The game follows Mickey Mouse on a quest to save Minnie Mouse from the evil witch Mizrabel. It was the first game in Sega's long-running Illusion video game series starring Mickey and was also a part of the second wave of games initially released for the Sega Genesis which helped seal the console's reputation within the period until the release of Sonic the Hedgehog in 1991.⠀ ⠀ Castle of Illusion was very well received by critics, especially the original 16-bit version. It was re-released in 1998 in Japan as part of the Sega Ages: Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck for the Sega Saturn, which features both Castle of Illusion and QuackShot. A remake of the game by Sega Studios Australia was released for PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and PC in September 2013.⠀ ⠀ #fb #tweet #blog
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Sunday, 16 October 2016
F/A 18 Interceptor (Electronic Arts, 1988)⠀ ⠀ The game is set in the San Francisco Bay Area. Notable landmarks include the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge and Alcatraz Island. The Electronic Arts headquarters in San Mateo are also depicted. The player can also take off and land from the following airfields: San Francisco International Airport, Oakland International Airport, Moffett Federal Airfield, and USS Enterprise, anchored approximately 20 miles offshore. Finally, when selecting a location to start a free flight, pressing the [0] key starts the player on uninhabited ground far away from the main game area. This is in fact supposed to be Edwards Air Force Base, a location that was not actually implemented in the final game.⠀ ⠀ Only air-to-air weapons are available, and are limited to AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles, and the M61 Vulcan Gatling gun (500 rounds). Chaff and flares are available for defense against enemy missiles.⠀ ⠀ There are six missions, enemies being referred as "terrorists". The first takes place on September 1, 1994. The player must complete a successful carrier landing in order to qualify for the missions.⠀ ⠀ #fb #tweet #blog
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Wednesday, 12 October 2016
Turtles IV: Turtles In Time (Konami, 1992)⠀ ⠀ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, released as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Turtles in Time in Europe, is an arcade video game produced by Konami. A sequel to the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) arcade game, it is a scrolling beat 'em up type game based mainly on the 1987 #TMNT animated series. Originally an arcade game, #Turtles in Time was ported to the Super #Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992 under the title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time, continuing the numbering from the earlier Turtles games released on the original #NES. That same year, a game that borrowed many elements, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist was released for the Mega Drive/Genesis.⠀ ⠀ Years later, the arcade version of Turtles in Time was revisited on newer consoles. A slightly altered version of the arcade game was included as an unlockable bonus in the 2005 game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare. On 5 August 2009, Ubisoft released a 3D remake of the game, #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, available as a download for #Xbox360 via Xbox Live Arcade. A downloadable #PlayStation3 version was later released via #PlayStation Network on September 10, 2009. #FB #tweet #blog
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Sunday, 9 October 2016
The Last Ninja (System 3, 1987)⠀ ⠀ The Last Ninja contains a blend of exploration, puzzle solving and combat. The object of the game is to guide the ninja protagonist Armakuni on his journey to the palace of the evil shogun Kunitoki to assassinate him, avenging his clan, and retrieve the sacred scrolls. As the player progresses, Kunitoki's henchmen become more challenging as they learn the ways of the ninja.⠀ ⠀ #fb #tweet #blog
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Stadium Events (Bandai, J88, NA87, EU88)⠀ ⠀ Stadium Events, known in Japan as Running Stadium, is a 1986 sports fitness game developed by Human Entertainment and published by Bandai for the Nintendo Entertainment System. This and Athletic World are the two games in the Family Fun Fitness series, designed and branded for the short-lived Family Fun Fitness mat accessory for the NES. Stadium Events allows players to compete in four different Olympic inspired sporting events, using the mat to move as they compete in running and jumping focused gameplay.⠀ ⠀ The North American (NTSC) version was recalled by Nintendo shortly after its 1987 release in order to rebrand the series. The game was re-released as World Class Track Meet and the new mat was titled the Power Pad. Original NTSC copies of Stadium Events are now considered to be among the rarest NES games, leading to high prices in the secondary video game collecting market.⠀ ⠀ #fb #tweet #blog
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Wednesday, 5 October 2016
Thing On A Spring (Gremlin Graphics, 1985)⠀ ⠀ Thing On A Spring is a side-scrolling platform/puzzle game produced in 1985 for the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 by Gremlin Graphics. Gameplay involves controlling a character resembling Zebedee from The Magic Roundabout through a toy factory while avoiding evil toys.⠀ ⠀ The game was written by Jason Perkins, Anthony Clarke and the graphics were by Mark Rogers, with musical score composed by Rob Hubbard, his first composition for a game. In his Zzap!64 review, Julian Rignall exclaimed, "The sound is unbelievable, I won't describe it but just wait until you hear it; words fail."⠀ ⠀ Along with Rockford from the game Boulder Dash, the Thing On A Spring character became a regular graphic element printed in the margins of Zzap!64.⠀ ⠀ Thing Bounces Back was released as a sequel in 1987, also by Gremlin.⠀ ⠀ #fb #tweet #blog
