Sharp x68000 – The Japanese Amiga Alternative
NOTE: This is a revision of a long standing article that I had originally published in 2014 on retrogamer.info and
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Bit Generation Part 2: “Second Generation”
Bit Generation Series: Second Generation (1976 – 1983) “The Birth of Single Player Gaming” The series continues with the 2nd
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Bit Generation Part 3: “The 8-bit era”
Bit Generation Series: Third Generation (1983 -1987) “The 8-bit era” Commodore 64 (1982) Also known as the C64, C-64,
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All That Blitters: Uridium 2
While the transition from 8-bit to 16-bit platforms offered new tools and additional processing power to developers, it also gave
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All That Blitters: Battle Chess
I learned how to play chess when I was seven years old. My first chess board was a children’s edition
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All That Blitters: AAARGH!
In the early 1980s, home versions of arcade games rarely held a candle to their quarter-munching counterparts. Sure, some of
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David John Pleasance: The Commodore Story – The Untold Tale of a Computer Giant
Text: Reflexion/CtZ^Mercurite As most amigans will know, this book is the result of a Kickstarter campaign in which David Pleasance
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My Favorite Six C64 Games vs Their Amiga Version
It was a few days after New Years Day in 1985. I was at a school friends house seeing this
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Not Quite An Amiga: It’s Milton Bradley’s Vectrex
The very first cartridge-based home video games system I experienced was actually not an Atari 2600. It was not even
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My Challenge To The Amigos Community
I am about to embark on another work trip to South Africa and while I am away (and to give
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