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Memories of Firebird examines short-lived UK software house

2025-06-15
By: Christian Cawley
On: June 15, 2025
In: Retro merchandise

Remember Firebird? An upcoming book delves into the history of one of Britain’s early software houses. Launched in 1984, Firebird was owned by British Telecom, a recently privatised entity that is now more comonly referred to as BT. it managed to issue a succession of well-received games in the UKRead More →

Firebird Classic Booty Clone Gets Amiga Re-release: “Looty”

2020-11-22
By: Christian Cawley
On: November 22, 2020
In: Retro games news

Back in 1984 I was presented with my first computer, a Commodore 64, which shipped with one game: Galaxy, an adequate take on Galaxians, for Β£7.99. After several weeks of struggling to get past stage 3, my mum finally acquiesced and agreed to buy some extra games. The result wasRead More →

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