Graeme Mason

a woman is sitting in front of a brick wall and says somebody stop me ! ALT: a woman is sitting in front of a brick wall and says somebody stop me !

Playing Championship Manager for a feature

I'm off to boots later to buy some computer games

River City Ransom - Featured in our book - NES/Famicom: a visual compendium

Crammed with classic games from the golden era of 8-bit console gaming.

Reprints due November 17th, get an email reminder: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...

#bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #gaming #nes #famicom #booksky

I'm the same as you Steve, but also it's sooooo tiny, probably wouldn't be able to see much 🤣

Crash Live 2025 is in 10 days! Here's the guest line up for the whole weekend:-

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As ever, thanks so much for your support. It's such a privilege to work on this mag and give Spectrum software developers a place in print to showcase their work. You can subscribe over at Patreon (bit.ly/3LFrH1r) and purchase separate issues at Fusion Retro Books (bit.ly/43OhdD8). Thanks all. 👍

If you can make it, we'd love to see you on the 15th / 16th of November at the Holiday Inn in Kenilworth for our annual get together. The whole CRASH team will be there this year, so do come and say hello. The Saturday is sold out but tickets remain for the Sunday (bit.ly/47SnkZA).

CRASH 30 cover.

CRASH 30 is wrapped and it's stuffed tighter than Wally’s Christmas stocking! We've got reviews (Asymmetry, Magenta Sky & Zak McDrucken etc.), a look at the Currah Microspeech, an interview with Chris Hinsley and an Investigation into what Spectrum devs were paid back in the day.

Blood (11997)

Playing Resident Evil 2

I’m Too Young To Die: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 1992–2002

Revisits the era of the LAN party, detailing the stories behind the multiplayer first-person shooters that ruled the internet.

Out now: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...

#bitmapbooks #book #fps #gaming #retrogaming

YouTube video by SirClive's Retro Gamesworld NOW GAMES (1985) - ZX Spectrum Compilation Chart Challenge #1

Woah, lot of love for NOW Games here!

youtu.be/3lhGOhV4RmM?...

Next up for all On The ZX Spectrum subscribers: Nextra #11. Friday at 5pm.

How is it getting it wrong? It must be getting the info from somewhere? Is it scraping rumours and such and presenting it as fact?

No, you're wrong, XBOX 360 only came out 10 years ago, at least that's what I'm telling myself :-D

It's a shame more movies aren't braver like that

Brilliant film. Remember watching it randomly late night on TV and being totally gobsmacked.

Excellent concluding line boss 🤣

All the best to you Frank mate

Good fortune to you too my friend!

Finished my shift at the in Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner - a short but very spooky horror game!

So On The ZX Spectrum Newsletter number 24 has been and gone, along with an extra newsletter for magic knights (patreons). Today I'm working on a schedule which I'll keep updated on here and the OTZXS FB group, and on Patreon of course.

Whistling the tune now...

haha!

Oh, and I also played the demo to this point and click game last night: The Dark Rites Of Arkham. Looking good.

We are editing and putting the finishing touches to the Next Dreams mag this week. Here's a little peek at four of the games included

Incredible work by Tim!

Commodore 64: a visual compendium

Rediscover the greatest games of the Commodore 64, with this high-quality, full-colour compendium.

Reprints coming soon 📚

Get a stock alert: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...

#bitmapbooks #books #retrogaming #c64 #commodore #gaming #booksky

Started another creepy game last night, Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner. Pretty spooky!