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SU HighlightsI've been slowly flicking through every page of every issue of SU for about a year or so now (no sympathy required, it's mainly for nostalgia reasons…
... . I also remember that Mel Croucher's [I]Rebel Of World ... -
SU HighlightsI've been slowly flicking through every page of every issue of SU for about a year or so now (no sympathy required, it's mainly for nostalgia reasons…
... (ie not much!), with Mel Croucher's narrative work, like self ... time I read something by Croucher at the time - I was ... -
Seen any ebay madness?? post it here !!!What with some high prices fetched on speccy games over the past few days , thought it might be an idea to keep a WOS record of some of the higher fi…
I just realised it's an Automata title! anyway, won for WOS :) -
Deus Ex MachinaAm I the only person who loved Deus Ex Machina on the speccy? Just wondering. I've even got the soundtrack that i downloaded as mp3 and put onto aud…
... a kid I thought Mel Croucher had written the "All the ... -
The Spectrum Show Episode 10This is the last episode in the series, but don't worry, I will return after a short break. In this episode we go back to December 1983 and take a l…
... /> The episode is also an Automata Special covering the company and ... -
The Spectrum Show Episode 10This is the last episode in the series, but don't worry, I will return after a short break. In this episode we go back to December 1983 and take a l…
... , I learned a lot about Automata. Interesting. -
The Spectrum Show Episode 10This is the last episode in the series, but don't worry, I will return after a short break. In this episode we go back to December 1983 and take a l…
... never knew how to pronounce Automata. I used to think it ... -
The Spectrum Show Episode 10This is the last episode in the series, but don't worry, I will return after a short break. In this episode we go back to December 1983 and take a l…
... never knew how to pronounce Automata. I used to think it ... (they being the peeps at Automata) pronounce it "Or-Toe-Mart ... -
Games that couldn't be made now.A little explanation here... I not talking about genres such as text adventures which aren't made because they've fallen out of favour and aren't co…
'My Name is Uncle Groucho ... You Win a Fat Cigar' aka 'Groucho'. I can only assume that Groucho Marx's estate had no idea Automata were using his image. -
Film on the UK software industry - Kickstarter to complete it..Thought you guys might be interested in this - came up on my FaceBook Newsfeed, endorsed by Mel Croucher (of Automata fame) [url=http://www.kickstar…
... heard of it before Mel Croucher posted it on his Facebook ... /> I don't know Mel Croucher personally either.. He posted his ... -
spectrum games & books for sale .....[url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/retrodarren/m.html?item=111021532370&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&_sop=1[/url] Including deus ex machina , automata …
well ebay is a bit hit n miss sometimes. - got quite a lot of watchers on the automata stuff and also on the thompson twins adventure as expected. As for the rest - well we shall see. -
Time for all games to become (legally) available?It just came to me that none of us are getting any younger. Not much of an earth-shattering statement I know, but more came of this original thought.…
... Adams, Rafaelle Cecco and Mel Croucher lost out on lots of ... -
Mel Croucher article in Eurogamer[url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-06-18-code-britannia-mel-croucher[/url] [I]The 8-bit Frank Zappa on nostalgia, crowd funding and his lon…
No love for Mel Croucher? :D
I only played one of his games, Deus ex Machina. It was crap. -
Mel Croucher article in Eurogamer[url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-06-18-code-britannia-mel-croucher[/url] [I]The 8-bit Frank Zappa on nostalgia, crowd funding and his lon…
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I think Mel Croucher is like The Pixies, much ... -
Mel Croucher article in Eurogamer[url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-06-18-code-britannia-mel-croucher[/url] [I]The 8-bit Frank Zappa on nostalgia, crowd funding and his lon…
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I think Mel Croucher is like The Pixies, much ... -
Some stuff I'm after...Anyone help with any of these? A 128 Spectrum (Amstrad version, preferably a grey one). The box ONLY for a rubber key 48k Spectrum. And some games:…
... - Quicksilva
Pi-In'Ere - Automata.
Fairlight - The Edge (128 ... -
Some stuff I'm after...Anyone help with any of these? A 128 Spectrum (Amstrad version, preferably a grey one). The box ONLY for a rubber key 48k Spectrum. And some games:…
... - Quicksilva
Pi-In'Ere - Automata.
Fairlight - The Edge (128 ... -
Twenty years since the final issue of Your SinclairIt is now twenty years since the last official issue of Your Sinclair hit the streets - and they were few and far between. Shops around where I lived…
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apogee-shareware-1987I saw this and thought others may find it interesting? [URL="http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/9/27/4741076/apogee-shareware-1987"]apogee-sharewa…
... /2013/9/25/4659812/mel-croucher-deus-ex-machina"]The one ... -
apogee-shareware-1987I saw this and thought others may find it interesting? [URL="http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/9/27/4741076/apogee-shareware-1987"]apogee-sharewa…
... /2013/9/25/4659812/mel-croucher-deus-ex-machina"]The one ... />
Great article. So Mel Croucher's dissapointed that video games ... -
apogee-shareware-1987I saw this and thought others may find it interesting? [URL="http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/9/27/4741076/apogee-shareware-1987"]apogee-sharewa…
... ;726399]Great article. So Mel Croucher's dissapointed that video games ... -
Seen any ebay madness?? post it here !!!What with some high prices fetched on speccy games over the past few days , thought it might be an idea to keep a WOS record of some of the higher fi…
not E-Bay but madness (at least for me) :)
[url]http://www.retrogames.co.uk/035003/Sinclair/Spectrum-Spectacular-by-Automata[/url] -
Morcar's Selling or trading threadThinning out my collection so i can get more of what i want. If you want anything on here let me know and we can work out something. I am also up f…
... a half, NARC (demo), Mel Croucher's Chrismas Party (soundtrack), Specimen ... -
1984-2014here I will account for my journey through games released thirty years ago, just like last year for 1983 games, and you can do the same.
[B]Pi-Balled[/B] [Automata UK]
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My youth, preserved forever....!A while back I asked for some help here and was given it! I wanted to know how to make the logo for my music channel into a Spectrum style loading sc…
Wow, the spirit of Mel Croucher lives. I was expecting Piman to show up.
What TV music have you done? -
My youth, preserved forever....!A while back I asked for some help here and was given it! I wanted to know how to make the logo for my music channel into a Spectrum style loading sc…
... ]Wow, the spirit of Mel Croucher lives. I was expecting Piman ... -
Fat characters in ZX Spectrum gamesHi all, I'm trying to think of some games that had heroes who were quite fat. Now there are some obvious ones, like Monty Mole, Wally Week, Henhouse…
... of Olympimania. All of the Automata Pi-Man games feature a ... -
Deus Ex Machina nameI've just learnt that google translate has a pronounce option when you click the speaker (Ta Ralf!). Erm, I wasn't the only one pronouncing [URL="ht…
I don't know how Croucher and Dury pronounced it, but Merriam-Webster gives both DAY-uss eks MAH-ki-nuh (which I have always used and is closest to the Latin) and DAY-uss eks muh-SHEEN-uh (which just sounds wrong to me). -
Deus Ex Machina nameI've just learnt that google translate has a pronounce option when you click the speaker (Ta Ralf!). Erm, I wasn't the only one pronouncing [URL="ht…
... ]I don't know how Croucher and Dury pronounced it, but ... -
Different ot strange games... help requested!After so many years playing Spectrum games, Im starting to look for games which are different, or peculiar, but still good fun. Things like Pub Game…
Checking out the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Automata+UK+Ltd$&loadpics=1"]Automata listing[/URL] would be a good place to start. They were certainly a publisher of the more 'unconventional' games.
