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  1. 🚨 SAM Revival 9 back in stock!

    Fresh stock of the revamped back issue 9 of SAM Revival has arrived. An expanded, full colour, professionally printed back issue, originally released in 2004. Featuring the full SAM Coupe version of Manic Miner (60 Caverns!) on the included floppy cover disk, and Money Bags Special Edition. [Digital file also available of the coverdisk.]

    samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm
    ebay.co.uk/itm/117082338579

    #samcoupe #manicminer #retrogaming #retrocomputing #gaming #gamedev

  2. Talking of Manic Miner, I just found this nice remake (with modern features if you wanted) for PC lvideo4867.itch.io/manic-miner

    #zxspectrum #ManicMiner #retrogaming

  3. You’re gonna have to trust me when I say that a whole generation of children were irrevocably scarred for life by this one bastard. #zxspectrum #ManicMiner #retrogaming

  4. Inside the SAM Revival 9 magazine itself...
    - Interviews with Matt Round (wrote so many #SAMCoupe games in the mid 1990s) and Ken Jarvis (coder of SAM game, Sphera).
    - A look at the OUT (C),(HL) [OUT (C),0] undocumented Z80 opcode
    - Usual mix of SAM Coupe news, SAM Snippets, etc.

    Grab the revamped issue for £9.99 + postage. (UK quickbuy button at: samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm , for international shipping please ask.)

    There's been a lot of #ManicMiner coverage in SAM Revival, with issues 3-8 featuring a full walkthrough with anecdotes from the games development. Issue 22 features an article about the piracy of the game, along with the original plans for a #SAMCoupe sequel, 'The Lower Caverns'. (Now TLC will be featuring exclusively on the coverdisk with the forthcoming issue 27 of SAM Revival!)