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8-bit acorn software: other • Getting games to load and play via Econet

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi All,A group of us are trying to put an Econet Demo for an event next year and we'd like to have a handful of games that can be loaded from the File Server and then played.So far we've been able to get these games running without modification, however m …
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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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Retro Rewind: October 1983 in Computer & Video Games

Retro Arcadia about 7 months ago

After a bit of an experiment with the pilot episode of this feature back in August 2023, it seems like I’m not the only one who likes having a look back at old copies of magazines from forty years ago, and while I’m still not quite ready to go monthly …

8-bit acorn hardware • ElkSD hangs (slow) with AP5.

Stardot about 8 months ago

I recently bought an ElkSD cartridge, which works really well. But when I plug in my RH AP5, it stops working. *cat always seems to take around 1m40 - ie. 100s (no idea if that's a hard-coded timeout in MMFS?), and returns Card? regardless of whether a ca …
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Episode 114 - Is Atari Good Again?! + Itchy And Scratchy In Miniature Golf Madness vs. Putt and Putter

Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast about 8 months ago

We're back for Episode 114! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news +  Battle Of The Systems: Itchy And Scratchy In Miniature Golf Madness (Gameboy) vs. Putt and Putter (Game Gear) We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "cat …
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Retro Arcadia Gaming Pickups – Summer 2023 Edition

Retro Arcadia about 8 months ago

I’ve got a few new regular features up my sleeve to complement the usual various forms of weekly deep-dives at Retro Arcadia, partly to keep things fresh but also partly to take a bit of the pressure off me trying to juggle writing them alongside juggli …
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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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Games • Random game pokes

Lemon64 about 9 months ago

I don't know if these are already known or not, but here are some game pokes (no idea what they do):arabian nights poke 2631,173arabian nights poke 2632,141arabian nights poke 2633,169arabian nights poke 2634,89alligata blagger poke 3574,44alligata blagge …
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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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Retro Arcadia Weekly Spotlight #94

Retro Arcadia about 10 months ago

Back again for our regular Sunday roundup of quick-fire reviews and impressions of everything under the spotlight at Retro Arcadia this week, old and new and a bit of both… Just like last week though, we’re going to start with something that’ …
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The Story Of Sir Lancelot

Old School Gamer Magazine about 10 months ago

It was to be the last hurrah of the 16K ZX Spectrum, a fast and exciting platform game squeezed into a minuscule amount of memory. In Antstream Arcade’s latest developer interview, we chat with Stephen Cargill, co-creator of the brilliant Sir Lancelot. T …
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Discovering Tower of Evil on Commodore VIC-20 (and the June 1984 Issue of C&VG!)

Retro Arcadia about 10 months ago

My own collection of Computer & Video Games magazine began in April 1985, and apart from the following month’s issue, I didn’t miss one until well into the nineties when, in my early-twenties, my limited magazine budget had moved on to lads’ mag …
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Retro Arcadia Weekly Spotlight #85

Retro Arcadia about 12 months ago

Back again for our regular Sunday roundup of quick-fire reviews and impressions of everything under the spotlight at Retro Arcadia this week, old and new and a bit of both… We’ll begin with the third (and most intimidating!) in my series of one …

Episode 98 - Now We’re Cooking! - 6 Good Cooking Games

Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast about 1 year ago

We're back for Episode 98! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news +  6 Good Cooking Games! We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month.   Episode Guide ---------------- 8:57 - Quick Questions 22 …
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282 - Retro Remakes

Retro Gaming Discussion Show about 3 years ago

In our latest episode of RGDS, Ric and Kingy cover Retro Remakes. The chosen list covers a host of re-imaginings of classic 8-bit era games. They all have been given some polish to bring them up to date with the modern age (and that’s just the show hosts …

Episode 26 - Dream A Little Dream(cast) + Battle Of The Systems - Shadowrun (Genesis vs SNES)

Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast about 4 years ago

We're back for Episode 26 In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and compare the Genesis and SNES versions of Shadowrun! We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month. Plus Tea Time With Tim - Sega D …
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240 35 Years of Jet Set Willy

Retro Gaming Discussion Show about 5 years ago

35 Years ago this month, Jet Set Willy was unleashed upon the 8 bit world.  This sequel to the already popular Manic Miner still remains a fan favourite to this day.   Join Kingy and Drisky as they cover the entire series of Miner Willy games and discuss …

41: Manic Miner

Retro Gaming Discussion Show about 9 years ago

Hello there retro gaming fans, welcome back to another fun filled Ep of RGDS   In this episode I talk about the classic ZX Spectrum game  "Manic Miner"   I mention how ground breaking this game was and how well it holds up to this day     You can fo …