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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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BLAST ANNUAL 2020: Vol 1 Retro Gaming Book Live on Kickstarter
March 1st, 2020 
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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 
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Chibi Akumas: Episode 2 – Confrontation, Shooter Sequel Blasts onto Amstrad CPC
October 30th, 2017 Neil Reive It was on the last day of 2016 — a fine year for gaming for the Amstrad CPC — when gamers got to experience the madness of the ‘bullet hell shooter’ that was Chibi Akumas: Episode 1 – Invasion, and now, just in time for Halloween 2017, the sequel has landed. And just like the […]
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Karatian Retrospective
October 29th, 2017 CPC4EVA Beyond the great hill and to the north, there was once a great man who guarded the five belts. You have to fight against your friends and the lurking evils to get these belts. Only then will you be able to leave this land where strange creatures dwell.
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Posted in Amstrad Tags: 8bit, amstrad, amstrad CPC, barbarian, CPC, ik+, retro gaming, VIDEO GAMES No Comments »
Pentomino – New Game Released on the Amstrad CPC
April 16th, 2017 Neil Reive Following last year’s release of the impressive Defence–the aptly titled defense game–developer Shining have turned their hand to the puzzle genre with their latest game. With Pentomino, Shining look to have produced a mighty fine-looking puzzler.
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Colour Personal Computer – A Look at the New Amstrad CPC Fanzine
January 21st, 2017 Neil Reive Do you remember the 8-bit videogaming heyday of the 1980s? Perhaps you also remember the neat little fanzines that were being produced at the time? While these fanzines were obviously not up to commercial standard–often photocopied black and white pages with very little in the way of images–they did convey a certain tone that was […]
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2016 – A Monster Year for New Amstrad CPC Games
December 30th, 2016 CPC4EVA What a year 2016 has been for new Amstrad CPC game releases. A poll being conducted on the Facebook group page Amstrad Classic Gaming and Demos provides an estimated figure that there has been a whopping 73 individual games created and developed for the Amstrad 8-bit computer this year. That’s finished games, game demos, unfinished […]
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Chibi Akuma(s) – New ‘Bullet Hell’ Shooter Blasts onto Amstrad CPC
December 30th, 2016 Neil Reive This has been a fantastic year for the Amstrad CPC 8-bit computer with a long list of activity on the new games front and, just before the year ends, we get another fine addition to that list. Chibi Akuma(s): Episode 1: Invasion, which takes full advantage of an Amstrad CPC computer with 128k of memory, […]
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Review – Spy vs Spy for Amstrad CPC
November 6th, 2016 CPC4EVA Superman, Spiderman, Batman. Comic book legends and serious heroes that you can count on to save the day…. Well thanks to Mad magazine, they created a comic strip that has become legend for quite the opposite reason and its popularity is huge. The Spy vs. Spy concept is simple. For those not in the know, […]
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Preview – Pinball Dreams for Amstrad CPC
November 1st, 2016 CPC4EVA Over 24 years ago, March 1992, Pinball Dreams was released by 21st Century Entertainment on the 16-bit Amiga home computer, receiving high praise and critical acclaim from magazine reviews across Europe. In almost every magazine, the overall ratings for Pinball Dreams were around 80% or higher. The Swedish magazine, Datormagazin (cover dated March 1992), awarded […]
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Review – Frogger for Amstrad Plus
November 1st, 2016 CPC4EVA A frog jumping on logs avoiding obstacles to get to his home doesn’t sound like an interesting game but Frogger is an arcade classic. I’m surprised Frogger was never released commercially on the Amstrad CPC. It was a massive success back in the day, at the video arcades. Frogger was launched onto the video game […]
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