martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 10/05/2026I do: a Slim (somewhere!) and also a back compat PS3 000
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Sunday car boot spoils, including four issues of one of my favourite mags, 50p each 👍 120
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Great spot Dan. One of my favourite adventures that 010
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 19/02/2026I think the theme here is that… they’re all movies with people in 130
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Well right night for it 🙂 I’ve got the new album but think my most played last year was that Mojo CD they gave away 120
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 01/02/2026How was it? Saw them twice in the 90s but not since the reform 110
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 23/01/2026They misprinted a batch. I’ve seen a handful pop up over the years. Quite uncommon so keep hold! 070
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Live actually got permission to produce 3 issues, but we only managed one 130
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 15/01/2026The mag has come a *long* way since that first issue (and I don’t just mean in time passed) 060
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 02/12/2025I cannot believe this news. Such a great writer, such a nice guy. What a massive loss. RIP Nick 030
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 03/10/2025This is painfully true. One geezer boasted about clearing out a small arcade after it appeared in the mag 120
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Join 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? 020
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 02/07/2025It has been done Wil, but it was right at the beginning. Issue 6 or something. Need a revisit for sure 010
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Could also be an early Atlantis title, but nothing seems to match there 010
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Trying to suss out your Speccy game collection. I can see Combat Lynx (big box), View to a Kill, an Imagine Ocean-era release (Yie Ar Kung-Fu?), Zoids, and what looks like four from Creative Sparks (Orc Attack, Danger Mouse, and a couple of other I can't make out) 100
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Bit of a treasure trove that DVD Nick! Some lovely Nintendo character art on there, plus Miyamoto wielding a plastic sword and shield to reveal Twilight Princess! But the highlight has to be show floor photos from E3 and TGS 2004. Amazing 100
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Nice little time capsule I spotted today in the one-screen cinema in Aberystwyth 030
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Love this, looks great. Shooting backwards = essential! 011
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Britsoft’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. 000
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 27/03/2025I'll see your Metroid Prime 4 and raise you... 010
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 25/03/2025And here's the magazine ad and game packaging 000
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Here's a larger version of the fold-out map that came with the game, showing the town of Bridgton (and THE MIST creeping in from the east) 100
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Did 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.gamesradar.comThe 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 100
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 18/03/2025I've written a few pages about PS1 classic Dino Crisis and its big-ass lizards in this issue. On sale now 050
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 11/03/2025(Also reminded that Mandarin/Database/Europress were based in the same building that Live Publishing later occupied and Retro Gamer started) 010
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Some background on the winner (and seller of the item), from New Computer Express (Apr 22, 1989). (Vessel do nicely?? I'm having that) 110
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... 120
Reposted by martyn carrollRetro Gamer @retrogamermag.bsky.social · 04/03/2025The 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. 27320
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 26/02/2025There's a old interview with Don here where he says Dictator is his own personal favourite worldofspectrum.net/interviews/P...worldofspectrum.netInterview with Don Priestley 220
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 26/02/2025He got into games relatively late, having started out as a teacher. In the 1980s, when in his 40s, he programmed around 20 titles for the ZX81 and Spectrum. In 1989 he quit the industry and returned to teaching, believing the days of the lone programmer to be over. 181
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 26/02/2025His cartoon-style games came about because the licensor insisted that Popeye must look like Popeye - pipe, anchor tattoo, the lot. To fulfil this, the characters needed to be sufficiently large to include all this detail. Somehow he made it work. This would become his signature style. 090
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Sad 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. 1818754
Reposted by martyn carrollTime Extension @timeextension.com · 23/01/2025Your Sinclair, Amiga Power Legend And "Funniest Living Englishman" Jonathan Nash Has Died. timeextension.comYour Sinclair, Amiga Power Legend And "Funniest Living Englishman" Jonathan Nash Has Died"The only person I was ever prepared to write with" 11712
Reposted by martyn carrollRetro Gamer @retrogamermag.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Well this is rather lovely Readly has awarded us for being the most-read gaming publication of 2024. Thanks to everyone that enjoys the mag. 0334
martyn carroll @martcarroll.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Sounds like PC Games Action from IDG Media. Came out around 1999, short-lived. 110
Reposted by martyn carrollRetro Gamer @retrogamermag.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Just 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! 64710
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 030
