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A British history of popular video games, told one sales chart #1 at a time
By the time Psion published Horace and the Spiders, they were a well-established success story. Sinclair had struck a deal with Psion to get first option on co-publishing…
In 1984, Home Computing Weekly and games chart compilers ASP would split their charts into two categories: ‘arcade’ and ‘non-arcade’. Not all of the games in the arcade…
When I was five years old, teachers would seek me out to resolve issues with the school’s BBC Micro. I didn’t have a BBC Micro at home, but…
Monday February 8th My mother has found a job. She collects money from Space Invader machines. She started today in response to an urgent phone call from the…
Far over the misty mountains coldTo dungeons deep and caverns oldWe must away ere break of dayTo seek the pale enchanted gold Sinclair Research released the ZX Spectrum…
1983 was a big year in video game history. In Japan, Nintendo released the Famicom console, later known elsewhere as the NES. Nintendo would go on to sell…
Travellers’ Tales/Warner Bros., 360/PS3/Wii, #1 from 23/06/12
On Tom Clancy games’ consistent legacy of success and unreality…
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