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Project Firestart (Electronic Arts, 1989)⠀ ⠀ Project Firestart is a cinematic action/adventure game for the Commodore 64 computer system. It was designed by Jeff Tunnell and Damon Slye and published by Electronic Arts in 1989. The game features strong survival horror elements and a story with multiple paths and endings.⠀ ⠀ IGN has called it the first "fully formed vision of survival horror as we know it today," citing its balance of action and adventure, limited ammunition, weak weaponry, vulnerable main character, feeling of isolation, storytelling through journals, graphic violence, open exploration, cut-scenes, multiple endings and use of dynamically triggered music—all of which were characteristic elements of later games in the survival horror genre. Penny Arcade has similarly described it as "the Survival Horror template in its entirety".⠀ ⠀ #fb #tweet #blog
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Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Sunday, 2 October 2016
Ranx: The Video Game (Ubisoft, 1990)⠀ ⠀ Ranx: The Video Game is a video game of action-adventure developed and published by Ubisoft , released in 1990 on Amiga , Atari ST and PC ( DOS ). This is an adaptation of the comic Italian Ranx in New York from Stefano Tamburini and Tanino Liberatore.⠀ ⠀ #fb #tweet #blog
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Moonwalker (US Gold, 1989)⠀ ⠀ Michael Jackson's Moonwalker is the name of several video games based on the 1988 Michael Jackson film Moonwalker. U.S. Gold published various games for home computers, released in 1989, whilst Sega developed two similarly themed beat 'em up video games in 1990; one released for arcades and another released for the Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System. Each of the games' stories loosely follow the story of the film, in which Michael Jackson must rescue kidnapped children from the evil Mr. Big, and incorporate synthesized versions of the musician's hits, such as Beat It and Smooth Criminal. The games, particularly the Genesis adaptation, have achieved cult status.⠀ ⠀ #fb #tweet #blog
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Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Bongo (1984, Anirog Software)
BONGO, the Super Mouse. What chance has a mouse, even a Super Mouse to win the heart of the princess. One day he heard the town crier announce, "The King promises his daughter's hand in marriage to he finds the stolen diamonds". BONGO sets out, in search and finally arrives at the thieves hide-out...
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Sunday, 12 June 2016
Untested, only £10,000, Rare!!
We've all seen the seriously overpriced eBay/Gumtree/Anywhere-that-sells listings for our beloved retro computer and games systems. For some reason people who don't know anything about them, seem to think because it's old that is it rare and worth a fortune. So they'll slap a silly high price on them. Yeah sure there are a few systems out there that are worth something but I'm talking about the usual suspects.
In my experience it's mainly Commodore computers I deal with. 64's and Amiga's to be exact. I've seen 64's that are untested, have the badge missing and only a tape deck in terrible condition for sale for well over £100!
Here's a list of the usual things to look out for that make me suspect somethings not right. Or to quote Bill & Ted:
So you see they're not all worth hundreds of pounds of your hard earned money. Stop these overpriced seller bell-ends and be patient. You WILL find a bargain at a proper price!!!
In my experience it's mainly Commodore computers I deal with. 64's and Amiga's to be exact. I've seen 64's that are untested, have the badge missing and only a tape deck in terrible condition for sale for well over £100!
Here's a list of the usual things to look out for that make me suspect somethings not right. Or to quote Bill & Ted:
- “The light comes on so working” - Just because the light is on doesn’t mean anyones home. There could be no video or audio. It doesn’t mean any of the tape, cartridge or joystick ports work either.
- “Showing only the home screen” - Again this doesn’t mean it’s working properly. It doesn’t mean any of the tape or joystick ports work either. The sound could also be faulty.
- “Worked when I put it in the loft 20 years ago” - The capacitors in C64’s don’t like not being used. Extreme temperature differences in storage also aren’t good for them. Expect swollen or leaking capacitors. Powering them up after many, many years can also further damage them.
- “I don’t have the time to test” - But have time to take pics and write a description for eBay. Which takes considerably longer than plugging in a power supply, video cable, tape deck and joystick. Probably something wrong with it the seller doesn’t want to take responsibility for.
- “I don’t have the correct lead” - A very common excuse and again they’ve probably spotted something wrong, so if you buy it and it arrives broke then they can say “I told you I didn’t have the lead to test”. Check their other items and see what else they’re selling.
- “I don’t have an old tv to test” - My 40” Samsung 3D Smart TV can tune in a C64/Amiga by manually tuning in using the £1 aerial cable I got from Poundland.
- “Rare collectors item” - According to the Guinness Book of Records the Commodore 64 is the highest selling home computer of all time with around 17 million sold. These are not rare. Yes people collect them.
So you see they're not all worth hundreds of pounds of your hard earned money. Stop these overpriced seller bell-ends and be patient. You WILL find a bargain at a proper price!!!The Transformers (1985, Ocean)
In the game, the Autobots are searching for four parts of an energon cube which have been scattered around a city, which consists of a number of platforms and ladders. The Decepticons are also seeking the energon cube, and will destroy the Autobots in order to retrieve it.
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