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Issue #6 of 880 Gamer, an English pdf magazine for the Amiga user, has been released. In this magazine the following articles: News, Cover Disk, 30 Years Amiga, Game On: Street Fighter II, Pang!, Super Hang On, Silkworm and Toki. Bleeding eyes: World of Commodore, Ray of Hope and Faktory. Cheats and Talk-back. Website: http://www.users.on.net/~stanners/
A book that celebrates the beauty of the ZX Spectrum. Full of pixel art, iconic box art and contributions from industry legends. Sinclair ZX Spectrum: a visual compendium will focus on the visual side of the computer; from in-game pixel art to game maps to box artwork, the book will be crammed full of beautiful high-resolution, full-colour imagery. The ZX…
A unique and lavishly produced history of the visionary British software house, created by videogame history publisher Read-Only Memory. The Bitmap Brothers: Universe will be the official history of the visionary British software house. The book will combine an authoritatively written inside story, thoroughly researched via new, first-hand interviews with The Bitmap Brothers’ key figures, with a breathtaking haul of never-before-seen…
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…
[youtube ugLH_ZiDtng nolink] Chris Wilkins, author of ‘The History of Ocean Software’ said on Facebook that he is feeling nostalgic, so he’s selling the book for 50% off, or only £10. It is a great deal, even after adding the shipping cost. To be able to get the discounted price, head over Fusion Retro Books website, add the book to…
This pixel-art book showcases 101 reasons why the Amiga was a great games machine, and had a massive influence around the world with both developers and gamers alike. The Book Features: 101 Amiga Classic Games (Either Amiga Exclusive or Released First On Amiga). Game Details For Each With Brief Description. 212 Full Colour Pages. (Great Pixel Art With Many Games…
Sheffield in 1983 was a city swamped in the gloom of recession with her trade and manufacturing industries withering in economic decline. Against this bleak outlook, the dawn of affordable home computers would lead two entrepreneurial retailers, Ian Stewart and Kevin Norburn to open a small shop on Carver Street. Just Micro would become a mecca for a generation of…
As you may remember ‘A Visual Commpendium’ was a Kickstarter project started by Sam Dyer that was successfully funded back in May last year. We thought it was about time we did a review about this awesome Commodore 64 book which features some of the very best times in Commodore gaming. There’s a lot of excellent Commodore 64 books out…
