It's a great day for the British IBM, we're finally in a video game! Stuart Johns over at My Acorn Electron has just released Space Grab for the Acorn Electron and it can be downloaded from the site here completely free:

http://www.myacornelectron.moonfruit.com/space-grab/4592380780

If you enjoy it then be sure to give him a cheeky share and a like at @forgotten_grove

Simon Butler and co are making there way to Cambridge in a couple of weeks for a special one off event where they'll be talking about their life and times at Ocean Software! There will be a chance to ask questions and to get things signed and we'll also have a lot of their original titles out to play on the original systems.

For more details and tickets checkout the link below.

Tickets
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We're trying something at bit different at the Centre for Computing History next month. Music For Geeks is a brand spanking new event featuring live electronic music inspired by both old and new technologies. We’ve got four very talented musicians playing a range of electronic music from chiptunes performed on original retro video game hardware to ambient electronica played using the very latest synths, laptops and tablets.

For more details and full line-up checkout the ticket link below.

Tickets
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/40529/Music-For-Geeks-mpegasus-Jellica-Jake-Alone/

Date: 11th March 2015
Tournament: Karate Champ (MAME)
Tournament Winner: Mr Jack

First Retro Video Game Night of 2016!

Unfortunately this was the first ever night that I was unable to attend but from all accounts it was a great start to the year. We'd decided the theme this particular evening around obscure fighting games and so Ian chose Karate Champ his tournament , which was won by Mr Jack.