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Joystick Wagglers: Were Left Handed Control Sticks an Industry Conspiracy?

Posted onSeptember 12, 2019September 12, 2019AuthorFatnick

Have you ever wondered why arcade control sticks were always placed to the the left of the buttons? To be honest I’d never given it much thought until I saw this tweet the other day: Have you ever noticed that no matter what arcade game Read More …

CategoriesBlog PostsTagsArticle, Games, History

The Surprisingly Modern Cult of Horace

Posted onAugust 16, 2019August 16, 2019AuthorFatnick

All good things come to an end. In my case this turned out to be the relatively cushy storage solution i had for all of my old Spectrum gear. Still, silver linings and all that: One of the big advantages of having to get your Read More …

CategoriesBlog Posts, GamesTagsArticle, Games, History, Horace, Zx Spectrum

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8-Bit Showdown: How popular were the Master System and the NES in the UK?

Posted onJuly 3, 2019July 3, 2019AuthorFatnick

When it isn’t doing is it’s upmost to sabotage Western democracy, one thing that can be said for Facebook is that it does have some of the friendliest retro communities on the internet. A few weeks ago one particular discussion caught my eye: how popular Read More …

CategoriesBlog Posts, GamesTagsArticle, Games, History, investigation, Long Form, Magazines, Media

SECAM VCS

The Secam 2600 was a thing of maligned beauty

Posted onSeptember 22, 2017September 22, 2017AuthoradminLeave a comment

    Analogue Televsion standards, eh. They’re not something you have to think about everyday, are they? That is, of course, unless you were French and bought an Atari VCS. If you were, instead of looking like this:         Your games would Read More …

CategoriesBlog Posts, Curiosities, GamesTags2600, Atari, Game History, Hardware, History, Technical, VCS

  • Title: FatNick's Greatest Hits

    Type: SOUNDCLOUD

    Description: A Collection of Fatnick's most-streamed tracks

  • Title: Modulated Frequencies (Album)

    Type: SOUNDCLOUD

    Description: Fatnick's Megadrive-powered Jazz album

  • Title: Speccy Jams (Album)

    Type: SOUNDCLOUD

    Description: A AY89-12 themed album

  • Title: Attack of The Terrible Lizard Kitty (Album)

    Type: SOUNDCLOUD

    Description: A fake retro game sound track album

  • Title: Vorsprung Durch Fatnick (Album)

    Type: SOUNDCLOUD

    Description: FatNick's Debut Album

  • Title: Chiptune Experiments

    Type: YOUTUBE PLAYLIST

    Description: Fatnick's Chiptune Experiments

  • Title: 1-Bit Beeper Tunes

    Type: YOUTUBE PLAYLIST

    Description: Fatnick's Beeper Tunes

  • Title: Chiptune Quizes

    Type: YOUTUBE PLAYLIST

    Description: Play some chiptune-related quiz games!

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