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  3. Posted

    3 hours ago, Lost Dragon said:

    Empire Strikes Back:It's the second film and thus game, in the original trilogy, not the third as you've stated.

    Accidentally or intentionally here, Kieran is correct. Empire Strikes Back WAS the third Star Wars game to be released. The conversion kit to turn a Star Wars machine into ESB (it was never released as a standalone cabinet) came out in 1984 after the Return of the Jedi arcade (1983).

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    39 minutes ago, danwinslow said:

    So...which poster is this Kieren fellow in this thread? Is it Retro Liar, is it Lost Dragon...? I dunno. He does sound like a bit of a tool, though. I knew the ST/jag scene was tough from hearing things here on AA, but had no idea it was such a hotbed of anger, treachery, and lies.

    He used to be a member here (The Laird) but was perma banned many years for crimes against everything here pretty much. In fact banned, unbanned at some point, and then rebanned. As noted above, he can still read this thread though.

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  6. Posted · Edited by Mayhem

    The one and only part of that I will comment and note is that RG are very careful about images now, after a couple of misappropriated submissions landed them in trouble in the past. So part of the remit about any article now is that all images must be either taken by the author, or supplied with permission (noted in the article as to source). So George having a fake image would fall into that bracket, if the image was not granted to be used.

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    6 hours ago, Landstalker said:

    He certainly likes repeating words in the same sentence. This only outlines my previous statement regarding his limited grasp on the English language.

    If it’s anything, and it’s only a small note in proceedings, Kieran isn’t the only one I’ve found guilty of repeating the same word in a sentence while proofing. So he’s not alone there. And it is one of those things I try to edit out or rephrase.

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    9 hours ago, ∞ Vince ∞ said:

    Apparently he has something to do with various Bitmap Books... so...

    Just want to step in here mate, as someone who has either written pieces for, proofed, or owned all of Sam’s books to date, the only Bitmap book Kieran has been involved with is the upcoming Atari book. None of the others, not even the Speccy book he reviewed there. Wanted to only fact correct.

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  10. Posted

    6 hours ago, ∞ Vince ∞ said:

    as well as Bomb Runner (1987)

     

    Mighty Bombjack (1990)

     

    and Bomb Fusion (1989) though different has a touch of the Bomb Jacks about it as well...

    And that excludes Bomb Jack II.

     

    In the world of games to call anything 'unique' is a clown statement.

    And Super Seymour Saves the Planet from Codemasters, which springs to mind not mentioned yet. 

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  13. Posted

    2 hours ago, Lost Dragon said:

    Apparently Sanxion  is as an  essential and stand out shooter for your collection as Armalyte on the C64, both given 9/10, thus rendering the scoring system meaningless.

    Kieren states that it's easy to see why Thalamus went bust after the C64 died, they never really adapted.

    First part, yeah, Sanxion was a decent launch for Thalamus (and I prefer it to the memory test that is Delta) but no comparison to Armalyte.

     

    As for Thalamus as a whole, they were adapting but as far as I've been told about their finances, the Amiga games were not selling any where near enough to keep the company afloat in the market with the C64 dying off.

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    Welcome Kim! Hah, remember that post from Craig actually, just saw it as defending Dave who wanted his own style on the show without condoning it in the process.

     

    Yeah we are nearly at 1000 posts now... anyone expect a celebratory tweet from a sock puppet when we hit page 41?

     

    Now I don't consider my own writing Pulitzer winning stuff (although people evidently seem to like it as part of various publications) but if I spend almost as much time proofing then I can obviously string two sentences together. Looking at some of the stuff that hasn't been mushed together into a resemblable whole by the likes of Chris W or Retro Gamer that came from Kieran... dear me. Dear deary me. The guy I used to work with who came from Hungary and had several years English learning as a child/teenager (prior to the Iron Curtain descending) wrote better English.

     

    I won't publicly quote my usual price per word rate but £1000 owed on the Thalamus book is taking the piss. I also wrote some stuff for the same Thalamus book iirc and did I get pissed it was put on hold? No. Then again I wasn't told what I'd written was shit either...

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  19. Posted

    29 minutes ago, markopoloman said:

    Oh, and Hi! I'm markopoloman - maybe know to some on here. Used to be the one and only moderator on RetroGamer forums (until I got banned :D) so have plenty of history with old fuckface Liard!

    Howdy, yes know you from RG, and yes, same username for myself over there heh. Haven't written for RG in years myself, been too busy with other projects, doing bits for Chris' books and having a family...!

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  20. Posted

    9 hours ago, Stephen said: 
    Order Number: 2009904
Date Ordered: Thursday 23 September, 2010 5:51 PM

    Anxiously awaiting :)  Anyone earlier than this?

    Yes, mine is from the 20th September 2010...

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