Bob The Bug

All UK orders have been despatched. All European and US orders will be shipped by Friday. PDFs are in the webshop - under PDF Downloads -

...and the PDF is also available for download... Enjoy! www.excel-retro-mag.co.uk

Issue #4 is (late, I know!) shipping tomorrow - and the digital download is not available - I haven't created it yet... It should be up by tomorrow night though...

Hi there I've been hellishly busy with "real" work over the last couple of weeks - the magazine (and the PDF) will be out by next weekend. thanks Robert

Hi Folks... The new issue of Excel magazine will be shipping on 6th April. Orders now being taken on the website: www.excel-retro-mag.co.uk thanks Robert

Thanks again, folks... but I will definitely be doing a further issue (and more) - just not on a regular schedule. I tried to get them out on time but it was becoming impossible, so no more subscriptions - what was I thinking... ? Look out for the next issue in the New Year - probably around March. It would be nice to review some of the new games - Laura, Gunfright, Hobgoblin 2, Rick Dangerous etc... looking forward to that! cheers Robert

Thanks Guys! I will get issue #4 out but it will be next year... cheers Robert

You can still order them on the website. I will try and get something out next year... one issue at a time!

Hi Folks Due to poor sales I have postponed Excel for the time being. Refunds have been sent out via PayPal... might make a comeback next year, as an irregular mag as and when... Thanks for the support! I can't devote the time to keep up new issues for so desperately few people. cheers Robert

Hi ! Yes, all are available - they are printed digitally - I just run off more as and when... ! thanks Robert

I have replaced the zip file with another. The first one I did with an online zip site as I was away from home at the time... hope this one works better...

Name This Game is now available to download on the website: http://www.excel-retro-mag.co.uk

The slot on the case is just tall enough that if you insert the card at a slight angle, it misses the internal slot - which is easy to do! I actually emailed Lotharek in a panic as I thought (as you did) there was no way to open the case and I was going to have to send it back... lol... I felt like a bit of a twit when he said you can remove the rubber feet!

I did this as well - if you take the rubber feet off you can access the screws...!

52 pages of blood, sweat and tears colourful noisy Atari fun... ...available now as a printed magazine or downloadable PDF. www.excel-retro-mag.co.uk

Wow - that is some selection of retro hardware and software ! Hope you enjoy #3.... cheers!!!

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...

Thank you Timothy - and Clifford, and everyone else who has ordered a PDF so far... much appreciated!

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!

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

Thanks to you all... Larry - the magazine is out every two months, issue #3 will be out on Oct 1 and #4 on December 1st... Fred_M - shipping costs have now been cut to the bone (£2 per issue) as I have distributors for the mag in several countries... Philsan - the best is yet to come - there will be brand new interviews with all the top homebrew coders over the next few issues... Mclaneinc - thanks for pimping the mag on here... again...! Stephen - you and all other US customers will have your mags posted out tomorrow. They have just arrived in the US today - they were shipped to "orpheuswaking" two weeks ago with a guaranteed five day delivery... lol...!

A little news about Excel magazine: I now have distributors for the magazine in several countries so a batch of each new issue will be mailed to each distributor which will cost me pretty much the same per issue as mailing it out to a UK address. The magazine will then be mailed out locally in each country, so the postage per issue for overseas orders is now only £2. A lot of people were put off buying the magazine due to the postage costs but hopefully this will attract more readers... From issue #3, which is out on October 1st, the magazine will have an increased page count too. Issue #3 is now available to pre-order... Robert excel-retro-mag.co.uk

Hello to all Atari 8-bitters If you find the postage costs of mailing out the printed magazine to your part of the world too expensive, I have been pondering on the idea of making the magazine available as a digital download, i.e. a PDF file available from the website @ £1 per issue. Good idea... or crazy talk...?

Oops...! Sorry, I always tend to equate XE to 130XE... as in 128k... and XL to 64k.... and Atari 800 to 48k... and Atari 400 to 16k... My bad!!!

Hi all To all those who have already ordered the magazine - Excel #2 is finally being shipped out tomorrow morning... Preview is on the website... www.excel-retro-mag.co.uk cheers! Robert PS Only four weeks till issue #3... !