Following the success of last year’s Crash Annual publisher Fusion Retro Books have started a Kickstarter campaign for an annual celebrating the ZZap! 64 magazine. If you were a Commodore 64 owner then ZZap! 64 was the magazine to go for, not just for reviews and previews but also for the humour and the excellent […]
The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey (The Extended Edition) now available at Funstock Retro
Back in October of 2016 we reviewed The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey (The Extended Edition), awarding it a mighty 10/10, saying that it was, “…truly a beautiful book to own.”. Now this excellent book from – Fusion Retro Books – which reproduces perfectly numerous covers from Oliver Frey’s Crash and ZZap!64 history, as well as […]
Book Review – Let’s Go Dizzy! The Story of the Oliver Twins
Villordsutch reviews Let’s Go Dizzy! The Story of the Oliver Twins… Ignorance is a funny old thing. It can make you believe the most outlandish things just about anything or anyone. In the case of this review, ignorance had been leading to me believe – quite happily – that the Oliver Twins (Philip and Andrew) were […]
Let’s Go Dizzy – An evening with the Oliver Twins at the NVA to be live streamed this evening
Last week we brought you the news on Let’s Go Dizzy – An evening with the Oliver Twins at the National Video Arcade in Nottingham, in which Chris Wilkin’s latest book – published by Fusion Retro Books – that tells the gaming history of the Oliver Twins, is going to receive its official launch. The event […]
Book Review – The Little Book of Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games
Villordsutch reviews The Little Book of Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games by Chris Wilkins… I’m a big fan of nearly everything to do with Sinclair Computers. It’s something I’m fairly open with and if you wander into my dining room you’ll see safely secured to my wall – in a nice little corner – a timeline of Sir […]
The Oliver Twins to make a special announcement at “Let’s Go Dizzy”
Something special is coming! Numerous hints have been dropped over the past couple of months from the Oliver Twins – at Radiant Worlds – and here at Flickering Myth we mentioned, back in September [see here], a rather cryptic message which was posted upon the Dizzy Facebook page. Not only this when Flickering Myth recently […]
Book Review – The Story of U.S. Gold
Villordsutch reviews The Story of U.S. Gold… Any child of the 1980’s – perhaps early 90’s too – will have the medallion of U.S. Gold burnt into their brain. You’ll possibly blink and it’s scarred onto your retina for it was emblazoned on virtually – what seemed like – every advert, game, free poster, bouncing novelty whatever. […]