Reheated Pixels

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A retrogaming channel produced by @peteprodge.com , looking back at the good, bad and ugly in arcade and computer/console games. By following you acknowledge Chaos is the greatest game ever made on any system.

Pete Prodge in Osaka, Japan.
Fraudulent retrogaming grifters Lady Decade and Top Hat Gaming Man are trying to con their audience with this online 'course' to tell you how to be successful on YouTube. Oh dear.
A mock-up of how the ZX Spectrum verison of Bedlam (a game on Go!, a label owned by US Gold) would look if it was rereleased on US Gold's Kixx label.
Front cover of the first issue of Your Sinclair (a reboot/rebrand of the Your Spectrum magazine which ran from March 1984 to November 1985), released on 2nd November 1985
The inlay for the ZX Spectrum version of Ocean Software's Where Time Stood Still when it was rereleased on The Hit Squad brand... except it actually wasn't, this is a mock-up.
Me with Phil South.
Phil on the left, Nick on the right.
Me.
Holiday Inn, Kenilworth
Pete Prodge in Dundee, reading the Beano. *chortle!*
Twitter account for @VirtualJames - who runs a YouTube account with a questionably high subscribers number, and has recently been deactivating his platforms then reactivating some of them.
Google calendar reminder for 29th Nov 2025 to check if VirtualJamesKing is still offline.
The Twitter (or X, if you want to call it that) profile of @VirtualJames: https://x.com/VirtualJames/
The YouTube homepage of user @VirtualJamesKing, who has an impressive subscriber count since reviving it four months ago, but the view counts are suspiciously low.
Simon Quinlank
Cover of Your Sinclair #15 (Jan 1987), original Elite inlay for Space Harrier on the ZX Spectrum, then my mock-up where you have the YS artwork replacing the original on the Elite inlay.
"Meet the Tories dreaming of a bright blue feature" - feature in the Times newspaper. And boy do they look like young fogies.
A bartop arcade
Steve Coogan's boring security guard character in the clips from The Pool, a mock documentary showcased in The Day Today.
Head Over Heels on the ZX Spectrum
Thor (Computer Software) Co. Ltd Erskine Ind. Est. Liverpool L6 1AP £5.95 Superb cartoon graphics, the old Spectrum really can do some impressive things. Currah Speech is used quite a lot and very effectively in this game. Some words need a bit of electronic translation, but it is an added extra dimension. Joystick control is provided although I couldn't find a jump feature while using it - it's probably there, but the instructions don't give any clues and without it the game is near impossible. The keyboard layout is very good and I preferred to use this system. Great presentation of the story in a scrolling redefined character set. Colour and sound are used well and the action is fast and furious, again you have to find your way around by experimenting and I found this a little illogical. For instance on the first screen there is an axe. Now, going by the story, the axe is used at the end to chop down the beanstalk so shouldn't be required just yet. In fact you cannot successfully climb the beanstalk until you have picked it up! Still this is a minor quibble about what is an excellent game. I also found that movement needed a bit of practice to get used to as Jack is very sensitive to the keys and often overshot the area I was intending him to visit! REVIEW BY: Jim Watson Presentation 90% Zapability 96% Overall 5/5
Sinclair User's review of Jail Break on the ZX Spectrum by Konami. Label: Konami Author: In-house Price: £7.95 Joystick: various Memory: 48K/128K Reviewer: Graham Taylor Graphically the game looks good. Fair sized sprites for cop and convicts, goodish background detail, smooth movement (mostly). Bad points? Well the screen scroll is very jerky and sometimes you bite the dust for reasons that do not seem entirely fair - just passing within feet of a convict sometimes kills you and generally there is something peculiar about the perspectives. Jail Break is a good start for Konami. A better than average conversion that tops the mindless violence league for the year so far. REVIEW BY: Graham Taylor Overall 5/5 Summary: Good adaption of the original arcade game, compulsive and frenzied. Good start for Konami's DIY approach.
