Stuff thats just plain odd/weird
Does any game own its genre as effectively as Mario Kart? Sure, the more po-faced among the racing brigade might draw influence from other (more realistic) avenues, but if you’re looking towards making a light-hearted kart racer, it’s impossible to avoid the touch of Nintendo’s Read More …
Analogue Televsion standards, eh. They’re not something you have to think about everyday, are they? That is, of course, unless you were French and bought an Atari VCS. If you were, instead of looking like this: Your games would Read More …
Sorry i haven’t been as active around here lately, but until everything’s back to normal here’s a nice tid bit brought to my attention by Ocean veteran Mark Jones (who’s well worth a follow if you’re interested in Spectrum art stuff.) Now, if you’re into Read More …
Though his soundtrack for Fatnick-favourite Outrun is widely lauded, Sega composer Hiroshi “Hiro” Kawaguchi sadly doesn’t receive the same respect as some of his more famous soundtrack composing peers. This is a bit of a shame: Not only does his extensive back catalogue include the Read More …
If you’ve read any of my posts around here, you probably know that, if there’s one thing I love, it’s a good Sega arcade game. Consequently, I was VERY excited to recently discover one that I’d never played before: A.B. Cop. Never heard of A.B. Read More …
I imagine that 3d print carvings of Spectrum sprites is what I’d spend my time doing as well. This is incredible: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ByeeaHsmA[/youtube] Hello Manic Miner!
If you’ve found your way to this article, I probably don’t need to tell you that online gaming discussion gets a bit of a bad press. From the constant harassment of developers over minor gameplay tweaks through to the vitriol aimed at women, there’s a Read More …
Well, in case you hadn’t noticed, there’s been next to no activity around here recently. Boo, There has been a good reason for that though: My wife and I have been horrendously ill for the last few weeks. Seriously. It feels like, between us, we’ve Read More …
A fascinating video this, but not exactly for the faint hearted: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GcwcyL9LgM[/youtube] No matter how many times I see a Speccy’s innards, I still can’t get over both how neat and ‘modern’ the outer casing looks, and how simple the design is on the Read More …
I may about 20 years late to the party, but I thought I’d quickly share the Easter Eggs that developer Hertz included in their Sega Megadrive port of the original Outrun. All of the easter eggs are unlocked just before the beginning of the third Read More …
One of my local train stations has a massive derelict tower block sitting right outside. Today, it looks like they’ve started work renovating it. Most people will like this, as it’s generally considered a bit of an eye sore: But I like it. Not Read More …
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 …
This video combines both the Spectrum AND twitter. I’ll just leave this here: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ECnN7jdgA4[/youtube] Hat-tip to @Speecyjam – an event thats well worth a look.
The weird difficulty spikes, the jerky animations, the single playable character. what? You didn’t think we were talking about timeless classic “The World Warrior” did you? No, no, no! This is about the original sequel to Street Fighter, the computer-only title Human Killing Machine. This Read More …
In 12 hours time, someone out there will be the proud owner of a Sega Pluto. What’s a Sega Pluto, i hear you ask? Well, it’s essentially a redesigned Saturn shell that combined both the Saturn console and the network peripheral in one device. Apparently Read More …
Someone shared this with me, so I’d thought I’d share in turn: Here’s a step-by-step guide for making your very own PIP-Boy, the Radiation Detector-cum-PDA from the Fall Out series. I wish i had the Mad Skillz required for this sort of thing: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-PIP-Boy/?ALLSTEPS
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooi9rpx6ECM[/youtube]
Yes, Using the powers of modern technology, you can HEAR my face Read More …