My new “shorts” video examines Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper from 1987 by Probe/U.S. Gold on the Amstrad/Schneider CPC. As always, it features representative scenes and music from the game, accompanied by short facts. In meinem neuen „Shorts“-Video geht es um Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper aus dem Jahr 1987 von Probe/U.S. Gold auf dem Amstrad/Schneider CPC. […]
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The heat of July brings with it a large number of birthdays and game releases. There was also one death date: Dani Bunten Berry, whom I covered in a longer article, died on 3 July 1998. As for the birthdays: The oldest one on this month’s list is Gary Gygax, the inventor of Dungeons & […]
Continue ReadingSince FeedBurner has ended its e-mail subscription service (that wasn’t very good anyway), I have switched to follow.it, which seems to offer some advanced features and is much more customisable for the subscriber. So why not go ahead and subscribe to my articles and video info bits via e-mail? You can find the button on […]
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My new “shorts” video examines Zoids: The Battle Begins from 1986 by Martech on the C64. As always, it features representative scenes and music from the game, accompanied by short facts. In meinem neuen „Shorts“-Video geht es um Zoids: The Battle Begins aus dem Jahr 1986 von Martech auf dem C64. Wie immer biete ich […]
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Gubbdata is an annual demo party held since 2015 (online for the last two times). I’ve just entered one of my old songs that I wrote around 1991 into the “Other Music” (i.e., non-C64) competition. The song is called An Answering Mood and was composed on an Amiga with ProTracker 2.3 (or maybe 2.4). While […]
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My new “shorts” video examines Dizzy – The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure from 1987 by Codemasters on the Spectrum. As always, it features representative scenes and music from the game, accompanied by short facts. In meinem neuen „Shorts“-Video geht es um Dizzy – The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure aus dem Jahr 1987 von Codemasters auf dem Spectrum. […]
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My new “shorts” video examines The Great Giana Sisters from 1987 by Time Warp/Rainbow Arts on the C64. As always, it features representative scenes and music from the game, accompanied by short facts. In meinem neuen „Shorts“-Video geht es um The Great Giana Sisters aus dem Jahr 1987 von Time Warp/Rainbow Arts auf dem C64. […]
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My new “shorts” video examines Eco from 1987 by Denton Designs on the Amiga. As always, it features representative scenes from the game, accompanied by short facts. In meinem neuen „Shorts“-Video geht es um Eco aus dem Jahr 1987 von Denton Designs auf dem Amiga. Wie immer biete ich repräsentative Ausschnitte aus dem Spiel, begleitet […]
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My new video explores the Wizardry series by Sir-Tech, which ran from 1981 to 2001 and spawned numerous (mostly Japanese) spin-offs that are still appearing (with one announced for 2022). Parts 1 to 8 as well as the American-produced spin-off Nemesis are covered – as usual in the context of the time and with some […]
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My new “shorts” video examines The Master of Magic from 1985 by Mastertronic on the C64. As always, it features representative scenes from the game, accompanied by short facts. In meinem neuen „Shorts“-Video geht es um The Master of Magic aus dem Jahr 1985 von Mastertronic auf dem C64. Wie immer biete ich repräsentative Ausschnitte […]
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