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martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Sunday car boot spoils, including four issues of one of my favourite mags, 50p each 👍

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martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I think the theme here is that… they’re all movies with people in

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martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Join Ocean Software and look like Morten Harket on the red carpet at the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party. Wonder how many bedroom programmers started dreaming big when this ad appeared in mags in 1987?

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martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Nice little time capsule I spotted today in the one-screen cinema in Aberystwyth

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martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Britsoft’s finest Rare was incorporated as a company on this date 40 years ago. According to the doc on Companies House, it was called Chameleon, then The Stamper Group, before they finally settled on Rare. Here is the firm’s very first logo.

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martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I'll see your Metroid Prime 4 and raise you...

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martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Did you know that Stephen King’s novella The Mist inspired Half-Life? You did? But did you know that there was an actual computer game based on The Mist, released in 1985? I wrote about it for a magazine article published a few years back, which you can read online.

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The making of Stephen King's The Mist: "It's kind of hard for a text adventure to be scary"

Tales from the Retro Crypt – Chapter One

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martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I've written a few pages about PS1 classic Dino Crisis and its big-ass lizards in this issue. On sale now

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martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

> GO EBAY > GET TREASURE A 'holy grail', awarded as a competition prize to promote the 1988 Level 9 adventure game Lancelot, has surfaced on eBay. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26717938...

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Retro Gamer @retrogamermag.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The PlayStation 2 is 25 years old today! Sony's highly anticipated second system launched on 4th March 2000 in Japan, and eventually became the best-selling home console of all time. Retro Gamer 270 will be available next week, and we'll be celebrating the PS2 and its fantastic library of games.

A press photograph supplied by Sony in 2000, showing the PlayStation 2 standing vertically, with the blue vertical stand attached. A blue disc is in the console's open disc tray. A control pad and memory card are also shown.

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martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Sad news: programmer Don Priestley, best known for his cartoon-style games like Trap Door and Popeye, passed away late last year after a short illness. One of Don’s friends shared the news on a Facebook comment. RIP Don (1940-2024), your games shine on.

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martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Alien, the Italian edition 👍

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Retro Gamer @retrogamermag.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Well this is rather lovely Readly has awarded us for being the most-read gaming publication of 2024. Thanks to everyone that enjoys the mag.

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Retro Gamer @retrogamermag.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Just before 2024 ends, we thought we'd take a look back at our covers for the year. Which was your favourite, and what would you like to see on future covers? Let us know, and we'll see you in 2025!

The covers of Retro Gamer issues 255-267, featuring The 90s: A Decade of Definitive Games, Crash Bandicoot, The 100 Greatest Retro Games, the Game Boy Advance, Super Metroid, Nintendo's Iconic Hardware Innovations, the PSP, The Spectrum, Ridge Racer, Sonic Generations, Tekken and the Nintendo DS.

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martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

"This looks like the sad lad of the pack..." As PlayStation turns 30 today, let's remind ourselves of this bold prediction by C&VG in 1992. We may laugh, but the mag was talking about an early prototype PlayStation. Still, it's clear to see that NO-ONE saw Sony coming #PlayStation

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