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Emulation

The Commercialisation of Retro Gaming

September 20, 2016September 20, 2016 by castaway
A selection of PSX games.

Retro gaming using emulators is quick and easy but in most cases it also breaks copyright law. We tell you how you can keep it legal by keeping it real. 
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Music-X, Making Music in the 1980s

September 11, 2016September 11, 2016 by castaway
A screenshot from Music-X on the Amiga.

Making computer music in the 1980s could be an expensive affair but in 1989 Music-X arrived to answer the prayers of bedroom musicians everywhere.  
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Building a Raspberry Pi Retro Gaming Machine – Part 3 Adding Games

August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 by castaway
A Raspberry Pi and Gamepad

We’ve been enjoying our Raspberry Pi retro games machine and now we’re ready to load up all our old favourite games, we just need the ROMs, where can we get them?…Woah there, not so fast, there’s a problem. 
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Take to the High Seas with your ZX81

August 10, 2016August 12, 2016 by castaway
Some Sinclair ZX81 code.

It’s the summer holidays, your mate’s gone to Skegness for the week, it looks like rain, there’s only one thing for it, let’s fire up the ZX81 and type in a game. 
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Building a Raspberry Pi Retro Gaming Machine – Part 2 Installing RetroPie

August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 by castaway
Box for the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B.

Following on from part 1 we get our retro games console up and running. We had some problems with the RetroPie sound at first, but it all worked out in the end. 
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The C64 – The Commodore 64 is Coming Back to Resume Hostilities with the Speccy

August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 by castaway
The C64 a new Commodore 64 clone.

Pinch me, I’m must be dreaming, the world’s gone into retro gaming hardware overdrive. Here’s a new Commodore 64 clone to add to the list of consoles that’ll soon be hanging out of the back of your telly. 
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A New ZX Spectrum is Coming Your Way

July 29, 2016August 2, 2016 by castaway
The new ZX Spectrum Next.

Dust off your cassettes, commandeer the family TV and call up your mates. The Sinclair ZX Spectrum is back, beefed up and looking good. Whatever Next? 
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Building a Raspberry Pi Retro Gaming Machine – Part 1 Getting Started

July 27, 2016August 2, 2016 by castaway
A close up of the Raspberry Pi circuit board.

We’re going to build a cheap(ish) mini retro gaming console using a Raspberry Pi, part 1 finds us looking into the bits we need to achieve our retro gaming dream. 
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