Category: Books
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is probably the book with most references to 80’s pop culture, and most of them video-game related. It is already old news that he scored big when he sold the rights for a movie based on the book. It is also known that Steven Spielberg is the director (not too shabby eh?). What we…
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is probably on the shelves (digital or not) of every geek/retro-gamer/collector/80’s-fanboy, and we already know that it is making its way to the big screen, having Steven Spielberg as director. If you have read the book, and like it, you will glad to know Ernest Cline is releasing on July 14th a new book…
The Story of Commodore 64 in Pixels by Chris Wilkins, is a new Kickstarter Project that is Live as of today! The Book will feature 25+ Memoirs from the programmers, musicians and artists who made these games part of our childhood. Featuring new photography of the C64 range of computers and hardware. Art from Zzap! 64, including Oliver Fray’s amazing…
The people behind the Atari magazine pro(c) Atari has released a special printed edition of the PDF Magazine ‘ATARI GAMER XL/XE Game Review Edition’ created by Darren Doyle. The 72-page magazine will feature: Atari Time Tunnel Atari Fun Facts 2 Interviews System Focus on 130XE Atari 8bit Trivia 60 Game Reviews Atari Computers in Europe in the 80’s 8bit Lost…
A beautiful hardcover book chronicling the Commodore Amiga years. First hand interviews, insane stories, and lots of laughs. Continuing the story of Commodore where the previous book, Commodore: A Company on the Edge left off, this book takes a look at Commodore’s most tumultuous years How did the Amiga, a computer now widely regarded as having been five years ahead of…
RetroWiki is a Spanish pdf Retro Computer Magazine. In this edition the following articles: News, ZX Spectrum Vega, Samarux, Spectrum+, Amiga: It Came From the Desert, Arcades, Galaga 88 and SEGA Master System. Download: RetroWiki_Magazine_11.pdfWebsite: http://www.retrowiki.es
Issue 33 of the Italian PDF-magazine REV’n’GE (“Retro Emulator Vision and Game”) is available in Italian and English. Game reviews from REV’n’GE compare releases of classic games between different platforms. Download: SendSpace, MegaREV’n’GE: Facebook Page
Issue 32 of the Italian PDF-magazine REV’n’GE (“Retro Emulator Vision and Game”) is available in Italian and English. Game reviews from REV’n’GE compare releases of classic games between different platforms. (We know the picture shows #31, it’s the correct cover though) Download: EnglishDownload: ItalianREV’n’GE: Facebook Page
It was announced today on the Retro Video Gamer forum, that a massive 400+ page book based on the Atari VCS games library will be published soon. It will come completely packed with VCS artifacts and cover over 105 games in its first volume. It was explained that everything has been remastered to the highest standard, including box art, cartridge…
Ready Player One is a science fiction novel by Ernest Cline. The book was published by Random House on August 16, 2011 and tells the story of Wade Watts, a teenager in the year of 2044, where the most played game is a virtual reality world called OASIS. The game is full of riddles based on pop culture from the…