Sinclair User magazine, with Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal on the cover.
Some power box thing I saw at a bus stop in Merseyside today.
Yeah, I'm hopping on that Andy Byron/Coldplay kiss-cam bandwagon. I know, I know. How hack of me. Anyway, this depicts me canoodling with a Commodore 64, then I notice the kiss cam (you know, just like in that viral video) and I then duck and try to hide. And that's a Photoshopped Commodore 64, I don't actually own one, so this never actually happened anyway. I have standards.
Former Commodore UK managing director David Pleasance.
Me standing outside Barcadia in Norwich.
Cory Booker.
Instagram post from Nostalgia Nerd which reads: "What a year! Thank you to everyone for such a great 2024! Running a bar alongside a YouTube channel was never going to be easy, especially with the huge challenges hospitality has been facing, however your support has been fantastic, and I appreciate every single one of you. I've got a lot of plans for 2025 both for the channel and bar. But first on the agenda is a smol revamp of @barcadia.bar ~ with that in mind we'll be shut for the first couple of weeks of January. But we'll be back better than ever asap! Happy New Year and I hope to see you soon! Peter x"
St Bride's. Wrong 'uns.
A BASIC program on the ZX Spectrum that draws the island of Ireland.
I decided to chart, year by year, the ZX Spectrum gaming output of 10 publishers I regard as the major full-price labels, and this is what I've come up with... 'Ocean' = All games using the short-lived Spectrum Games brand, the Ocean brand and the Imagine brand when owned by Ocean. 'Imagine' = Strictly the era before Ocean bought the brand. 'US Gold' = All games using the US Gold brand, the Go! brand and the Ultimate brand when owned by US Gold. 'Ultimate' = Strictly the era before US Gold bought the brand. 'Activision' = All games using the Activision, Gamestar and Electric Dreams brands. 'Domark' = All games using the Domark, Streetwise and TV Games brands. 'The Edge' = All games using The Edge, Softek and ACE Software brands.
CASTLE SOFTWARE 2 WILLIAM CLOWES STREET, BURSLEM, STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFS ST6 3AP 4 TEL:-0782 575043 SPECTRUM GAMES 30P TURBO OUT RUN YES THATS RIGHT/ONLY 30P DRILLER WE ARE SELLING ALL OUR SPECTRUM GAMES OFF TO CONCENTRATE ON CONSOLES. TO MOVE LARGE QUANTITIES OF STOCK IN ONE GO WE ARE SELLING 25 DIFFERENT GAMES TAPES FOR £9.99 THATS ONLY 30P PER GAME. ALL GAMES ARE NEW + ORIGINAL FROM OUR SHOPS AND MARKET STALL AND ARE A FRACTION OF THEIR ORIGIONAL PRICE. (LOTS OF TOP TITLES). TO SAVE ON POSTAGE WE ARE SENDING CASSETTES ONLY, WHO WANTS THOSE BIG BOXES ANYWAY. LAST CHANCE AT THIS PRICE 25 DIFFERENT GAMES TAPES ONLY £9.99+£1.00 P+P R-TYPE GAMES SOLD AS BLANKS IF YOU GET A FAULTY ONE USE THE TAPE AS A BLANK. shinobi Post to: CASTLE SOFTWARE Castle House, 2 William Clowes Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 3AP Please rush me- Title P(if applicable) Total amet Sped Amount
Loading screen for Manic Miner on the ZX Spectrum.
My drawing of two Friday Night Dinner characters. Jim is saying to Jackie: "SLALOM, JACKIE", and she's reacting disdainfully. Jim is holding a copy of the ZX Spectrum game Horace Goes Skiing.
It's York Sinclair, the number one magazine for North-Yorkshire-based ZX Spectrum entertainment. Featuring reviews of Advanced Viking Simulator; Thro' The York Wall and Chocolatier Manager.
