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FUSION #55 – on sale now!

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Blasting their way into the latest issue of FUSION Magazine is a large smattering of reviews, including Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, New Star GP, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Indie Heroes 3 on the Evercade, and Mario vs. Donkey Kong. George Sturgeon listens to Beginning, a Musical Marvel from Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, Graeme Mason goes on a celebratory rampage with Duke Nukem 3D, and Alan Hammerton takes us on
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8-bit Commodore 64 Reviews

Paradroid – Creating a Masterpiece review

Retro Faith0
We recently reported on the new Pardroid - Creating a Masterpiece documentary from Gracious Films and have now had the chance to watch it for this mini-review. The film tells the story, or more accurately the making of Paradroid, a classic Commodore 64 title that many gamers worldwide love. Andrew Braybrook and Steve Turner feature in the documentary and take us on a journey from inception to the impact of
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CRASH Presents NEXT Magazine #1 – on sale now!

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In the very first issue of CRASH Presents NEXT Magazine, the team reviews Head Over Heels, Bean Brothers, Celeste, Battle Tanks, and Crater Crawler. There are also previews of Xeno Brigade 2, Tank War Next, International Ikari Plus, and Captain Square Jaw, plus Youtuber TJ Ferreira begins his regular column, this time talking about his very first computers. Also in this month's issue, is a feature on the evolution of
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Zzap! 64 #19 – on sale now!

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This issue features reviews of Yeti Mountain, Laserscape, Timeslip, Fragile Game Bert, Good Kniight, Roguebot, Harharagon, Binary Battle, and the Ruin of 0ceanus Pr1me. There’s also a review of a previously buried game - Aussie Games, and a ZZAP! Back review of It's Magic 2. Elsewhere this month, Graeme Mason digs The Way of the Exploding Fist out of the ZZAP archives, there’s another developer diary of A Pig’s Quest,
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8-bit News ZX Spectrum

Dr. Acula: A Sequel to a 40-year-Old Game Has Risen from the Grave

Paul Twist0
There aren’t many 40-year old games that are still receiving sequels on their original format of release, but now, the Speccy game Frank N. Stein has become one of that very rare breed.Colin Stewart’s platform game Frank N. Stein was released for the ZX Spectrum way back in 1984, and now, 40 years later, his sequel to the game, titled Dr. Acula, is available for the ZX Spectrum The game
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8-bit Commodore 64 News ZX Spectrum

CRASH and ZZAP! 64 merging into a new 8-bit Magazine

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Fusion Retro Books has announced that the popular 8-bit magazines CRASH and ZZAP! 64 are to be merged into a single 8-bit magazine. The replacement magazine, CRAPP, will consist of 116 pages, with half devoted to all things ZX Spectrum, and the other half devoted to the breadbin. All current features will continue as usual, but rumours are that the Olibugs and Rockford are having a bit of a scrap
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EXCLUSIVE: New retro Star Wars game – JarJar64

Sparky0
New indie developer DirtyDeeds has announced a brand-new Commodore64 title starring everyone's favourite Star Wars character - Jar Jar Binks. DannyD, the main coder of the game, has recently taken a career break from corporate coding and wanted to do something more akin to bedroom coding - something he wished he had done more of as a kid on his trusty C64. JarJar64 is a flip-screen action platformer, where you
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8-bit News ZX Spectrum

New ZX Spectrum NEXT Magazine from CRASH

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Fusion Retro Books has launched a brand-new magazine dedicated to the ZX Spectrum NEXT entitled CRASH Presents Next Magazine. The physical magazine will be available every two months and retails for £4.99 plus postage. Digital PDFs will also be available for £2.00, and will also be included for print subscribers. The first issue contains an exclusive review of Head Over Heels and will consist of 60 pages in the popular
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8-bit News ZX Spectrum

Sheepish New ZX Spectrum Game Stands Out from the Herd

Paul Twist2
ZX Spectrum coder Gabriele Amore certainly isn’t sheepish about releasing new games for the ZX Spectrum, and his latest release for the 128K Speccy, Sheepish, has just been let through the gates!The game has the enticing tagline of “so much violence in the world of herding!" Amore warns that the game does contain a few bugs, but states that it is playable nonetheless, which seems reasonable enough for a free
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