Skool Daze Reskooled

App Store Google Play Be Eric the hero. Crack codes, fire catapults, hypnotise teachers, trap rats and frogs. Complete the tasks and don’t go over 10000 lines and get expelled. The 80’s smash hit game Skool Daze has returned with all the characters and trickiness of the original. Skool Sucks! That’s it; I don’t need to say anymore. Ok, maybe I do. I guess you’re wondering what this game is. It’s the return of one of the all-time Spectrum classics “Skool Daze”. It was released in the 80’s. Yeah, you…

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Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Step back into the ’90s and re-experience a timeless classic with Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, launching across Europe on September 29th. The Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System contains 21 classic games, can easily be plugged into any high-definition TV using the included HDMI cable. For the first time, players who pick up the system can enjoy the intergalactic adventure Star Fox 2, the sequel to the original Star Fox (originally titled Starwing upon release in Europe) game that was created during the Super NES era…

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SEGA Forever brings the classics to mobile for free

  SEGA have announced that your favorite games are coming to mobile in new, free-to-play formats the app will support offline play and cloud saves. The games can also be Played ad-free with one off low purchase. SEGA Forever collection  has five titles  at launch, including Sonic The Hedgehog, Phantasy Star II, Comix Zone, Kid Chameleon and Altered Beast. Each of these will be available on both the Google Play Store and the App Store for iOS devices and released 22nd June 2017  

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Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict Premiere

Click here to order   RaM Films, in association with The Centre for Computing History, is proud to announce the film premiere of Andy Remic’s nostalgic ZX Spectrum documentary feature film, Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict. The film explores the history of the Spectrum, contains actor-led vignettes harking back to the 1980s – remember opening your Spectrum from under the Christmas tree – and interviews major industry figures of the day, developers, graphic artists, publishers and dedicated fans.   Starring such notable industry legends as The Oliver Twins, Clive Townsend,…

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Focus on Batty

by Peter Ward Published by Dennis Publishing Developed by Elite Systems Ltd. Released 1987 Platforms Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 (1988)     HISTORY: Original Concept game was named Wipe Out by Mark Betteridge with 20 Levels and Batty 15 Levels. Batty is a breakout clone published by Elite in 1987 & released for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC & 1988 for the Commodore 64. The game raised the bar for free cover-mounted cassettes and come free with the October 1987 issue of Your Sinclair & later on 6-Pak Vol. 2 compilation.The game was…

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Thimbleweed Park

Click here to purchase Team Thimbleweed Ron Gilbert was the 11th employee at Lucasfilm Games and is the creator of Monkey Island, the co-creator of Maniac Mansion and the creator of Pajama Sam. His love of adventure games can be described as “I don’t know what else to do”, and drives him forward each day. You can follow him on Twitter at @grumpygamer and on Grumpy Gamer. Ron is designing, writing and programming on Thimbleweed Park. Gary Winnick was the 6th employee at Lucasfilm Games. He co-designed Maniac Mansion and…

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Sci-5 by the Sea clock 25 June at 11:00–17:00

Click here to book Tickets   Sci-Fi by the Sea, Herne Bay, our big June event is filling up with lots of nice attractions for kids, both big and small! Today it’s been all about games and we’ve announced the Gamer Bus, Retro Arcade Games, Modern Console Gaming, Minecraft Zone, Retro Console Gaming and the amazing VR Experience. Sci-5 by the Sea takes place on Sunday 25th June from 11am-5pm on the grounds of Herne Bay Junior School. It’s a great day out laden with your favouirite characters, robots, dinosaurs,…

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RGM at Geek 2017

    The RGM team attended GEEK 2017 February 18th and covered the event with Interviews with Rob Hewson (Hyper Sentinel),  James Lighfoot (The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain) and Lukasz Snopkiewicz (Space Toads Mayhem) (Videos coming soon).   RGM also covered the Official 25th Anniversary Mario Kart Tournament Final and the Winner won a Nintendo Switch when they are released. (Video coming soon if Nintendo are happy for us to launch the complete Final Footage) Hosted by  Matt Andrews Esports Stage Host, Desk Host and Caster | TV Presenter seen on Sky, ESL,…

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GEEK

Friday 17 February 2017 11:00 to Sunday 19 February 2017 18:00 GEEK is moving to Dreamland Margate! Book your Tickets NOW Click Here GEEK is a festival of play and games. It brings together people to meet, make and play. Family entertainment for half term, GEEK is three days of spectacle, challenges, talks, workshops and hundreds of games to play. We love games! Old and new, computer games, board games, card games and real world games. As well as all the creative magic that goes into them: coding, science, drawing,…

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Vega+ Production and Overview 2016.  

  A Pain in the Buttons….  We had hoped to post an update a few days ago. Unfortunately, we have been swamped working on the improvement to the Vega+ we previously told you about. The testing has proved to be slightly trickier than previously suspected and the new buttons caused all sorts of additional issues – they really were a pain in the buttons! We now believe we have finally solved most of those problems and we have a series of production meetings between now and next Tuesday to confirm this, once…

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