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Elite is one of those game franchises that has been around since the early days of gaming. It is also one of those gaming franchises that has always gone above and beyond the competition. Whether a good game was created during the process is up to the gamer themselves. What is guaranteed is tons of […]
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Elite Gave Gamers Galaxies to Explore – September 20th, 1984 – Today in Video Game History
September 20th, 2020 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Amstrad, Apple II, Atari 800 XL/XE, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Comp, News, Windows, ZX Spectrum 
Tags: Elite, Elite Dangerous, Freelancer, simulation, space life, space sim, Starflight 
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Amstrad CPC Sees Sword of Ianna Released
July 4th, 2020 Carl Williams Sword of Ianna is a new hack and slash adventure for the Amstrad CPC. Think generic Conan the Barbarian if you will, and you have a good idea in mind. Your character is a muscle-bound fantasy character who carries a sword. You are tasked with returning peace to the land. Are you up to the […]
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Posted in Amstrad, Comp, MSX2, News, ZX Spectrum Tags: 2d, action, fantasy, platform, side scrolling, Sword of Ianna No Comments »
BLAST ANNUAL 2020: Vol 1 Retro Gaming Book Live on Kickstarter
March 1st, 2020 CPC4EVA New retro gaming book, Blast Annual 2020: Vol 1 is now live on Kickstarter. The focus of Blast Annual 2020: Vol 1 book is all about community, coding, computers and consoles. Inside backers will find a wide collection of retro gaming articles covering a variety of retro gaming platforms including Atari 2600, Commodore Amiga, Amstrad […]
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Posted in Amstrad, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 800 XL/XE, Atari Lynx, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Console, Master System, NES, Nintendo, ZX Spectrum Tags: #16bit, #Atari2600, #gamedev, #zxspectrum, 8bit, amiga, amstrad CPC, c64, GAMES, msx, nes, retro, retro gaming, retro gaming magazine, sinclair zx No Comments » BLAST ANNUAL 2020: VOL 1 KS PRE LAUNCH
February 27th, 2020 CPC4EVA New print only retro gaming publication, Blast Annual 2020: Volume 1, is coming soon to Kickstarter. A launch date has been set for 29th, Februrary, 2020. To help spread the word about this upcoming retro gaming project, Blast Annual is sharing the pre launch Kickstarter project url.
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Posted in Amstrad, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 800 XL/XE, Atari Lynx, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Comp, MSX2, NES, News, ZX Spectrum Tags: GAMES, kickstarter, retro, Retro Computers, retro game magazine, retrogaming No Comments »
BLAST ANNUAL 2020: VOLUME 1 COMING SOON!
February 3rd, 2020 CPC4EVA Blast Annual 2020 is a new multi format retro gaming publication. It covers the 8 and 16-bit gaming communities. The focus of BLAST ANNUAL 2020 is all about the four C’s – Community, Coding, Computers and Consoles. Our primary aim for the Blast Annual 2020 publication is to cover as much as possible of the retro […]
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Amstrad GX-4000 Sees Fan Porting Sonic the Hedgehog
November 1st, 2019 Carl Williams When Sega released Sonic the Hedgehog it was one of those moments in gaming that everything had to be right. Luckily it was. Sony would go through a similar situation later with Crash Bandicoot but that is another article for another day. Sega went on an all-out push for Sonic and it paid off in […]
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Batman Group WOW’s with ‘Amstrad Supremacy’, Vespertino work in progress racing sim teaser video
May 6th, 2019 CPC4EVA Vespertino, is a real racing simulator. A racing game that shows no old school 8-bit pixels or sprite blockiness in it’s graphics. It demonstrates a fluidity of speed and animation not seen in most standard 8-bit machines, looking and feeling more like an advanced 16-bit computer or console game. To me it looks like a […]
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8 BIT ANNUAL 2019
March 9th, 2019 CPC4EVA With over 200 pages, 8-Bit Annual 2019 is HUGE! It is the second printed book covering all new 8 bit home computer and console released home brew and commercial games from 2018, by the 8 Bit Annual team. Included is many features, game developer interviews and more than 150 game reviews on Atari, Atari 2600, NES, […]
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IMPERIAL MAHJONG – Amstrad CPC game review
February 16th, 2019 CPC4EVA Most 8-bit developers these days are out there releasing as many ‘shoot em ups’ and platformers as they can. Not the Amstrad CPC guys from Cargosoft, they take their time developing games, creating games that aren’t based on populist themes, so much time in fact has gone into their game development that since 2009 they […]
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AMSTRAD CPC #1 GAME ????
January 12th, 2019 CPC4EVA For the past two years, Neil Reive, an administrator of Facebook group, Amstrad CPC CLASSIC GAMING & DEMO’s, has researched every Amstrad CPC / Plus game that has ever been reviewed in magazines from back in the day and come up with an aggregated rating of those games. With this data, he compiled a TOP […]
