Month: March 2025

Patricia Curtis

Peter Ward

Interview by Peter Ward (Aprill 22 zxspectrumnow.com What was your first gaming experience? Jesus that’s going back a bit, i suppose it was pong back in the 70s, my came home one day with a machine that plugged into the TV and had two controllers so we could play a bat and ball game not sure if it was the Atari pong or one of the Binatone knock offs, either way with two brothers and a sister we played it for hours.  What got you into programming games? In September 1982, I went…

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Graeme Mason

Peter Ward

Interview by Peter Ward (Interview from ZX Spectrum Now April 22) Bio I have been writing about games for over 10 years for publications such as Retro Gamer, GamesTM andFusion Retro Books. I also write online for Eurogamer, Antstream Arcade and Amex Essentials. My dadstill doesn’t believe I write about old games for a living. Would love to see your book.Thank you! It’s called ZX Nightmares and it’s coming to haunt you soon! “What got you into writing books about retro gaming?”I’ve been writing retro gaming features for over ten…

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Steve Turner Interview

Peter Ward

Interview by Peter Ward (Interview June 22 from now close zxspectrumnow.com) Thank you for this interview it is an honour for me to interview such a Legend…. What did you want to do when you were at school for a career and what was your first job? When I was young I wanted to be a scientist. I loved physics and got the school prize after getting 95% in the yearly exam. After doing O and A levels I became disillusioned, we were told there were no jobs in science.…

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