Steve Wetherill

@stevewetherill.bsky.social

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Veteran game dev. Manic Miner/Jet Set Willy (CPC464), Nodes of Yesod, Projectyle, Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Tiberian Sun. Now serializing 40 years of it as a memoir: https://stevewetherill.substack.com

A panoramic photograph showing an urban demolition site at Canning Place in Liverpool in 1999. A wide black construction fence separates a foreground of green grass from the active site. Behind the fence lie large mounds of pale rubble and dirt where yellow excavators are operating. On the right side of the site stands a partially demolished concrete structure draped with green netting. In the background to the far left, the large dark tower of Liverpool Cathedral is visible on the skyline. A tall brown brick office building dominates the center background under a cloudy blue sky.
Animated gameplay from Sidewize, a 1987 ZX Spectrum horizontal shoot-'em-up. In classic Spectrum pixel art, each level is drawn in a single bright color on black. A small player craft flies at the left, firing streams of shots rightward across auto-scrolling backdrops. The clip cycles through several stages and bosses: a green forest of bare silhouetted trees; a green starfield with drifting enemies; a yellow desert of pyramids; a giant yellow flaming face; cyan space filled with clover- and orb-shaped enemies; a magenta jagged skyline; a large cyan segmented serpent; an icy cyan cavern of stalactites and spikes; and a huge, detailed magenta shrimp-like boss. Enemy and player fire streak across the screen throughout.
A photograph from 1987 of Steve Wetherill, with long, wavy blonde hair, smiling slightly at the camera. He is wearing a brown leather jacket over a black t-shirt and blue jeans. He stands with his arms crossed, leaning back against a textured grey stone wall. A digital watch with a brown strap is visible on his left wrist. To his left, a portion of an oxidized green bronze plaque with raised lettering is mounted on the stone.
An 8-bit pixel art scene on a black background with a white castle outline and a blue moon above a green tree line. In the foreground, Bertie Big Boy stands near a small creature on a textured yellow ground, flanked by four blue unicorn statues mounted on white pedestals.
This image shows the other outer side of the vintage matchbook. The top folded flap reads MAIL COUPON INSIDE. The main yellow cover features the black text TRAIN AT HOME BE A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER. Below this is a red rectangular box containing white text that says EXPERIENCED MEN EARN $7,000 to $12,000 PER YEAR. A dark gray match striking pad is visible at the very bottom.
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Animated GIF of Crosswize game for the ZX Speccy