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Blimey! I haven’t updated that much over the last couple of months have I? The reason for that it because I’ve been (surprise surprise) really busy. With a few things too. Aside from all the boring worky kind of stuff, I’ve been fixing my recording Read More …
As we’ve already established, I like Outrun. Probably to an unhealthy extent. In fact, not only do I love the original arcade Outruns (in all their many ports and guises) but I even love the weird and widely ignored console-only Outrun games as well. Hurrah! Read More …
Hello, If you’ve just arrived here from the RAGGD site, thank you for taking the time to read my review. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, have a look here: http://reviewagreatgameday.com On a slightly self-promotional note, I do chip tunes! You can check Read More …
Do you remember Review A Great Game Day 2013? No? That’s ok. It was a while ago (a year, in fact) and a lot has happened in the interim. So then Last year, I chose to review the rather tremendous Speccy Beat ’em up Target Read More …
Generally I don’t release works in progress, but I’m really loving Aly James Lab’s Super PSG plug-in and I wanted to show you the amazing Spectrum-style Buzzer sound you can get out of it. Pretty Impressive, Eh? https://soundcloud.com/mechafatnick/speccy-demo
Its cold, its wet, its nasty and half the country is underwater. There’s only one thing for it: it’s time for an Outrun marathon. Dissapointingly though, Outrun is covered pretty well online. From dedicated fan sites through to socialist analysis theres a staggering amount of material covering almost Read More …
So far this year I have played through just two titles. On the modern front we have Batman Arkham Origins, while on the more classic side of things we have SNES PilotWings. (as an aside, this post has been in my drafts for a couple Read More …
Yesterday marked me becoming another year older and another year wiser (though I’m not so sure about the second part. Think i’ll ask for a refund.) To celebrate the occasion, my wife commissioned a rather smashing family portrait: (Little one’s presence is particularly apt. She Read More …
Things were looking up…so what better track to test out the capabilities of Aly James’ superb FM Drive plugin? Another free download from Soundcloud!
Ahoy, Happy New Year! Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet, but I’ve recently started a new day job. Hurrah. Unfortunately, the process of finishing job A and starting job B has taken up more time than I anticipated, so I haven’t been around much – Read More …
With the family packed off an the turkey completely devoured, now’s the time to generally start getting stuck into the Christmas games. Hurrah! No no, not games set at Christmas (although there are some that were definitely worth a mention,) this is about games received Read More …
So there are lots of people who are angry with Google’s new policy of screening all affiliate Youtube channels for content violations. This is because a lot of “lets play” folk are suddenly being hit with reviews and take downs. There are a lot of Read More …
So the other day we discovered that licensed games aren’t all rubbish, but are they actually any good? We’re not looking at games that simply avoided being turkeys, today only the best will do. Once again, I’ve opted to go for a single Read More …
So today I have two pieces of music for you. The first is the background music for “Ice Cap Zone” from Sonic 3 on the Megadrive:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYxlqTpZ-24[/youtube] The second is an unreleased track called ‘Hard Times,’ written by obscure 80s New Wave act ‘The Jetzons’: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvnsriLZvL0[/youtube] Read More …
How exciting! Two brand new next gen consoles to choose from – but what do you go for? The Sony Brick Station 4 or the Microsoft Underpowered TV Box? Hmm. Sorry folks, but for the moment I’m going to have to plump for neither. This Read More …
Today, I want to take an tentative look at the subject of licensed games. We all know the contradiction: Everyone has a number of favourite licensed games (be it Goldeneye on the N64, Robocop Vs Terminator on the Megadrive, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Read More …
Blimey! Its been months since I’ve released anything musical. Don’t worry though, I’ve been working on something special. A few months back, my colleague Melanie decided to organise a talent show to raise money for Children In Need. For my contribution, I was going to 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.
I was browsing the tech blogs yesterday when this caught my eye. I was partly intrigued because Spotify are a service I use to distribute music, but mostly because the guy’s musical name was clearly a Commando reference. With the inevitable “let off some steam Read More …