8-Bit Back Issues

Your Spectrum issue 18

NEW EPISODE!
This month, Geoff chats to games journalist Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social about his career beginning with this magazine - Your Spectrum issue 18.
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Your Spectrum issue 18

NEW EPISODE!
This month, Geoff chats to games journalist Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social about his career beginning with this magazine - Your Spectrum issue 18.
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2O14...

Happy anniversary! Would you like to come on 8-Bit Back Issues to talk about it too? Maybe we could go back and talk about your first issue?

Really would love to do an episode on this mag - I know very little about it other than it was a promotional mag produced by Nintendo for use in the movie 'The Wizard'. Copies of it were distributed to moviegoers when the film was in the cinemas.

Film Stories Podcast Network | Alien: Earth's finale, Lost, Taylor Swift and more This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: season finales, season premieres, seasoned musicians and more. Here’s what we’ve been up to…

Three appearances this week on the round-up. New episodes of @threecirclesfs.bsky.social (talking about Goldrush and @jeanlucpodard.bsky.social (TNG's 'Gambit'), as well as a guest appearance on @reddwarfpod.bsky.social (Ashens and the Polybius Heist).

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Finishing off the edit ahead of the next episode of 8-Bit Back Issues with former games journalist @philsouth.bsky.social . That'll be released next Wednesday 8 October.

I was pleased to join @markadamshc.bsky.social for this week's episode of Shipwrecked and Comatose to talk about the bizarre movie Ashens and the Quest for the Game Child.

Robert Llewellyn appears in this movie which features some of your favourite gaming YouTubers.

Sega Magazine issue 11

New episode!
Geoff is joined by @slopesgameroom.bsky.social this month to chat about Sega Magazine issue 11. We talk about The Lion King, Ecco the Dolphin and lots more!
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The next episode is uploaded and ready to drop on Monday morning. Geoff will be joined by @slopesgameroom.bsky.social to chat about 1994's Sega Magazine issue 11.

At @timelessgc.bsky.social and about to watch next month's guest doing what he does best. Geeky quizzes!
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PC Powerplay issue 27 8-Bit Back Issues · Episode

New episode
In this month's episode, I'm joined by Bill Sunderland from @escapethispodcast.bsky.social . We chat about PC Powerplay issue 27, The X-Files, adventures and squatting!
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So excited to be going to @timelessgc.bsky.social again this year, this time at Arcains in Liverpool. I'll be there with my partner selling geeking gaming stuff but I'll be happy to chat about the podcast with you all too.

One week away from the next episode where Geoff chats to @escapethispodcast.bsky.social's Bill Sunderland about the first Australian magazine on the show - PC Powerplay.

Good to see my fellow Film Stories podcasters around Cardiff over the last couple of days.

ICYMI

8-Bit Back Issues has reached episode 20! Geoff and Paul chat to author and podcaster @bazgreenland.bsky.social about Games World issue 2.

Recorded the September episode of the podcast last night with @slopesgameroom.bsky.social . Had a good chat about Sega stuff and the cutest games mag cover ever!

If you've gone back to listen to the earlier episodes of 8-Bit Back Issues (which are all still available by the way), you may have noticed the artwork has had a bit of a refresh. All 20 episodes are still there, but they look a little more consistent now. Hope you like the refresh.

Had fun delving into 90s gaming territory and my love of #MortalKombat as a guest in the latest episode of @8bitbackissues.bsky.social!

Games World issue 2 8-Bit Back Issues · Episode

New episode!

In this episode, Geoff and Paul are joined by @bazgreenland.bsky.social to talk about Games World issue 2, Mortal Kombat, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and their weird reviewing system!

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Finishing up the edit for this month's new episode (due out on 8 July), with @bazgreenland.bsky.social and @pdmon.bsky.social and the topic of DEF II comes up. Who remembers DEF II on BBC2 in the 90s?

I don't just like Star Trek and retro gaming, so join me as I chat to @samwellpv.bsky.social about our top 10 racetracks to celebrate the launch of the F1 Movie.

Hey @ashens.bsky.social - would you be interested in coming onto this podcast to chat about an old retro gaming mag? I've also been recording a couple of episodes of @reddwarfpod.bsky.social about your movies. Would you be open to come on to chat about that with us both as well?

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Horrible weather conditions? EMP activity? Warzone?

Oh wait - I know...

Dome!

Only just found out about this mag but if you like some retro Spectrum goodness, this mag is a great read. It's online, full of content, funny and oh, it's also free!

YouTube video by Slope's Game Room (Video Game Documentaries) Slope's Game Room is Back! | I almost lost everything! THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!

So happy to see that @slopesgameroom.bsky.social is saved! Looking forward to chatting with you soon Slope.

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To be fair, it did put a smile on my face as that's exactly what I did! Great minds and all that.

We've had a good mix of systems spoken about so far on the podcast. Going forward I'd love to get some people on to talk about the C64, the BBC Micro, the Xbox, and many others. Get in touch if you have a mag we can chat about!

And ICYMI this month, Dave from @rosetintedspectrum.bsky.social came on to chat about the Speccy and Your Sinclair.

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In May, I looked back at the final issue of the Official Dreamcast Magazine in the company of @mrvestek.bsky.social

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In April, I chatted to @gamesguru1.bsky.social about his love for the Bitmap Brothers by looking back at a recent-ish issue of RetroGamer.

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