Richard Hewison

@IanRabjohn @wearelutontown They did originally have it, then it vanished shortly afterwards never to be seen again!

@wearelutontown Sadly the highlights don’t show Danny doing his thing

Still to this day one of the finest Luton Town moments never caught fully on camera was that Hylton knee-slide and aftermath. Well that and the Graeme French goal v Mansfield in 1968.

@RetroBrothers There's a chapter on Elite in my recently published book Memories of Firebird, obviously concentrating on the Firebird conversions in particular.

This looks to be right on!

People are now receiving their pre-ordered copy of Memories of Firebird. Comments and reviews from them have been universally positive! 😁

@stephencsmith Thanks for letting me know. Hopefully a working version is up now!

@rainbirdrich Link is broken - you've got an extra '-' at the end.

Less than 8 weeks to go before Memories of Firebird is published! Don't forget that you can still pre-order at a discount price directly from the publishers web site at telos.co.uk/shop/other-non… It's going to be emotional!

No idea why a copied URL would add an extra character, but here is (hopefully) a working version! telos.co.uk/shop/other-non…

It will be here before you know it!

My latest article for Retro Gamer tells the story of 221B Software Developments, one of several games development teams in the late eighties and early nineties who caught the end of the 8-bit and 16-bit wave, before facing the arrival of the cartridge then CD-based consoles...

@Wizwords On the right (black base)

Which is better? #retrogaming #zxspectrum

@stephenw32768 Sorry to interrupt, but if you are the same person responsible for 47loader, I could do with a small technical nudge in the right direction!

Exciting news! My book 'Memories of Firebird' is now available for pre-ordering via the publisher's website. Due next Spring (2024), if you pre-order now, you can get your copy at a discounted rate for all you early birds (excuse the pun!). telos.co.uk/shop/other-non… :-)

Discover the story behind Images Software, formed by Karl Jeffery and responsible for some terrific games in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Read all about it in my latest article for the always excellent Retro Gamer issue 246, out now! #retrogamer

The last three issues of Retro Gamer magazine (#243, #244, #245) have featured my articles articles divulging details behind developer and publisher Enigma Variations, developer Twilight and how Hookstone made 'Sentinel Returns' in the late 1990s.

Issue #242 of Retro Gamer is now out, including my article on 'Level 9's HUGE Adventures', explaining what happen when the UK text adventure specialists changed direction in the early 1990s. #retrogamer

@FrontierAstro I recognise that image! ;-)

Testing of #FrontierElite2 was a somewhat cloak-and-dagger affair, with personalised discs sent to each tester. The sum of £1000 was promised to anyone whose tip-off regarding piracy resulted in a successful prosecution.

@HewsonJoystick Technician Ted?

🕹️RETRO TRIVIA🕹️ In which game's marketing did we originally coin the phrase "pixel perfect collision detection" back in the day? #retrogaming #flashbackfriday

My latest article for Retro Gamer (#236) is now out, telling the tale of BBC micro publisher Software Invasion from the early 1980s.

@JohnAndersen21 A few of us from the olden days have been trying to source CTW issues (specifically 1980s rather than '90s) for years. Annoyed I didn't hold onto them when we had issues lying around the office back in the day. I have one solitary issue, from October 1985... :-(

UK/EU Game Magazine Experts: Anyone know if a full set of CTW (Computer Trade Weekly) exists in an archive, library or collection somewhere? Only a couple exist online as far as I know. It ran weekly from Sept 1984 to 1998 with industry data and it'd make a good archive project.

@brian_damage @ChrisChapman81 Qgqqq

@ChrisChapman81 Septic tank or land fill site?

We're staying on a farm. On arrival, I saw these graves and thought "what a beautiful place to be buried." But, on closer inspection... I'm an idiot.