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The Retro Ranch Blog: The History of Ocean Software Kickstarter
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Thursday, 15 November 2012. The History of Ocean Software Kickstarter. Hot on the heels of the recently created Amiga Works Kickstarter campaign. By musician Allister Brimble, comes another exciting retro project. This new campaign hopes to raise enough funds to enable the creation of a 300-page, full colour, hardback book, covering the history of Ocean Sofrware, from 1983 to 1998. Here's Ocean Kickstarter mastermind, Chris Wilkins, with some more information;. More information, including a 2 minute vide...
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The Retro Ranch Blog: Could Mire Mare Finally See The Light of Day?
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Friday, 10 August 2012. Could Mire Mare Finally See The Light of Day? Regular readers of Retro Gamer magazine will surely be aware that issue 105 (Daley Thompson cover) featured an in-depth investigation into Ultimate's long lost title, "Mire Mare". These wonderful graphics were drawn by World of Spectrum forum member BiNMan, who was asked by Martin Carroll to simply draw a sprite. Thankfully for us he got a little carried away. Here's what BiNMan had to say;. For the in-game mock-up, BiNMan explained th...
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The Retro Ranch Blog: NES Tengen Tetris Prototype Up on Ebay - $45k!
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Tuesday, 2 October 2012. NES Tengen Tetris Prototype Up on Ebay - $45k! I was alerted to this auction courtesy of Julian Rignall's (@JazRignall) Twitter feed, when earlier this morning his tweeted;. 45k NES Tengen Tetris prototype cart is very cool and VERY rare. But where's the authentication? Naturally, I had to take a look, and off to Ebay I went. Here's part of the seller's item description;. Why is this cart so important to video game history? The game is housed in a modified Duck Hunt Cartridge.
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The Retro Ranch Blog: November 2012
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Thursday, 15 November 2012. The History of Ocean Software Kickstarter. Hot on the heels of the recently created Amiga Works Kickstarter campaign. By musician Allister Brimble, comes another exciting retro project. This new campaign hopes to raise enough funds to enable the creation of a 300-page, full colour, hardback book, covering the history of Ocean Sofrware, from 1983 to 1998. Here's Ocean Kickstarter mastermind, Chris Wilkins, with some more information;. More information, including a 2 minute vide...
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The Retro Ranch Blog: October 2012
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Sunday, 21 October 2012. Amiga 1200 - 20 Years Old Today! Released on the 21st October 2002, the Amiga 1200 was Commodore's final budget machine before it filed for bankruptcy in early 1994. Priced at £399, the initial UK pack, entitled "Desktop Dynamite", saw the machine bundled with platformers Oscar and Dennis, art package Deluxe Paint IV AGA, wordprocessor Wordsworth, and operating system Workbench 3.0. The machine was originally intended to be released with the AAA chipset. Such is the popularity of...
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The Retro Ranch Blog: August 2012
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Friday, 24 August 2012. Microsoft Updates its Logo for the First Time in 25 Years. Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled its new logo - the first time the company has changed it in 25 years. The first I knew about this was when the announcement was tweeted by the excellent (you really should subscribe to it if you're not) @computerhistory. Twitter feed, which directed you towards a nice little article. On the Business Insider web site. Point your browser here. For a look back through the years, Microsoft style.
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The Retro Ranch Blog: Amiga 1200 - 20 Years Old Today!
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Sunday, 21 October 2012. Amiga 1200 - 20 Years Old Today! Released on the 21st October 2002, the Amiga 1200 was Commodore's final budget machine before it filed for bankruptcy in early 1994. Priced at £399, the initial UK pack, entitled "Desktop Dynamite", saw the machine bundled with platformers Oscar and Dennis, art package Deluxe Paint IV AGA, wordprocessor Wordsworth, and operating system Workbench 3.0. The machine was originally intended to be released with the AAA chipset. Such is the popularity of...
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The Retro Ranch Blog: Retro Fusion Issue 3 - Out Now!
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Saturday, 3 November 2012. Retro Fusion Issue 3 - Out Now! Issue two of Chris Wilkins' retro magazine "Retro Fusion", hit the shelves of Gamestation stores up and down the country and landed on door mats way back in July 2006, selling over 1000 copies. Support from the retro community came in thick and fast, and after some nail biting from Chris the project eventually reached the required total. The thing that hits you right away is the level of production that's been lavished on this latest issue. G...
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The Retro Ranch Blog: Unused Nintendo NES System For Sale
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Tuesday, 18 September 2012. Unused Nintendo NES System For Sale. With that in mind it always amazes me that mint (or near mint) condition items continue to pop up on auction site Ebay. So when ex ZZAP! 64 / C VG editor Julian Rignall. Tweeted "Get your minty fresh unopened NES right here. Relive the joys of the bext Xmas present from 1988". Along with a link to an Ebay auction. I just 'had' to take a look. Here's the auction description:. Q: Any idea if it works properly? A: I have no idea if it works pr...
