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A New Book Is Set To Chart The History Of Firebird Software

Time Extension about 6 months ago

'Memories of Firebird' is available to preorder now.If you happened to be around in the days when microcomputers were king, you may be aware of Firebird Sofware.The British publisher was established in 1984 as a publishing arm of Telecomsoft and was respon …
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Games Competitions • Games Competition 2023 - Round 11 - Cast Your Votes!!!

Lemon64 about 6 months ago

This vote is for the game we will play in Round 11 (November). The voting starts now and ends 23:59 GMT Saturday, November 18th Vote for 5 games. Votes with less than 5 games will not be counted. Votes with a game on the list below will not be counted. R …
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8-bit acorn software: classic games • Acorn - A World in Pixels book - now back in print

Stardot about 8 months ago

By popular demand, the Acorn - A World in Pixels book will be back in print at the end of November this year. Celebrate the visual games history of the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron with this case bound bookWe have had lots of requests for a re-print from …
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Thrust

Games That Weren't about 8 months ago

1988 Firebird Software Platform: PC DOS Thrust was a brilliant budget title from the mind of the late Jeremy Smith back in 1986, developed first for the BBC Micro (released via Superior Software), then converted to a large number of … Continue readin …
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Games Competitions • Games Competition 2023 - Round 09 - Cast Your Votes!!!

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

This vote is for the game we will play in Round 08 (June). The voting starts now and ends 23:59 GMT Saturday, August 12th Vote for 5 games. Votes with less than 5 games will not be counted. Votes with a game on the list below will not be counted. Remembe …
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Discovering Summer Games II on Commodore 64

Retro Arcadia about 9 months ago

Things were going so well as summer became autumn 1985, although thinking about it, maybe therein lies the problem… Summer Games II had seen some fantastic coverage as it built up to what was originally heralded as its upcoming August release that year. …
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Games Competitions • Games Competition 2023 - Round 08 - Cast Your Votes!!!

Lemon64 about 10 months ago

This vote is for the game we will play in Round 08 (June). The voting starts now and ends 23:59 GMT Saturday, August 12th Vote for 5 games. Votes with less than 5 games will not be counted. Votes with a game on the list below will not be counted. Remembe …
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My Antstream Arcade: Defender

Old School Gamer Magazine about 10 months ago

Platform: Arcade Year: 1981 I’ve got a love-hate relationship with this legendary arcade shoot-‘em-up. Crikey, I imagine that practically everybody has a love-hate relationship with Defender, bar those elite gamers with godlike joystick skills. Alas, …
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Simon The Sorcerer Origins Will Feature Music From (Reads Notes) Rick Astley

Time Extension about 10 months ago

Point-and-click prequel scores a big name.Classic '90s point-and-click adventure Simon The Sorcerer is getting a new outing, thanks to the efforts of Italian developer Smallthing Studios.Originally released in 1993 by Adventure Soft and conceived by father …

8-bit acorn software: classic games • ElkSD128 - Reccomendations

Stardot about 11 months ago

Hi AllI've bought (and waiting for delivery) for the ElkSD128k - it was the last one, and I choose this one as it had the Joystick port as well. (I'm selling loads of Amiga games, hoping for it to be "cost Neutral" so "err indoors" doesn't get on to me a …

BASIC 10Liners 2023 Results

Plus/4 World about 1 year ago

Silently, in the loud cloud of the mega releases for the mega parties, quietly but inexorably, the 9th edition of one of the most loved online compo parties has reached its natural end with the final results of the 2023 edition.BASIC 10 Liners 2023 has see …
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Collapse (Firebird, 1985)

Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog about 1 year ago

Designed and written by Nalin Sharma for the Commodore 64.Adapted for the Amstrad CPC by Paul Johnson.Adapted for the Atari 400/800 by James Software Ltd.All versions published by Firebird in 1985.---GAME STATUSHappy Valentine's Day 2023, everybody! Si …
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Weekend Pickup! Omega Race Cabaret

The Arcade Blogger about 1 year ago

One out one in! A few changes to the arcade Blogger line-up in recent weeks. Someone made an offer for my Gravitar upright and after much thought I decided to move it on. As lovely a thing as Gravitar is, it is a huge beast and I found myself not playing …
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Thrust (Superior Software/Firebird, 1986)

Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog about 1 year ago

Originally designed and written by Jeremy C. Smith for the Acorn BBC Micro and Electron, and published by Superior Software in 1986.Commodore 64 version written by Jeremy C. Smith, with music by Rob Hubbard and title screen by Bob Stevenson.Amstrad CPC ver …
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The Commodore Amiga Shmup Library Essentials

Racketboy about 1 year ago

Presented by the_knives and Herr Schatten Over the years, Racketboy has covered the shmup libraries of numerous consoles, including the Turbografx-16/PCE, Genesis/Megadrive and Playstation, just to name a few. This guide focuses on the Commodore Amiga, a …
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Sega Genesis Shoot' em Ups!

Retro Gamer Randomness about 4 years ago

The Sega Genesis/Mega Drive is known for its for shooters.  There are A LOT of shooters on the Genesis, so much so that I don't have the stamina nor inclination to write about them all. I should mention that I don't consider games like Contra Hard …