Magazine Reviews Needed

I am trying to update various parts of this blog, mainly to do with my games, and I am trying to locate any reviews my games have had in magazines. I have ones for Bounty (Micro Mart), Chopper Drop (Retro Gamer), Kyd Cadet 1 (Retro Gamer), Talisman (Amiga User int.) and Video Ease (Amiga Shopper). These have all been added to the relevant pages now. If you have any more, or know about any more please get in touch. I am also looking for Amiga Action issue 54 (this came with Baldy on the cover disk). Your help very much appreciated. Update: Kyd Cadet 3 review added a few minutes after I posted! Update: Baldy now has two reviews and Talisman has an additional revi...

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The Spectrum Show 40

Welcome to The Spectrum Show episode 40. This is the last in the current series, and we’re going out with a bang. This entire episode takes a look at the magazines of the 8 bit era, from the very beginnings in 1978 up to the end of the Spectrum’s commercial life and beyond. As well as the usual favourites like Crash and Sinclair User, there are a few you might not have heard about. It took a long time to put this episode together, around five months on and off, so I hope you enjoy it. I will be taking a short break but will be back with the new series shortly...

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General Update

Hello World! This is just a quick update of all things in general, keeping you in the loop about what is going on, what is to come and what is about to happen! The last episode of the series is currently being put together and it's causing me no end of late nights and headaches. It won't be a normal episode, and the amount of work that has gone into it is difficult to describe. The idea has been in my mind for many months and work began on it around November, so you can imagine the struggle I have had. There have been times when I genuinely wanted to quit because of setbacks, technical problems and numerous re-writes, but rest assured, it is all under control (hopefully) and the final finished product, I hope, will be worth it. Looking...

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