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Dave Lowe releases & remakes his classic retro-gaming music including a full orchestral recording of Frontier Elite 2 at Abbey Road. Dave Lowe AKA ‘Uncle Art’ composed, converted and programmed the music for over 70 game titles in the 80s and 90s. Some of the really big ones too such as: + Frontier Elite 2+ Starglider 1 & 2+ Carrier…
Commodore News!, Hot off the press!!BozRetro resident DJ on Wednesday’s SLAYRadio Show BBB, had an interview only an hour ago, on his Live Show with none other than the great Chris Huelsbeck! Chris Huelsbeck was born 1968 in Kassel, Germany. He found himself dedicated to music at a very young age and started some piano lessons. At 14 he got…
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…
Back in January I wrote a review for the Commodore 64 book, ‘Commodore 64: A Visual Commpendium’ by Sam Dyer. The book was a massive success and Sam decided to launch another Kickstarter project for an Amiga version. This was funded within a day of the Kickstarter being live, again another huge success and now everyone should have received their…
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…
[youtube r1LU0NGCVHQ nolink] Power Drive 2000 is an arcade racer set in the year 2000…the future! Get behind the wheel of a technologically advanced sports car and tear it up as you battle to become A-number-1! The game features many unique game modes set in a 1980’s cinematic sci-fi world and boasts a totally radical Synthwave soundtrack! Also…the car talks!…
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…
[youtube FieQMqQstRw nolink] As an exception of the rule, we released today our video interview with composer Dave Lowe. Dave Lowe AKA Uncle Art is a known composer for video games that he did the music for between 1985 and 1998. In this interview, he tells about this daily life as a composer, the challenges of making new pieces of…
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…
[youtube BhrojXnR5jI nolink] Infernax is a tribute to the Golden NES era. Gameplay wise, it’s a side scrolling platformer with some RPG elements, you gather spells, armors and weapons all while exploring a vast world and destroying everything that moves on the screen, it’s a game for simpler times. This is a recreation of that experience we had growing up…
