Swainy

I’ve got PacMan, Galaxian & Galaga. They are very well detailed and look lovely on a shelf. They play fine but they are all simple games. I’m not sure if Track N Field & Bubble Bobble will play so well with such small controls.

Original Spectrum games can run faster if you want them to but no, unless they are re-coded in some way they will look exactly the same as before albeit sharper via HDMI if you are using a modern screen. Personally mine will be hooked up to my 14” Sony Trinitron via an RGB lead which I’ve already bought.

Yeah my wife bought me one after Argos had sent me one by mistake which I then had to send back (listen to the latest episode of RA for the full story). Anyway I had no intention of getting one of these as I had the mini and wasn’t impressed with it but with a working keyboard it looks and feels the part.

I use a very old program, Paint Shop Pro. It’s the only windows based art package that I really know my way around. I don’t do the art for all of the covers though. Thankfully I know some top artists who often help out. Then I use their art and place the logo ect on top.

Yes it does get a very quick mention in the episode.

Cheers! I enjoy doing them. Please do give the show a listen if you get a chance. I’d live to know what you think of it.

Too expensive over here for sure, the Star Wars cab is the only one that I was interested in but it’s also the most expensive of them all and I think that the entire line has been dropped in the UK due to poor sales.

In this Games Club episode Mads, Chris, Dean & the RA community take a deep dive into the Matthew Smith classic, plus we catch up on all of the latest retro gaming news & gossip. http://traffic.libsyn.com/retroasylum/RA217_ManicMinerV3.mp3 Download the new version of Manic Miner for the C64: https://csdb.dk/release/download.php?id=230028

In this Games Club episode Mads, Chris, Dean & the RA community take a deep dive into the Matthew Smith classic, plus we catch up on all of the latest retro gaming news & gossip. http://traffic.libsyn.com/retroasylum/RA217_ManicMinerV3.mp3 Download the new version of Manic Miner for the C64: https://csdb.dk/release/download.php?id=230028

As far as I know it’s not been released in the UK.

This might help:

Not a game...

Dean, Steve, Matt, Mads & Chris celebrate the festive period by looking back at Xmas past and discuss the future & what the new year will bring. http://traffic.libsyn.com/retroasylum/RA_216_Merry_Christmas.mp3