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by merman
Wed May 11, 2016 7:21 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Retro Gamer article
Replies: 29
Views: 3891

Re: Retro Gamer article

No offence taken, and I hope you understand there was no offence intended in omitting Pulse from the article - at the time of writing I had not heard of it, only becoming aware of it when I joined Denial and started reading up on releases.
by merman
Thu Apr 28, 2016 8:08 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Retro Gamer article
Replies: 29
Views: 3891

Re: Retro Gamer article

Mine arrived yesterday. I was a little disappointed. I hoped to read more & see more pics. I guess we will need to wait for oldcomptr's book instead. I submitted a lot more pictures. Obviously they chose to concentrate on the historic images. In terms of the words, this was pushing close to the...
by merman
Mon Apr 25, 2016 1:51 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: VIC 20 book on Kickstarter
Replies: 130
Views: 31141

Re: VIC 20 book on Kickstarter

A real shame the project did not reach its target.
by merman
Thu Apr 21, 2016 10:42 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Retro Gamer article
Replies: 29
Views: 3891

Re: Retro Gamer article

Misfit wrote:Okay..
I watched new "Inside Retro Gamer" video..
.. and what the..
:D
Had to get that quote in there!
Shame they didn't use your photo in the end...
by merman
Wed Apr 20, 2016 10:27 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Release: Game Theory REMAKE
Replies: 9
Views: 4367

Re: Release: Game Theory REMAKE

Jeff kindly sent me a preview, been really enjoying it. Even better than the original Game Theory.
by merman
Sun Apr 10, 2016 9:30 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Retro Gamer article
Replies: 29
Views: 3891

Re: Retro Gamer article

Yes, the article includes

Michael Tomczyk
Albert Charpentier
Jeff Daniels
Jim Brain
Boray
Misfit
Revival Studios
Kweepa
Simon Ullyatt from Cronosoft

Oh, and some bloke called Mat Allen :wink:
by merman
Sat Apr 09, 2016 10:17 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Retro Gamer article
Replies: 29
Views: 3891

Re: Retro Gamer article

Thanks to everyone who took part. Just to let you know the VIC-20 article will be in issue 154 of Retro Gamer, published on the 21st of April. To buy a physical copy after that date, visit the shop at http://www.imagineshop.co.uk And the magazine page at https://www.imagineshop.co.uk/magazines/retro...
by merman
Mon Mar 28, 2016 12:57 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: VIC 20 book on Kickstarter
Replies: 130
Views: 31141

Re: VIC 20 book on Kickstarter

oldcomputr wrote:
merman wrote:Good luck with the book!
Thanks :-)
If you are interested I have contact with some ex-Commodore people including Michael Tomczyk and Albert Charpentier.
by merman
Sun Mar 27, 2016 10:04 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: VIC 20 book on Kickstarter
Replies: 130
Views: 31141

Re: VIC 20 book on Kickstarter

Good luck with the book!
by merman
Sun Mar 13, 2016 1:36 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Cool photo of William Shatner and Michael Tomczyk
Replies: 4
Views: 1971

Re: Cool photo of William Shatner and Michael Tomczyk

Cool, Michael said he was fishing out some photos for my article...

He's also working on a digital update of his book The Home Computer Wars.
by merman
Fri Mar 11, 2016 11:07 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Retro Gamer article
Replies: 29
Views: 3891

Retro Gamer article

So, Retro Gamer is commissioning an article to mark the 35th anniversary of the VIC.

I've been trying to contact various people, so if you'd like to be involved send me a message.

And if anyone has contact details for kweepa, that would be handy...
by merman
Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:50 am
Forum: Announcement Board
Topic: Introduce Yourself: What's your User Name based on?
Replies: 656
Views: 350899

Re: Introduce Yourself: What's your User Name based on?

Hi, I'm Merman

I've been using the handle since I started programming on the C64 in 1990.
I'm also a writer for Retro Gamer magazine - www.retrogamer.net

My earliest VIC experience was playing Hunchback on my cousin's VIC 20.
by merman
Mon Feb 29, 2016 5:20 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Gamebase20 version 3!
Replies: 125
Views: 40334

Re: Gamebase20 version 3!

Hi, the commodorecomputers.dk link is not working.
But I've managed to download it from the other link, thanks!
by merman
Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:53 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Gamebase20 version 3!
Replies: 125
Views: 40334

Re: Gamebase20 version 3!

Trying to download this collection - anyone got a working link?