Wednesday, 24 October 2012

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Joysticks; sometimes they come back!

Old-school gamers come in two flavours; those who swear that joypads are the one true control method, and those who insist joysticks are the way to go. The latter camp are right of course, a fact which is especially annoying since (almost) no-one manufactures simple, fit-for-purpose varieties these...

Saturday, 13 October 2012

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iSpeccy

Anyone who owned a Spectrum back in the '80s will likely still cringe at the echoes of its shrill, piercing load tones. Strangely enough though, at the age of 7 I don't ever remember pausing to reflect on the purpose of those awful fax machine impersonations. I just accepted that's what it does,...