Tag: Hewson Consultants
Hewson Uses: WHDLoad by Wepl, WHDLoad slaves by Hungry Horace Cover: Hungry Horace, template by Steve ISO Master and Menu: Hungry Horace A special treat from Hungry Horace for Hewson and Cybernoid fans, both games on a single disc! With a few other treats: A beautifully animated menu system for choosing the games. CD32 Joypad support for both games (press…
All of the Commodore 64 enthusiasts out there probably know about the Reset Magazine. If you have a hard time reading it while driving (!!!) you may be interested to know that the people behind the magazine just released a new podcast. The first episode brings a nice discussion about the background and features behind Issue 9 (which celebrated the games of…
The Reset magazine crew has released the issue #9, with one of the best covers so far, in my opinion! The 83+ pages issue is all about Hewson Consultants. Uncle K’s editorial starts, “It’s with pleasure that we dedicate this issue to one of the finest software houses from the classic 8-bit era, Hewson Consultants. Founded in 1980 by microcomputer enthusiast Andrew…
The lovely peeps at Hewson gave me a chance to listen to their upcoming new album “Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers” which will be out at the end of this week. This album comes from Hewson Consultants, responsible for some rather popular c64 games such as the ones included here. Have enjoyed repeat listenings of the album on and off over…
Anyone remember “Hewson Consultants”? Allow me to elaborate. During the 80’s many companies producing games rose and fell amidst the great competition at the time. We know certain software houses were responsible for some epic titles, however few were as slick as the productions of ‘Hewson’. The game under the looking glass here is ‘Paradroid’ for the Commodore 64. As…
