I recently saw someone posting PC’s for sale in Milton Keynes and thought it was high time the Classicade had an upgrade as it’s old PC was a bit wheezy at 1Ghz. So armed with a little cash I picked up a 3Ghz 2nd hand bargain to slot in place. […]
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Galaga ’90 on PC Engine / TurboGrafx by Namco Space invaders led to Galaxians, and Galaxians spawned this sequel known as Galaga ’90. Where Space Invaders had you firing on waves of aliens with only a left to right and back again, dropping down closer at each end attack wave, […]
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The Official Father Christmas, From Alternative Software on ZX Spectrum It’s that time of year when Santa hitches up his reindeer to his sleigh and sets off to deliver the presents to all of the nice children around the world. This would be enough for any man, but this year […]
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Santa’s Xmas Caper by Zeppelin Games on Amiga Snowy scenes and fun graphics are the order of the day in Santa’s Xmas Caper, a pretty good looking platformer with a christmas theme. You take the role of the jolly, fat present giver and your task is to pick up the […]
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TRANZ AM By Ultimate Play The Game On ZX Spectrum Ever since I saw the film Smokey and the Bandit I loved the Pontiac Trans Am, when I saw a game of the same name it seemed to be calling to me. Unfortunately in 1983 when Ultimate released Tranz Am […]
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Super Hang On 1988 by Sega / Electric Dreams on Amiga Super Hang on is the motorcycle equivalent of Outrun. Speed, thrills and racing against the clock are the order of the day as you lean into the corners to keep the motorbike on the track and pass your rivals. […]
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So the parts have arrived, resistors, capacitors and Phono sockets. It was time to start the soldering. First I soldered the wires to the sockets in readiness, adding the resistor and capacitor to the video line as per the instructions at http://hackitup.tumblr.com/post/548848692/sms2videoaudiomods which seemed to concur with other sites I […]
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The Ninja on Sega Master System The Ninja puts you in control of the Japanese warrior of the title. In this role you are to gain entry to a castle using your Ninja skills to dodge, fight and kill the enemy ninjas. The vertical scrolling gameplay gives you a couple […]
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It’s Saturday, and I’ve filled it with geekiness today. Following on from my recent posts on the NES PC, I received 1 Gb of memory and a 60 Gb laptop drive during the week. I fitted both but found I’d bought server memory from Ebay (my fault not the sellers) […]
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Winter games on the Atari 7800 would appear at first to be another Track N Field but set in the snow and Ice of somewhere cold, Another in a long line of games based around hitting buttons to play at sports. It would seem that way, but the very first […]
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