Matty

@zagrebista.bsky.social

Occasional SFF writer, retrogaming bore, and Elmo refugee. Yer da calls Twitter "X" ↙️↙️↙️

After Richard Paul Jones proved too capitalist for Jeff Minter, his Interceptor Micros became an early British games success story. In 1987, its success continued thanks to Colin Swinbourne's smart way with building on Spectrum classics. New post on Joe Blade: www.superchartisland.com/joe-blade

Joe Blade – “Prime the explosives”

The increasing success of Code Masters in 1987 prompted rounds of coverage of the Darling brothers as young business whizz-kids. They were far from the first such story. The next new game at #1 aft…

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“Classic folk horror… set firmly in the modern digital world.” - John Higgs Broken Veil. All episodes available on Patreon. Series one free on all podcast platforms.