Recent content by HEXdidnt

This popped up on my YouTube feed after some recent conversations about migraines: Funny thing: I've been saying for ages that I've not had a single one over the last couple of decades, ever since leaving a particular job in which I started to experience crippling migraines quite regularly...

Just reminded myself of this little Muppet gem's existence: Shame it's such a short song - one verse, one chorus - but it's surprisingly authentic in its angst...

Wow... This is insane. Fines are now considered to be a revenue stream? That's so completely not the point of fines. They're intended as a deterrent, so categorically not a reliable source of income, let alone a source of growable income. They're treating it as another form of road tax... Then...

16-colour Hi Res Laced on an A600? #WorkbenchGoals Must check how much fast RAM I have on my ancient (Apollo?) accelerator... I seem to remember it's just a SIMM, so I could probably switch it out if the accelerator supports more than I currently have.

While Quazar have started making proper switch-based mechanical keyboards for the SAM, the stock machine came with a membrane-based keyboard, much like the Spectrum. These are prone to going wrong over time and, after almost 30 years, mine has become a little flakey. Since I can't currently...

Another update on the AGA version... Not much has changed on the surface, but now the arcade game's music is playing, and there's a little surprise at the end: The notes mention that sound effects have also been implemented, but they're not demonstrated in the video...

One thing I'll be very interested to see is how Monkey Island 2 performs on this souped-up Mini-Me of the Amiga range. I upgraded my 600 to Kickstart/Workbench 3.1 when I resurrected it a couple of years back, and MI2 has a weird offset between the (vertical) position of the pointer and the...

Aside from Doom and Lemmings, I think another of the games that's been ported to just about every system imaginable must be the original Elite. I've played the original BBC version, the Spectrum version (which was 'patched' to run on the SAM and sold under rather dubious circumstances) and the...

This is the one I've got - naturally out of stock and out of print now. I don't recall getting very far with it, but that's probably no reflection on the book.

The latest update is looking fantastic: a new graphic artist - Pyron - has joined the team and improved the overall look of things, taking the Megadrive's limits into account. For the most part, it looks as though backgrounds have had a boost in colour saturation, to help make them a bit more...

I tried getting into AMOS wayback when - they were giving it away on the cover of Amiga Format towards the end of that magazine's lifespan, in a vain attempt to prolong the system's (original) lifespan by getting new blood into creating games. Sadly, my grasp of BASIC was pretty weak, so...

I do like these kinds of videos, offering a brief glimpse of what may be coming soon, but in a couple of cases, I might have wished for a glimpse that wasn't quite so brief: Rigor (start to 0:15): looks to be a rip off of the hyperspace/tunnel sequence from Stardust, particularly in that the...

Looks very cool - I've just ordered a replacement membrane for the time being, but aspire to getting a proper mechanical keyboard as soon as it's practical to do so.

See, I had to go and look up Insulate Britain, as I'd no idea what their deal is... I honestly thought - based on the name alone - that they were militant Brexiteers. ...To be honest, I'm still a little perplexed. Their endgame is for UK homes to have insulation fitted on the Government's (ie...

A relatively new channel has appeared on YouTube, demonstrating a couple of arcade conversions-in-progress. 'Amiga Game Developer' is creating a game engine for the Amiga, so it's possible both are examples of this engine's progress. First, we have Final Fight - Capcom's seminal scrolling beat...