The new edition of Pixel Addict is out now, with a cover feature dedicated to the history of pinball bideo games. Virtual tables, rather than physical ones, first appeared in the early 1980s, and gained popularity in the 16-bit era with titles like Pinball Dreams. Games like Night Mission andRead More →
The next issue of Pixel Addict celebrates the world’s most versatile CPU, Zilog’s Z80 which was recently discontinued. Used for around 50 years, the processor could be found in the ZX Spectrum, Nintendo Game Boy, and various other notable hardware. The magazine also features a look at the SEGA 32XRead More →
It’s time to buy a physical computer magazine again with the arrival of Pixel Addict issue 20. This time, the classic computing mag looks at social and political themes in old video games, with a bunch of guest contributions. Games such as Monty Mole, Skidz, SimCity and EcoQuest are included,Read More →
Tandy computers like the TRS-80, TRS-80 Pocket Computer and the Tandy 1000 are recalled in the latest Pixel Addict magazine. Tandy was once one of the biggest names in computing. They even had their own shops, years before Apple. In my own neck of the woods, a small town inRead More →
Two of my favourite things – retro computer magazines and Lara Croft – are combining in issue 18 of Pixel Addict, out in early February. Available to pre-order now, Pixel Addict #18 not only sports Lara Croft on the cover, she is the focus of the mag’s main feature, whichRead More →
We think of artificial intellignce as a contemporary technology, but it has been around for decades. The large language models of the 2020s are just the latest stage of research that began years ago. In Pixel Addict 17 you can learn about the CM-1, the 1980s artificial intelligence supercomputer knownRead More →
The Pixel Addict Christmas 2023 edition is now in shops, boasting “stories of computer Christmases past!” Published by the same people behind Amiga Addict (which also has a Christmas 2023 edition) and the recent Amstrad Addict special, Pixel Addict is a digital culture magazine that regularly looks at forgotten systems,Read More →
The latest issue of Britain’s best-selling digital culture magazine is out now – but what is in Pixel Addict 14? Well, it’s a star-studded edition, with Lush guitarist Miki Berenyi, Game’s World’s Alex Verrey, and TV legend THE ACTUAL CHRIS SERLE (presenter, or course, of the BBC’s inspiring The ComputerRead More →
As a Commodore 64 owner, I looked upon the release of the Commodore Plus/4 with a fair dose of derision. After all, what was the point in releasing a machine that didn’t run the same software? Back in 1984, this was Commodore’s “business-oriented” alternative to the C64, along with theRead More →
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