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- Newsfield Computer Magazines – Crash, Zzap! 64 and Amtix by Child of the 1980s on Oct 2, 2009
Back in the 1980’s there were a wide variety of home computers available, but arguably the most popular in the UK were the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC. OK, the BBC Micro was popular too, but when it came to playing videogames, th...
- Twinkle by Child of the 1980s on Jul 22, 2009
When we were growing up my sister and I used to enjoy reading our weekly comic very much. I tended to flit between the Beano, Dandy, Nutty and Wow, basically the funny comics, depending on which had the most interesting piece of free plastic tat se...
- Ghostbusters Graphic Novels by Child of the 1980s on Jul 16, 2009
- Type In Computer Listings by Child of the 1980s on Jul 1, 2009
If you had an 8-bit computer when you were a kid then chances are this image will bring back many happy memories of going into all the shops that sold home computers and making them run this little program. Of course, you may have made it display s...
- The Munch Bunch by Child of the 1980s on Jun 5, 2009
One of the most successful series of children’s books I remember from my childhood was the Mr. Men books, which are still around today. The Mr. Men set up a pattern for others to follow, which was to produce a series of books based around a ra...
- Choose Your Own Adventure Books by Child of the 1980s on May 13, 2009
The Choose Your Own Adventure series of books were incredibly popular during the 1980’s as they gave you, the reader, the chance to alter the story you were reading, at least by a limited degree anyway, as you were obviously limited to what the...
- The Puffin Book Club by Child of the 1980s on Apr 30, 2009
Once a term, or thereabouts, we used to get handed leaflets at school from The Puffin Book Club. I always used to look forward to this as the leaflet contained a stack of different books with something to please everyone. I’m sure Mum used...
