Robert's Wishlist
I've highlighted my favourites.
Magazines and periodicals
- Retro Gamer [Print+Digital subscription] £13.75(Monthly) general retro magazine
- Edge [Print+Digital subscription] £16.75 (Monthly) modern gaming
- A Profound Waste of Time £25 An award winning independent magazine that celebrates games as an art form.
ZX Spectrum
hardware and accessories
- D80+K Floppy controller ยฃ200 approx ๐จ๐ฟ (Not always available). This is a unique floppy disk interface with double-drive (recreation, new). I already have a disk system (or two) for Spectrum but I'm interested in using and learning more about this one.
- ZX-AY case kit £9.99 ๐ณ๐ฑ I already have the ZX-AY device, this is just a case to make handling/using it a bit easier and safer.
- Dust covers: ZX Spectrum £17.88
16.88Spectrum + £16.88 Plus 2 £14.99 Plus 3 £14.99 I like the see-through covers best because you can see through them.
games
- Savage Princess 2 £12 Brand new Spectrum game.
- TX-1696 £45 Limited print run of TX-1696 in a soft touch big box.
2nd-hand shops
- Driller [+3 disk] £20
- Mutant Caterpillar Games from 50p or gift voucher from £10 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Repair shop that also sells second-hand games. Some specific games listed below:
- Beach Buggy Simulator £1.99
- Buggy Blast £2.99
- Doc the Destroyer £1.99
- Draconus £9.99
- Gunfighter £4.99
- Micronaut One £9.99
- Xcel £1.99
- Ghostly Capers €12,90 ๐ต๐น
SAM Coupรฉ
SAM Coupé is a quirky computer from 1989; it was perhaps best known for being somewhat "Spectrum compatible" but it's an interesting and fun machine in its own right.
It's better to buy these direct from Colin (send him an email).
- RC2014 Bus Interface Card [2– or 4-slot option] £19.99–28.99
- RC2014 Graphic OLED £55.98
- SID Soundchip Interface [8580 version] £44.99
Commodore
Commodore 64 and Amiga 500
games
- Zeta Wing £45
- A Pig Quest Cartridge (boxed) €55
hardware etc
- Amiga 500 Gotek Drive £38.89
merch
- C64 notepad £4.99
- ZX81 mug £9.99
- John Harris Poster Print £15
other gadgets
- 512k ROM 512k RAM Module £70 Replaces both the ROM and RAM modules in the RC2014 in order to run RomWBW operating system.
- ยตSD Card Module [Enhanced bus, standard kit] £19 Memory card adaptor for RC2014.
- RP2040 VGA Terminal [Enhanced bus] £24 Display adaptor add-on for RC2014.
- Graphic OLED Display £50 Extra screen add-on for RC2014.
- SID Interface [Base Module + SwinSID] £65 SID sound chip interface for RC2014.
- Playdate $199 USD ๐บ๐ธ Like a GameBoy, with a crank handle! Weird and cool.
- Agon Console8 Deluxe Full Kit £119.99 Console-style computer for programming and gaming.
- Minstrel 4D £249.99 DIY kit computer
- RC2014 accessories by Stephen C Cousins
- USIfAC The Universal Serial Interface for Amstrad CPC
SEGA MegaDrive
- Mega Everdrive Pro £166.00 + $17.99
- Sega Mega Drive Production Drawing Replica
£50.00£25.00
music
- Memories of Tokyo-To by 2 Mello [cassette] £12.99
- Audio-Technica Sound Burger $199
- Cassette player £136
Books
- Normanghast by Robert Rankin £25
- Curious Video Game Machines £28
- Go Straight The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-‘Em-Ups £34.99
- The Games That Weren’t £29.99
- Zzap! 64 [2021 Annual] £15
- Zzap! 64 [2023 Annual pre-order] £20
- Spectrumpedia Volume 1 £44.99
- Spectrumpedia Volume 2 £35.99
- Learn Multiplatform Assembly Programming Volume 2 £9.99
- ZX Spectrum Assembly. Let's make a game? paperback £13.12
- Memories of Firebird โ ๏ธ PRE-ORDER
£49.99£34.99
Evercade cartridges
All of these should be available at Argos.
- Legacy of Kain £22.49
- Duke Nukem Collection 2 £17.99
- Jaleco Arcade 1 £17.99
See also
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