Author: Chris Wilkins

I have been around in retro circles for some time – first dabbling in retro events, then retro magazines, and then retro books. I have now settled into producing yearly publications of yesteryear Newsfield magazines that are aptly called Annuals. I got his first 8-bit computer back in 1982 after nagging my parents for an arcade experience in the bedroom and ultimately had to wait a good few years before that actually happened. These days I play on the current gen systems but finds myself collecting all the systems I wished I had as a kid. There is always the next purchase – there is still so much to collect. (I have a very understanding wife!)
ZX Spectrum

BOBBY BEARING – REVIEW

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Perhaps more than any other, the 8-bit era was notorious for silly plots being tacked onto a clever game. It could be a huge disservice to suggest Bobby Bearing is a prime culprit, but the evidence is rather compelling. Bobby is … some kind of robotic sphere thing. He lives in the isometric land of Technofear with his fellow robotic sphere things. Alas, an impish cousin has led his brothers
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