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
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
- MiSTER Pi Retro Gaming FPGA Board / Turbo Pack (Batch 3 Preorder Jan/Feb 2025)
- 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.
- Duke Nukem Collection 2 £17.99
- Jaleco Arcade 1 £17.99
See also
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