It seems strange having a favourite magazine in this day and age, but Pixel Addict is certainly up there among my choice publications.
And I’ll admit, issue 1 passed me by completely, somehow, so I’ve really been diving into the subsequent issues.
Here’s how news of Pixel Addict issue 5 was announced:
But what can you expect to find in this celebration of retro computing and console-ing? Issue 5 includes:
- In our cover story Phil South reflects on the growth of multimedia, FMV and CD-ROM software before the rise of the internet. How did the internet and new interactive web services shape our lives today?
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge game review.
- Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy feature.
- Stuart Bowling of Dolby talks about Star Wars and sci-fi droids in our exclusive interview.
- Roy Templeman shares his love of collecting rare and obscure computers.
- Round 2 of voting by the PA team, as we try to establish what the greatest game in history is!
- We chat with Simran Whitham from FORMAT gaming events in Manchester.
- DOS PC gaming, including 90s Real-Time-Strategy PC games!
- RISC OS and Acorn ‘The Wakefield Show’ event report.
- Handheld computing and emulation, including Pandora and PSION hardware articles.
- The Forgotten Victories of Tech’s Biggest Flops – Steve Job’s NeXT computer system (Part 2).
- The second part of Pixels ‘n’ Popcorn looking at Street Fighter II spin-offs.
- Ex-Ocean software’s Simon Butler.
- Computing/gaming news and Your Points Of View!
- Plus lots lots more..!
Issue 5 of Pixel Addict can be ordered online from 11th August, 2022, it’s head to your local WHSmith later on the month to pick up a copy in the old fashioned way.
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Christian Cawley is a writer and editor who covers consumer electronics, IT, and entertainment media. He has written for publications such as Computer Weekly, Linux Format, MakeUseOf.com, and Tech Radar.
He also produces podcasts, has a cigar box guitar, and of course, loves retro gaming.
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