Daniel Borge

As FREEZE64.com issue 83 continues to land across the globe, work progresses with issue 84, which features part 2 of our Mike Chilton interview were he chats to us about the development of Predator on the #Commodore64 #C64 Plus — we have a play of Impossible Mission 3.

Thank you for your decades of service to the British comics industry @BarrieEditor1 – you will be very much missed: downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-au…

BUY NOW: FREEZE64 issue 81 Features a whole host of new & exclusive #Commodore64 #C64 content, along with an interesting interview with game developer David Broadhurst. Grab your copy from: freeze64.com/freeze64-issue… #SupportingTheCommodore64Community #Commodore64Ultimate

@FloppyDeepDive @gamesyouloved Cant say this was ever underrated. Absolute genius @HewsonJoystick

Paradroid is one of the BEST games ever on the C64. It is also the most underrated because most people have never heard of it or played it before, which is shocking to me. Did you play Paradroid, and did you ever get the 999 robot? @gamesyouloved #c64reposts #c64 #retrogaming

@PatMillsComics I'm yet to come across three frames as powerful, gut renching and impactful as these ones.

Yep. And the Hero's buddy in Terror Beyond the Bamboo Curtain in Battle. At the end of one episode, he's sinking into a swamp. Will he be rescued in time...? No. He dies. Surprise is everything.

Good morning, happy April Fools Day, this is the great Marty Feldman with A Long Run Up from Marty Amok (1970)

Weird trivia: KitKats are named after a mutton pie, invented by a man called Chris, not far from Fleet Street. Rowntree trademarked the names 'Kit Cat' and 'Kit Kat' in 1911, a couple of years after competitor Maynards release Wine Gums, which competed with Rowntree's own 'Fruit Gums'. (side trivia: when Wine Gums were first released they were marketed literally as an alternative to wine. Both Maynards and Rowntree weren't keen on people drinking, and Rowntree themselves had a line of hot chocolate called 'Elect' that was marketed as an alternative to beer). Anyway... until that point, Rowntree had relied largely on just having category name products (hence 'fruit gums', 'fruit pastilles' being such generic names), but started picking up trademarks. They registered 'Kit Kat' and 'Kit Cat' in 1911, and first used the name 'KitKat' about 10 years later, initially as a short-lived chocolate selection box. They were still not really focused on brands but, a few years later, they hired J Walter Thompson to conduct market research on consumer needs, which resulted in pushing much more into them: Black Magic, Aero, Smarties, Polo were all developed in the years to come. And... in the middle of that, in 1935, they wanted to launch what they referred to as a "chocolate bar that a man could take to work in his pack up" (a suggestion from a staff feedback initiative). They developed this product and referred to it initially as the 'Chocolate Crisp'. Having moved from generic categories on other products to brand names, they sought something better: At the time, Rowntree had a 'Company Psychologist' called Nigel Balchin, who was responsible for the 'Black Magic' brand. It seems that he noticed they had these old trademarks on the books for 'Kit Cat' and 'Kit Kat', and swapped the clumsy 'Chocolate Crisp' for 'Kit Kat'. The rest is history, and they now sell 5 billion of them a year: chocolate bars that a man (or woman) can take to work in their pack up. Returning to the pies: The original Kit Kat Club (not to be confused with the Berlin nightclub, or Cabaret destination), from where the inspiration for first trademarking the KitKat name came, was an 18 century literary and political club, with members including the UK's first de facto prime minister Robert Walpole. In later years the Kit Kat Club met on The Strand, at what is now the newly reopened Simpsons in the Strand. But originally they met in a tavern on Shire Lane (now part of the Royal Courts of Justice). That original tavern was run by a piemaker called Christopher Catling (referred to in a note at the time as 'a Pudding Pye man'). Some readers will know that 'Kit' is a nickname for people called Christopher (eg. Kit Harington is actually called Christopher), and therefore Chris Catling - the pie man - was colloquially known as Kit Cat, and his mutton pies were sold as Kit Cats. As a result of the literary club meeting at his shop, they called themselves 'the Kit Kat Club', and 'Kit Kat' became a way more famous name than a local pie shop may ordinarily achieve. Therefore, through a series of odd disjointed steps, and a prime minister, and company psychologist, and temperance promoters, KitKats are named after mutton pies, created by a 'pudding pye man' called Chris.

@StuIcon64 A very pleasant corner of the world

#c64 coding location on our mini easter break, Wells, off to Wookey hole later

@FREEZE64UK Well done Vinny!

My first full year running FREEZE64.com full‑time — and I’ve just about kept the household bills paid! Delighted to say your favourite #Commodore64 #C64 printed ’zine will live on for another year. ThankYou for all your support 😊🙏 It means a lot ❤️ Vinny M. x

@FREEZE64UK And you are no slacker, Mainolfi The @Freeze64UK crew can attest to that

What’s scary is that I am now exactly the same age as what Mr. Strickland was back in 1985 🤔🤣 #BTTF #BackToTheFuture

Sir @ian_livingstone hope that you're well. You signed my Yeti picture and White Dwarf 1 at your Malaga Comic Con talk! Please follow me so that I can update you directly regarding my proposal.

@j_ljunggren This is a guaranteed #Commodore64 purchase. It may be difficult to remain patient for this one

A small update on the ongoing The Secret of Monkey Island project on the Commodore 64 in collaboration with with Andreas Larsson I made a section on my website for this game showing some more graphics and screen recordings from actual game play. Enjoy. pixeldust.se/monkey-island-…

@britcomics @PatMillsComics

It's the most important war comic of all time: we're only one month away from our release of the Charley's War APEX Edition, collecting Joe Colquhoun's stunning artwork as never seen before! bit.ly/4iP3sdU

@MarkRJones1970 @VideoGameHstry

Without saying anything, how long have you been playing video games?

@bastichb64k Ocean's presentation was always superb. Wakelin's cover art was exemplary, loading graphics and music were also often top drawer. They knew how to build anticipation for the meat of the product.

You have to just love those old 'Ocean Loader' tunes on the #c64 🎶🎶🎶🎶 super nostalgic.

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Generally very good show, No More Tears is still a masterpiece, great rendition 👏

@SJASheridan @PatMillsComics @BarrieEditor1 I hear that the 13th floor in that building offers some spectacular views...

King's Reach Tower today. Once the London home of IPC comics... #2000AD, #Buster #WhizzerAndChips #Whoopee #Action #RoyOfTheRovers. Now a luxury apartment block. @PatMillsComics @BarrieEditor1

@PatMillsComics Hang on... "Forthcoming Metalzoic"?! This sounds very interesting!

It would be nice to see a Brit version - like the forthcoming Metalzoic

@FREEZE64UK Peak #Commodore64 Or so I thought at the time! The Rowland Bros are legitimate #C64 legends.

The amazing CREATURES developed by my good friend John Rowlands and his brother Steve. Those guys really knew how to produce the coolest games for the #Commodore64 #C64 You can read about some of their exploits in FREEZE64.com magazine 😊