Bob The Bug Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Issues #1 and #2 are now available as PDF downloads from the website. Also, subscriptions are available for 3 or 6 issues. www.excel-retro-mag.co.uk I am still looking for someone to handle orders in Poland - please PM me if you're interested... I pay the postage at your end (via PayPal) and you get a free subscription...! thanks! Robert 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I implore as many people as possible get behind this new venture. Bob has put a lot of time into this and it shows in his productions. I've got a copy of issues 1 and 2 here at home and they're very good with a lot of content. I remember loving his game 'Amnesia' from back in the day: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haightc Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Nice, just purchased the PDF versions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 I remember loving his game 'Amnesia' from back in the day: For my database, when this game was released? Fandal and Atarimania don't have this important information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Bug Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 Oh... this brings back memories! I remember learning to do character strings for the first time which I used to store the level data. And simple character set flipping in a VBI for the animation. The music was interrupt-driven also and was from a typed-in Page 6 magazine listing. I was quite chuffed with it - I thought it wasn't bad at all for a game written in Basic. - Phil, the game was written in early 1991 and appeared on the first issue of Excel Disk Magazine (March/April 1991) which can be downloaded from my website. Wow, seems like a lifetime ago! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 (edited) As I've said before, the mag is proffesionally done and written by a person who loves the 8 bit rather than people who just do covers of multiple formats so info is not a bit sketchy, its real and factual. What also does it for me is that it gives you a really nice mix of new and old so old farts like me can do the old 'oh I remember this' feeling while also seeing super fresh new stuff. I prefer the real thing with mags but pdf's are more than good enough... Genuinely a worthwhile read for any 8bitter... Edited September 24, 2016 by Mclaneinc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanti77 Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 (edited) Edit... Edited September 24, 2016 by shanti77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 There should be a law against editing posts to nothing, nosey gits like me would love to know what was there before 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 (edited) [Edited to nothing...] Edited September 24, 2016 by MrFish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Kline Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 There should be a law against editing posts to nothing, nosey gits like me would love to know what was there before Nobody can be told... The rules... --Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Kline Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Thank you for offering a very reasonably-priced PDF format of your publication! I've purchased the first two issues and look forward to checking them out this weekend. --Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Bug Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 Thank you Timothy - and Clifford, and everyone else who has ordered a PDF so far... much appreciated! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Robert, I love your reviews! They are very detailed and when you've read them you want to play revisited games immediately. I wonder how you can manage this amount of "work" in such a short time. Please be careful that you don't get tired of making magazines soon... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Robert, I love your reviews! They are very detailed and when you've read them you want to play revisited games immediately. Exactly what I wrote in another Excel-related thread. I like very much in-depth reviews with maps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 (edited) Yes, its nice to have a person so in to the Atari doing the reviews, when I wrote for Atari User the one thing I hope I brought to the review was that I really WAS an Atari User and I knew the games and history plus enjoyed actually playing them and not come accross as a would be jounalist just pushing out a requested number of words. That is what you get from Roberts reviews, personal reviews with a proper Atari Gamer content when its so easy to be dull and generic by nature when reviewing... So well done that man....I think the people are happy Edited September 25, 2016 by Mclaneinc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Bug Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 Thanks again, people... I am working feverishly on issue #3, and I think it is possibly as good as the first two put together... I won't be getting tired of making magazines any time soon...I can't wait to get #3 out.. and luckily, I don't need much sleep... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Got my mag (Issue #2) a few days back. I love the content, and I really like the layout. I have several issues with my eyes (pretty bad colour blindness, severe floaters). The mostly black pages really make the colours pop for me, and also make it so I can comfortably read without my floaters visible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Glad it showed up Stephen, those issues took awhile to arrive stateside 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haightc Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 I just ordered a three issue subscription, it would be nice is paper subscriptions also included an electronic version too. Another option I might like is a PDF only subscription as the first issues in PDF only were fine by me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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