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Retro Dinosaurs
Posted By: icabod, Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 01:15 PM
Taking a break from my lunchtime reading of Retro Gamer, I decided to check out a couple of the links mentioned with the CGExpo article. I realise this is a ZX site, but my theory is that if you're into the ZX then you'll be interested in Retro computers in general, so here are a couple sites that may tickle your wotsit: Binary Dinosaurs and UK Retro. Read on for a bit more information...
Binary Dinosaurs is a museum site run by Adrian Graham and details his rather expansive collection of old computers and consoles from yesteryear (well, 1972 and on). There's over 400 items in the collection, covering 72 manufacturers products (Sinclair Research comes third with 37 machines, to Pong's 44 and CBM's 45). There's a good amount of information on the machines and the companies responsible, with the Sinclair section even mentioning Steve Vickers who wrote the original ROMs. And for the would-be collector, there's a very handy rant about rarity.
Next up is UK Retro, a shop selling "New" (read that as old, but not second-hand) software, and a few machines. I had a quick skim through, and there's just over 340 ZX titles in there, most of them close to their original prices, and ooh, renegade 2 for a measly 4 quid. I also noticed in the Specials section that they're selling a boxed ZX complete with it's game "collection", for just 20 quid. Hmm. If I wasn't in the middle of getting myself heavily into debt, I'd consider buying it myself.
Both of these will be exhibiting at the CG Expo in Croydon next month.
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