BLIPTASTIC! by ComputeHer
While games have been the major force behind the rise of the retro scene over the last decade or so, one of the most interesting side-effects has been the resurgence of music created using the soundchips of the 8 and 16-bit eras. Combined with the explosion of digital self-publishing this has lead a number of artists and ex-demo scene members to be able to return to the formats of the '80s and '90s, creating some quite remarkable music using hardware which was previously considered only good enough to provide primitive bleeps and blips.
Michelle Sternberger has been at the frontline of the chiptune movement since the earliest days of this revival, both as part of the band 8 Bit Weapon and via her own solo project, ComputeHer. BLIPTASTIC! is ComputeHer's third full studio album and another solid demonstration of her talents.
Big Blue releases on Vectrex.
Take control of a treasure hunting diver in this exciting game of deep sea exploration. Select your dive location, explore to discover many species of fish, and maybe even find the key to a treasure chest for big rewards.
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Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers Book Review.
If you were a ZX Spectrum or Commodore 64 owner during the 1980s then chances are you'll not only remember Hewson Consultants fondly but that you'll also consider at least one of their games amongst your all-time favourites. Hewson wasn't the biggest software house around and they weren't the most prolific, but they were certainly one of the most consistent when it came to producing high-quality games for your 8-bit computer of choice.
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RVG Interviews Mark Hardisty.
Mark Hardisty is the main behind the amazing A Gremlin in the Works book published and supplied by Bitmap Books.
New Kickstarter: The Masters of Pixel Art - VOLUME 2
Here we have news of the latest retro book to hit Kickstarter, this time its The Masters of Pixel Art - VOLUME 2. I think you will agree this looks stunning, here is a brief description as taken from the campaign page.
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RVG Interviews - Nick Burcombe.
It gives me huge personal pleasure to bring you our next interview, throughout my gaming history there have been many WOW moments and more often than not it usually happened with Psygnosis games so on that note, RVG is honoured to interview the awesome Nick Burcombe (aka @PlayriseDigital) of Psygnosis fame and now at Playrise Digital.
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RVG Interviews - John Mathieson.
RVG's latest interview is with industry legend John Mathieson, John is one of the people behind the Speccy, Konix Multisystem and Atari Jaguar.
John has been around the industry for many years starting out at Sinclair Research where he would test out the Spectrum's BASIC interpreter and find bugs in it, before going on to found Flare with fellow ex-Sinclair colleagues Martin Brennan and Ben Cheese.
ANTHOLOGY 64 COLLECTOR EDITION
After a very successful Kickstarter campaign this book is now available for pre order. Please watch out for RVG's up coming review.
The book is numbered and housed in its own, handmade slipcase. In addition to the handmade slipcase, exclusive cover, and limited, numbered print-run, the Nintendo 64 Anthology Collector’s Edition includes 24 additional pages.
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RVG Interviews - Matt Gray.
RVG interviews Matt Gray, Matt is a British musician who composed many classic C64 games soundtracks including Driller, Dominator, Tusker, Deliverance, Quedex and the System 3 multi million seller The Last Ninja 2 and many many more..
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RVG Interviews - Jon Ritman.
Jon is a software developer, notable for his work on major 1980s video games. Working primarily on games for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC home computer range. His first experience with a computer was at the age of 13, and first computer was a Sinclair ZX81 that he bought in 1981.
RVG Interviews - Jennell Jaquays.
RVG is please to annouce our next interview with Jennell Jaguays.
Jennell was the Director of Game Design at Coleco, the creators of the 8 bit ColecoVision game system and ADAM computers, she was the head of the game art and design studios to produce more than 80 video game titles for Coleco’s own systems and competing game consoles. She and her team faithfully replicated and often improved upon the graphics and play action of the popular 80s coin-op arcade titles that Coleco licensed for the ColecoVision earning both critical and popular acclaim.
RVG Interviews - Garry Kitchen.
Here is our latest interview at RVG, Garry Kitchen has been in the industry for many years and its a pleasure to be able to bring you our interview.
Huge thanks to Garry for agreeing to do this from all here at Retro Video Gamer.
The world of Retro Gaming Books is a crowded place these days, I for one love reading these books and here we have news of an up coming book covering gaming art from the 8-bit era, this is from www.earbooks.net the same people behind the recently reviewed Push Start: The Art of Video Games. (Click to read)
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RVG Interviews - David Perry.
I am pleased to announce that RVG has bagged an interview with the very talented David (Dave) Perry. Dave is famous for some amazing games and the man who founded Shiny Entertainment some of those games are listed below .
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Donkey Kong Arcade Machine – The Home Straight - Part 2
Part 2 – The Home Straight
So in Part 1 you will have followed my journey so far in restoring this beat up Donkey Kong cab. I felt I was in the home straight now – it was time for some artwork to be applied to the sides of the cab. This part scared me to death, because once the art is on, it’s on. You can’t get it wrong, there are no second chances. So here it is. A step by step guide to applying side art:
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I can’t imagine what it must’ve been like to build arcade cabinets from the ground up on a factory production line back in the early 1980s. Rumour has it that those employed by Atari in California to hand build the classic cabs we know and love, were largely low-paid, permanently stoned hippies and Mexicans (am I allowed to say that?!). Some even go as far to say that the unique musty arcade “smell” you get when you switch on a thirty year old arcade cabinet is part weed, infused into the wood of the machines by the workers smoking on joints all day on the production lines.
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