Ian Smith

Shocking article in the Sheffield Tribune. A solicitor, Andrew Milne, buying up freeholds of houses and then making (false) threats to the leaseholders to bully them into buying the freehold at a huge premium.

A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says

“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”

Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?

www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...

Wonder if this still keeps him awake at night

The #C64 A to Z

My Fave A Games No.5

Archon/Archon 2

Part chess, part arcade combat - 100% genius. In Archon, Light battles Dark across a shifting board where strategy meets real-time duels, while Adept expands the idea with elemental magic and smarter AI. Innovative and utterly brilliant titles.

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#WeAreCommodore #C64

The #C64 A to Z

My Fave ‘A’ Games No.9

Aztec Challenge

Paul Norman’s Aztec Challenge is pure tension — sprinting through spear gauntlets, dodging traps, and surviving by split-second timing, all set to an atmospheric soundtrack. Intense and unforgettable, it's an early C64 classic.

The 1984 ALIEN computer game was excellent; I played the Spectrum 48K version after I saw ALIENS in 1986 and really enjoyed it.

It couldn't do much with the graphics or the processing power of the Spectrum so it focused on stressing you out, not knowing where the creature would be. It was good.

ChatGPT - Commodore Companion Commodore 64 guru: VIC-II quirks, 6510 tricks, 1541 logic, sprites, glitches, timing, and more.

Just a reminder: Martin Piper @martinpiper.bsky.social created a customised Commodore 64 and Commodore 1541 ChatGPT that should be able to answer coding related questions chatgpt.com/g/g-67f3e3ed... #Commodore #Commodore64 #C64

40 years ago, ZZAP! featured Skyfox on its cover. We rated it 91%. Other top reviews: Hyper Sports (90%), Summer Games II (97%), Frankie Goes to Hollywood (97%), Finders Keepers (90%), and Rescue on Fractalus (91%). An absolutely outstanding month for C64 games, it must be said!

THEATRE EUROPE (1985): Like Risk with mushroom clouds, this C64/ZX Spectrum strategy game allowed kids to launch nuclear strikes in a simulated WW3. The best bit? You had 30 seconds to ring a real phone line, complete with sounds of people screaming and babies crying, to get the authorisation code!

No matter what age they are, people often say they feel the same as when they were a kid, and wonder when they'll finally feel like an adult. But they never felt like a child - it's simply what it feels like to be alive, to be you, an awareness and nervousness of being.

Photo of a charging PlaySate in a purple case

Going to start a thread of micro-reviews for PlayDate games, since we’re pretty enamored with our tiny digital ice cream bar. It’s possible that these might turn into a full-blown article over time, but we’ll see how it keeps our attention + how many games we end up playing with it!

YouTube video by Hans Friedrich Gunther Lotte Lenya in Alabama Song by Kurt Weill recording 1930

For some reason it had never occured to me to look up the original of the Doors track until now. It's properly nightmare fuel in audio form, and a once heard you'll never forget it experience. Warning, if you're tripping, you best not go near this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGUj...

I started all the way back at the 3rd Gen.

How about you?

Last night I got access to a digitized film reel from 1969 that shows off a computer artillery game called Potshot. And to explain why that’s a big deal, I need to talk about Dartmouth and the BASIC computer language.

Featuring the music of #CrosbyStillsNashandAndYoung #TheBeeGees

♥️ MELODY (1971) 11:50am starring #MarkLester #TracyHyde #JackWild heart-warming drama #TPTVsubtitles

also, Yay! Wimblepong again #wimbledon

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1982: Commodore Computing International Vol. 1 No. 3 July 1982, page 52 Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/commodore-computing-international-vol-01-03-1982-jul#page/n51

40 years ago, Ultimate was advertising this pair of C64 games, which featured their usual, high-quality, very distinctive art. Both were very enjoyable, especially Entombed, which I played pretty much non-stop until I completed it.

40 years ago, before EA had a European office (and indeed was still a really cool company), distributor Ariolasoft was marketing one of their early games. Archon is an absolute bona fide classic. A twist on chess that was extremely fun to play.

Hihi, | recently completed | Robot on the switch. | just wanted to let you know that | have probably spent more time adjusting the insane background visuals in the ungame, than the game itself. Thank you SO much for this feature. ' fucking over the moon with it Iwould absolutely buy a visualizer that gave even more control and abilty to make playlists and stuff, | often spend more than half an hour on one single background absolutely floored by how much variation and fiddiing can be explored. So, 0, SO cool. I'm an artist iving in Leipzig, Germany, I'm very into trippy/optical art

I knew that some people would be "why did you put that thing in?"

And then some people would be like this chap who sent me a lovely email this morning. 🐂

Danger Mouse picture strip inside... No, not like that!

From w/e 22 May 1982 - Danger Mouse and company appear on the front of Look In Magazine.

#80s

Alien front screen

Alien game action

Films turned into computer games...

Number 11 - Alien

Personal Computer Games Issue13, page 106 Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/Personal_Computer_Games_Issue13#page/n105

NH2021_Popular_Computing_Weekly_Issue820527.pdf, page 28 Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/NH2021_Popular_Computing_Weekly_Issue820527.pdf#page/n27

Spy vs Spy. First Star Software, 1984. #C64 #Commodore

Commodore cat strikes again with another #C64 banger!🔉🎶

One of America's most popular games. The ulitmate in battle action. Incredible 3D Graphics Unbelieveable Soudn Effects Unique Game Concept Multiple Screens High Resoltuion Scenario 100% Machine language

Advertised in May 1984 : Beach Head from US Gold

#80s #retrogaming

Robin Of Sherwood title

#OnThisDay 1984 : The first episode of Robin Of Sherwood was broadcast on ITV.

Michael Praed took the lead role of Robin in which three series was produced between 1984 to 1986.

#80s