Kevin Edwards ( Retro Videogame development )

I'm over on Bluesky now with lots of new retro-gaming and programming goodness. It's the Commodore Amiga's 40th Birthday today! If you want to catch-up on all of my posts since I moved there head over to:- bsky.app/profile/kevedw…

@mdf200 Thanks, Mike. Great to track down the advert. The poster give away must have been around the same time, but in another magazine. I agree, it would be lovely to have a repro poster. Someone mentioned a while ago that the orginal airbrush version hung on the wall in Tim's office!

Just say this in an old advert and it reminded me of it... This was such a cool advert, amazing graphic design, someone should recreate it for poster printing. 😎

@CommodoreBlog One of my favourite photos taken just before lockdown when we managed to get together again after a long time!

@CommodoreBlog Thank you! Music by by good friend Martin Galway!

Yeah, this is a #Commodore account, but sometimes, just sometimes, other formats take the centre seat. This is Galaforce on the #BBCMicro, and it's fantastic. Turn the sound on and crank it up, it's a banger and a really fantastic game.🔉🎶

@nyimski @CommodoreBlog Great to hear you like them both!

@CommodoreBlog Excellent game, love both Galaforce and Galaforce 2 and the music is brilliant :)

@nickpelling Cool. What other Atom titles did you create?

@KevEdwardsRetro Why yes I did. 😁

@nickpelling Someone recently posted this on an Acorn related FB group. Did you draw that Aardvark?

@Elsalvadormemes @Jermolene Do you have a source for that?

@Jermolene @Elsalvadormemes No worries. I'd love to know what actually happened! I shared my own hand-annotated BASIC 2 disassembly a while ago. I also managed to get a copy of your Compendium - a specially bound library edition. archive.org/details/kev-ed…

@damienguard Glad you're enjoying it! Network play isn't supported I'm afraid. Shame really as it would be so cool.

LEGO Star Wars : The Skywalker Saga ( Base game ) is currently FREE on the EPIC Games Store! Thoroughly recommended. I am biased as this was the last game I worked on before retiring. store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/lego-s…

@LEGOGameMuseum @PaulieHughes I think that watermark version got leaked some how rather than being 'found' in the game data. I'm more than happy to be proved wrong!

@PaulieHughes @KevEdwardsRetro This is what I was told, but it could be wrong, I don't go in for the whole datamining / leak thing, so this is the first I've seen of these, but apparently some other people in the community have had them in their possession for years.

I think the reason why LEGO James Bond, the video game, never happened is because LEGO didn’t go ahead with sets for the franchise - excluding the Aston Martin. That may well have been because they thought it was more adult themed. That video is a mock up by the cutscene team.

@PaulieHughes @LEGOGameMuseum Interesting watermark on that newer version. Hard to believe that it was included in a released game.

@LEGOGameMuseum @KevEdwardsRetro Yeah, that's the puppy... Alas NDAs (still!) prevent people talking about what it was / could've been. I always thought it would've been a total banger if it had happened with so much history behind it... Oh well...

@PaulieHughes It's the first time I've seen this! I can only guess someone had it in their portfolio and it somehow escaped! Yeah, in terms of rendering it's quite old, probably 9+ years old.

@KevEdwardsRetro Blimey. I wonder how that got out. Wonder if it’s one of those “whoopsie the deadpool pilot got leaked”.

@DizzyDevil79 I believe we could have done a great game!

@KevEdwardsRetro Don't think a Lego James Bond would have worked..

@RedFive1243 Yes, AFOLs have been catered for very well with some large, expensive sets, based on existing franchises - STAR WARS, HARRY POTTER etc. James Bond is a more adult themed franchise. Normally, LEGO aim their core sets at the 5 to 12 age group.

@KevEdwardsRetro And yet they now do sets meant just for adults

Had another great catch-up today with some old Software Creations friends. I've not seen Tony Williams for over 20 years so it was great to see him again after all this time. Group photo from left to right:- Tim Follin, Mike Follin, Dean B, Tony Williams and myself.

@SharpworksMZ @computermuseum Muscle memory!

@KevEdwardsRetro @computermuseum We did have one when I was a kid and I did play this exact one too when I was there a year ago. I got the high score :)

Hands up if you had/have one of these. Sadly, I never had one, but so, so, so wanted it! On display for you to play @computermuseum

@np_smith @computermuseum I remember that one too. Nice!

@KevEdwardsRetro @computermuseum Always wanted one too. Have this though and it still works.