Zx Spectrum style…
Author: Fatnick
Mucking Around With a Fitbit Redux
OK, after spending a bit more time with my Fitbit, I no longer have any reservations at all. The device is amazing. Previously, I mentioned having syncing issues between my device and MyFitnessPal. These turned out to be REALLY easy to resolve. The issue was Read More …
FatNick Makes a Game: Part 3
(Part 2) (Skip the boring stuff and go straight to the playable work in progress? click here then!) Blimey, I’ve done quite a bit since my last update. Hurrah! For someone who spends much of their professional life moaning at people for placing printer’s marks Read More …
FatNick Makes a Game: Part 2
(Part 1) So last time on Fatnick Makes a Game we looked at how to fire up Unity, create a cube and some spheres, then sit and stare at the screen wondering why they won’t spontaneously form into a usable car. This time we’re going Read More …
Fatnick makes a Game: Part 1
So, making good on my New Years Resolution, yesterday was the first day I tried to MAKE A GAME. But how, exactly, do you go about making a game if your only major prior experience of game design is Epic’s classic DOS Adventure title ZZT? Read More …
New Year’s Resolutions
It’s the first proper working week of 2015. Eeek. Before we get back to the depressing reality of the endless, monotonous grind towards inevitable death, I thought I’d quickly share my plans with 2015 with you all. So, in no particular order: Do a spot Read More …
Alone Fighter
This is a relaxed, slowed-down version of a track from the classic space-jazz soundtrack for Sega’s Galaxy Force arcade machine. Enjoy! Preview Buy/Stream
Twas the months before Xmas, and all through the website, not a creature was stirring…
Hello! Yes, sorry about that. Things have been a but busy over at Fatnick Towers, what with an exciting weekend break to New York, getting everything ready for Christmas and. . . Erm. . . Finding time to play through the whole of Alien: Isolation. Read More …
10 years ago, I wasn’t supposed to be playing Outrun 2
The 10th of October 2004 was a Wednesday. As it was a Wednesday, I wouldn’t have been in university. Instead, I should have been at home working on my research. As it was November 2004, I wasn’t working on my research. I was playing Outrun Read More …
Godzilla and The Martians
What’s this? Someone made a Godzilla game for the Speccy? Why haven’t i heard of this before? Is this the title to put an end to the Big Gs run of largely terrible games? Let’s fire it up! Please don’t be rubbish. . . Please Read More …
Diggin In the Carts
Hang on, how did I not know about this? Red Bull have commissioned a documentary series, called Diggin in The Carts, which is all about the history of Japanese video game music. This is most definitely relevant to my interests. They have already popped the Read More …
On #Gamergate and Journalistic Integrity
Blimey, things got a bit heated over the weekend didn’t they? What with Zoe Quinn revealing the identity of the folks behind her harassment and the accompanying storm of FURY, etc. Interestingly, regardless of whether or not it was started by 4Channers, the #gamergate hash-tag, Read More …
Push Off You Disgusting Pervert: Streaker (ZX Spectrum)
With all the talk of ZX Spectrum related stuff on here lately, why don’t we take a look at another Speccy classic: Streaker. First a shocking admission. We didn’t actually own an official copy of Streaker over at Fatnick towers. Our copy was an illicit Read More …
Speccy Jams: Now on Spotify
Hello you! Hope you’re having a lovely week. Did you know that Speccy Jams is now fully streamable on Spotify? If you want to listen you don’t even need to leave this page. Well, makes a change from all that Gamergate gubbins…
Speccy Jam has begun!
Blimey, The Speccy Jam has begun, and it’s already getting a lot of coverage! Check out this article in the Guardian. It’s just a shame, inevitably, that they seem to forget that anything other than the 48k Spectrum existed. Anyway, people are already posting lots Read More …
Speccy Jams is Here!
Hurrah! its finally here: Speccy Jams is now available for purchase! You might be bored about me going on about this by now, but just to recap the album costs a minimum of £2 and contains 8 glorious new Zx Spectrum-flavoured tracks. It will be Read More …
Speccy Jams
Released in honour of 2014’s Speccy Jam competition, Speccy Jams is a collection of 8 catchy Spectrum-style ditties produced for the AY-8912 sound chip contained in the ZX Spectrum 128 & +2/3 Preview Stream/Buy
Speccy Jams: Album Art Release & Preorder info!
Hello Spec-chums! This is all getting quite exciting. There are now just three days to go till the start of the second Speccy Jam and two days until the release of my Speccy Jams album! My good friend Fabiana has submitted the final album artwork to Read More …
Announcing. . .Speccy Jams!
Next week, a bunch of friendly and talented people will begin a frenzied week-long dash to create a game for the second Speccy Jam. It’s going to be tremendous fun. You REALLY should take a look. Now, as you are probably aware, there is nothing Read More …
The Genesis is 25 years old!
Crickey, 25 years ago the Sega Genesis launched in the US. That can’t be right, surely? It is? I feel old. Growing up, we didn’t see much in the way of import Genesis titles, but from the ones we did Read More …