EDGELORDS OF MIDNIGHT Some characters from Lords Of Midnight with very pro-Trump vibes. First speech bubble: "FACTS DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS! ALL LIVES MATTER! FEMINISM DOESN'T WORK! SCREW YOUR PRONOUNS! JORDAN B PETERSON IS MY SAVIOUR!" Second speech bubble: "GET RED PILLED, YOU SAD SOCIALIST NPCs! I DRINK LIBERAL TEARS! GO WOKE, GO BROKE!" You get the idea.
Did you know? A typo on the casting list ruined the first day of filming Jet Set Willy. Illustration shows Nintendo's Mario in place of Willy's wife, who is called... oh come on, you know.
A metro train that's somewhat anthropomorphised, as I've given it eyes and a mouth. It's angry and is shouting: "HURRY UP AND GET ON YOU THICK NEW YORKERS, I HAVEN'T GOT ALL DAY!"
Two flies. One has a massive speech bubble: "YOU'RE FREQUENTLY UNDER THE FAECAL CONSUMPTION QUOTA, YOU HARDLY EVER HASSLE HUMANS AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A PASSING INTEREST IN JAM, SO, DEREK, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND, WE'RE LETTING YOU GO, PICK UP YOUR PAPERWORK FROM H.R."
Lady Decade's latest video is wondering if GTA 6 has "gone woke".
A fucking shameless grifter.
Three actors in Shakespearean costume recite Shakespeare quotes but not in English. The first is talking in French, the second talks in Spanish and the third is German. Then in the corner of the drawing, I've added in that picowitted country-wrecking fuckcunt Nigel Farage, who is saying "I HATE IT!"
R-Type loading on the ZX Spectrum, but oh no, there's an error!
Tweet from @WingsScotland: "So, I just took on a new accountant, and a few hours later this happened." Screenshot of an email: "Hi Stuart I know this is going to come across as really annoying but we've just had a look at your website and I am really sorry but I just don't think it would be right for us to act for you. We have a few transgender clients (who are incredibly lovely people) and it just doesn't sit well with us to act for people with such opposing views to ours. We'll delete all your information from our system so please don't worry about that. I'm really sorry and I hope you understand. Best wishes"
Jonah Barrington's Squash. It's the famous-ish squash player, drinking some cordial. There. There you go. That's the gag. That's it. Thanks. Sorry.
Jack Charlton's Match Fishing. He's got a fishing rod and has pulled out a big match, the type you used to make fire. There. That's it. That's the gag. Yes, I know.
It's my cartoon drawing of former Labour leader Ed Miliband, and he's saying "WELL OKAY, THAT EFFORTLESSLY SLAYED MY KING COBRA, BUT I'VE STILL GOT AN UNDEAD GOLDEN DRAGON AND IT'S NOT EVEN AN ILLUSION, I'M STILL IN THE GAME!"
Super Mario Bros on the NES
Stormbringer on the 128K ZX Spectrum, featuring Magic Knight.
My friends and I didn't fancy that alien girl who came off that spaceship. She wasn't 'R Type'!
Legend Of The Amazon Women. A bloke - holding an Amazon package - is sitting on the sofa, on the phone, saying "YEAH, TWO OF THEM, AND THEY THREW THE BOX RIGHT OVER THE HIGHEST PART OF MY FENCE, SHATTERING THE CONTENT AND I HEARD THEM LAUGHING THEN BOTH WOMEN SCARPERED WHEN THEY REALISED I SAW WHAT THEY DID, SO NOW I HAVE TO ARRANGE A RETURN"
Commodore 64 game or a real ale? Don't cheat! No looking up please! There are some genuine Commodore 64 game titles below, and of course, some genuine names of real ales. But which is which?
Behind The Ice Palace - it's just a fire exit and a skip. My sequel to Beyond The Ice Palace.
It's definitely a ZX Vega+. Might be a bit cardboardy.
Beach Head. It's a bloke who has part of his head being literally sand, a bucket and spade, a crab and a stick of rock. Look, it's a terrible gag, I know, but you chose to read all this.
The greatest game on any system, ever.