LogrusUK

17 Oct 2024

#Twitter or #BlueSky feels like this, in front or behind, I'm just crawling back to the lampost, man. #SuperMarioWorld

#Amiga Shed Video New Post Test. Well, not gonna lie, in mobile app on EE (2/5 bars) it previewed in less than 15s and it is 50% "uploaded" as I type this out. Maybe 60s in total so far? Ok, been stuck on 50% for 2 mins now. But the preview has played through twice, so it is there? >>>

<<< I reckon, as soon as you have typed your text, if the preview is playing, ignore the "Uploading" dial and just press POST.

#BlueSkyBETA features continue to roll out: I urge (overkill) you all to activate them. Today, without warning (I don't mind this, just mentioning it), both my desktop and mobile BS apps now display notos like this. 👀

Uploading Shed #Amiga Video now. It is 1m20s, maybe, as I am typing this out, it is compressing then uploading the video. I am on 5G outside 3/5 Bars of UK EE 5G. It took about 60s, or as long as it took to type this out.

#MorningAwnings! Watched this to a conclusion last night, the new series, not the original movie. It's well worth a watch. Now, where are my James Herbert books...?

#LogLoads64 Snare One of the last remaining THALAMUS #C64 releases to feature in an LL64 and just look at that title screen. No expense spared. There is also no loading screen at all. But, there is a really nice M. Walker title SID. All in all, this is a really nice and polished puzzle shooter.

Issue 57 of #Zzap! magazine and the single half-page review pips the game at 88%. Isn't Robin reviewing a game he helped develop..? 👀 Sizzler indeed... www.zzap64.co.uk/magazine/zza...

Well, actually, you do get a bit more upon a few more button presses... Some quite nice presentation, actually... All of this info is REALLY useful if you want to do well. The 90° turns take a bit of getting used to mind you!

#LogLoads64 Hunter's Moon At precisely 04:12 this morning the 2026 Hunter's Moon was at its most visible, I clocked it about 6 hours earlier and it was a clear star-strewn sky and the moon was like an immesurably huge spotlight. It was fascinating to witness. The #C64 game of the same name is ace.

In 2018 amidst the resurgence of the C64 Community as a whole, a newly-energised Thalamus Digital released a remastered versuion of the game with a really spiffy intro and a few tweaks (see below). thalamusdigital.itch.io/hunters-moon...

youtu.beHunter's Moon Remastered (C64 Intro)YouTube video by LogrusUK

Here is that Hunter's Moon Remastered (2018) intro in full, with its ace new SID by Matt Gray and also then into the main original theme. @roblevy101.bsky.social and @martinpiper.bsky.social also take a bow. It really is an astonishingly high quality piece of work this.

#Zzap! has an interesting relationahsip with the game. Upon release, the full price game Sizzled at 92%. A few months later as part of the Def GUide to Schmups, that was raised to 96%. Just over 2 years later the budget release was reduced to 76%..?!?!? www.zzap64.co.uk/magazine/zza...

Love, love, love...

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Somewhere in the 90s it’s still Sunday afternoon 📼☀️ The street is quiet and the future is just a sci-fi movie. Track 9, “The Future”, from the upcoming album Neon Airlines. Pre-order link in the reply 👇

#LogLoads64 Countdown to Meltdown Released in the US as "Showdown" at the end - this is another early Activision #C64 game and another, I have never seen, or played. Having just spent 15mins playing it - there is something in there. I just wish I knew what. Lovely characters and premise. No clue.

The June 1986 issue of Your Computer reviewed the game favourably with a 5 out of 5 rating. There was no #Zzap! review. I think if someone spent some time working out what the eff you were supposed to be doing - this could be a decent arcade adventure game. It plays really nicely.

#LogLoads64 Pastfinder @davidlubar.bsky.social I salute you! o7 We are in a little "Activision Rabbit Hole" at Fripville this Autumn and here is one of my all time favourite #C64 games of FOREVER. Seriously, just, look. I mean... If you have never played this game - do it now. GET TO THE LANDER!

youtu.bePastfinder C64YouTube video by LogrusUK

But why take my word for it? Why not make up your own mind with some actual gameplay and commentary..? Why not? WHY NOT?!?!! (Exactly)

logrusuk.substack.comPastfinderA C64 Game Review

And the final piece of the puzzle drops into place (so much content!)..: why not read what I had to say about the game itself a few years ago..? (Exactly)

The game is so old that it features in Issue 1 of #Zzap! magazine, getting a Sizzler at "85%" (these ratings soon changed). This is a really lovely review, by the way. The game was also featured in Issue 43 "Def Guide to Schmups" (91%). Both well worth a read. www.zzap64.co.uk/magazine/zza...

Fast Forward another few issues and the #Mastertronic budget release receives the highest score yet: 93%. Getting there Zzap! It still nabs itself a Silver Medal. A true example of a game getting better and better with age...

youtu.beCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 4 - Multiplayer First Look - PS5YouTube video by LogrusUK

#AfternoonDubloons I'm sucker for my "Stabby" Class... #MW4

#LogLoads64 (Reloaded) Park Patrol A favourite #C64 game of mine and 100% in my top 50 games on the computer. If you have never played this - you need to play it this weekend, if not today. It is just one of the best arcade games available. So many lovely details. So much fun. Nostalgia Overload.

#Zzap! fir loved the game too and with good reason - it is a divine piece of programming and they almost gave it a full, proper double half-page review. Almost. They actually SIZZLED it at 94% and bemoaned Activision to boot. Genius. www.zzap64.co.uk/magazine/zza...

youtu.bePark Patrol C64YouTube video by LogrusUK

But don't take my word for it - take you eyeses and earses soundses and visionses for it! I did not know that Activision didn't release this over here full price. Assuming... they did "over there"?

Apologies for "reposting" my own, uh, actual posting, but needs musting, as I forgot to ask: Any of my #C64 Brothers & Sisters across the ocean blue ever play this one, BITD? It likely *was* released over here, but - I recall it not. I do not remember this even but at all, Matron. 👀 *EYES*

LogrusUK@logrus.uk

#LogLoads64 GeeBee Air Rally Well, I am sure almost all UK Readers will be scratching their heads at this 1987 #C64 release, as much as I am. Never. Piggin'. Yeard of it. OutRun in the air with a bit of Aliens (US) dropship landing. I mean... It wasn't awful, but, it was a bit ropey. Packaged well.

May 1988 and #Zzap! finally get around to reviewing this with 2 other mediocre games on the same double spread. I have and have played Corporation, I liked it, but it was a bit dull. Troll: nope. The Zzap! Crew were having none of this: 57%. www.zzap64.co.uk/magazine/zza...

Another still from the game - when you crash. Rather charming and decent #PixelArt for the C64 in 1987.

#LogLoads64 Hacker Dateline: 1985 and Activision are giving us a strange mix of text adventure and arcade adventure for the #C64. I don't really recall playing the original, but the sequel Hacker II was always in and out of the tape deck. This has a rather cute intro and then the game, well...

#Zzap! afforded the game a standard 2 half-page review, split with an advert half-page in the middle. They also rated the game favourably as well: 87% seems high, but, perhaps I am missing something..? I best fire it up proper job. www.zzap64.co.uk/magazine/zza...

#LogLoads64 Bubble Bobble It is my birthday today, so I looked back through my EXCEL SPREADSHEET and noticed I hadn't actually LL64'd the original BB for the #C64. Also, because it is today, I wanted to focus on my favourite game of all time and it is: Bubble Bobble. This is a sublime conversion. ❤️

logrusuk.substack.comBubble BobbleA C64 Game Review

And here is what I had to say about it on @commodoreblog.uk's old website (👀) now syndicated on my own SubStack - whatever that is..! logrusuk.substack.com/p/bubble-bob...

youtu.beBubble Bobble C64YouTube video by LogrusUK

And if you want to see some proper C64 Bubble Bobbling - look no further - here she lies, in golorious colorno!

#Zzap! in October 1987 (I was 10) similarly loved the game and slapped a 97% Gold Medal on it. Which was later upped to 98% for the budget release. She's a thing of beauty! www.zzap64.co.uk/magazine/zza...

#LogLoads64 Paradroid Almost 2 years of LL64s and no Paradroid..?!?!? What drugs am *I* smoking? Classic #C64 games don't get much more classic than this. One of my top 10 computer games of all time and it still holds up today as a gem of a gaming experience. It ain't easy. But it is so, so good.

youtu.beParadroid C64YouTube video by LogrusUK

Why not watch one of the United Kingdom's most prolific Gaming Content Creators play the game in COLOR!??!!

So. Much. Content..! *swoon*

Issue 7 of proper #Zzap! and they fair LOVED the game. 97% Gold Medal. Kaboom. Rightly so. The mag gave the game a whopping 4 half-page review too. I think they also did a Dev Diary building up to the release, so... Anyway - the score is apt. This game is genius. www.zzap64.co.uk/magazine/zza...

Some lovely fan #PixelArt of the game box graphics.

#MorningAwnings! We have some corking items coming up for you today, but first, as the pitter-patter of raindrops hitting the OSB above my head fills the space, we watch the rain come down and just smell all the smells and think about that lovely thing you'll be thinking about ALL day. 😋 #Friyay

youtu.beGod Bless America (Pat Macdonald Must Die)YouTube video by James McMurtry - Topic

#EveningStevens! It's D&D Night! And I am still working, but, check this out. "Just Us Kids" by James McMurtry came out in 2008 and this song is still totally relevant. This was the guy I saw last weekend in Bristol. If you *ever* get a chance to see him - miss it at your absolute folly. So. Good.

timeextension.comOcean's '80s Classic Wizball Returns to Spectrum in Rebalanced and Restored 'Enhanced Edition'I'll come bouncing back to you

Yeah, that looks like a nice bit o' work by someone - BRAVO! #HandsAcrossThePlayground

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Ocean's '80s Classic Wizball Returns to Spectrum in Rebalanced and Restored 'Enhanced Edition'

#LogLoads64 Alleykat I always thought (with my limited attention to it BITD) that this was a pretty average schmup / racer for the #C64, but, as with Morpheus - I wasn't giving the game the time it deserves. There are tactics here, many neat touches and gaming innovations. It's a real pleasure.

November '86 and #Zzap! wanted to love it, but Gary Penn was refusing to let it SIZZLE. Still 89% is a great score. Find a manual, read it and work out the controls. Then play. This is a beautifully put together game. www.zzap64.co.uk/magazine/zza...

Here is a screen from the actual game title carousel - it's a nice title sequence. And a piece of fan art from 1986. It is interesting to note in the Zzap! review - not a single mention of "Pastfinder". They did mention the "Atari" colour scheme, mind...

Obviously, I didn't eat everything and I poured over far, far too much gravy, but, wow. Wood burner, cosy night, well needed Sunday Night Tea. I'll be asleep in a few hours. 🍑

Climbing into bed. Teeth brushed. Asleep in minutes. ♥️

Obviously, I didn't eat everything and I poured over far, far too much gravy, but, wow. Wood burner, cosy night, well needed Sunday Night Tea. I'll be asleep in a few hours. 🍑