The Little Book of ZX Spectrum Games - A little book of retro gaming ZX love!

Chris Wilkins, the creator of the brilliant retro gaming books 'The story of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in pixels ' Vol 1 - 3, ' The story of the Commodore 64 in pixels ' , ' The History of Ocean Software ' and other such fine nostalgic look backs has finally announced his latest book ' The Little Book of ZX Spectrum Games '  is now available for pre-order.  This small book of wonder measuring at just 15cm by 15cm, is ideal for long travels and will be packed with info such as games inclusive of pictures, reviews and scores - split into a multitude of genres such as Sports, Arcade, Adventure, Adventure and Simulation.

The story of the Commodore Amiga in pixels - Amiga book by Chris Wilkins smashes Kickstarter goal!

Although we did not mention this glorious Kickstarter when it was first announced, we are kinda glad we didn't. Because today, there is a far better announcement to be made, as Chris Wilkins latest book, 'The story of the Commodore Amiga in pixels' has smashed its Kickstarter goal raising £28,958 pledged of a £25,000 goal so far, which puts it at the fastest retro book raising crowd funding campaign we've seen. To be honest this comes as no surprise as not only does it look like one of his best books, but its also by the same person who did ' The Little Book of ZX Spectrum Games ', 'The story of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in pixels ' Vol 1 - 3, ' The story of the Commodore 64 in pixels ' , 'The story of the Oliver Twins' , ' History of Ocean Software ' and ' The Story of U.S Gold'!

Barnsley Badger - Could this be one of the best C64 games of 2016? Exclusive Preview!

During Chris Wilkins Kickstarter campaign for 'The story of the Commodore 64 in pixels', which was a huge success. One of the pledges £65 or more ,was a signed copy of a new C64 game called 'Barnsley Badger', developed by Trevor Story, George Rottensteiner and team. It star'd a gambling badger called Barnsley, who, after overhearing a conversation about a discovered gold coin in a graveyard, which has the head of the great Tutanbadge carved on one side. Goes on a quest to find more treasure to hopefully pay of his debts and live the life of luxury. So lets find out if this game is any good in our exclusive Indie Retro News Barnsley Badger C64 preview!

The Little Book of ZX Spectrum Games - Chris Wilkins delves into more retro gaming history

I was starting to wonder when the next popular book from Chris Wilkins would appear and sure enough here we are announcing the next one in his retrotastic library, ' The Little Book of ZX Spectrum Games '. From the creator of  'The story of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in pixels ' Vol 1 - 3, ' The story of the Commodore 64 in pixels ' , ' The History of Ocean Software ' and other such fine nostalgic look backs, this one is going to be a pocket size book that will feature over 150 games with a single page being given to each game!

The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels VOLUME 3 - Available for pre-order!

Chris Wilkins of Retro Fusion Books is no stranger to us, as he has done countless books for both the C64 and ZX Spectrum community, each one a Kickstarter success. Books such as ' The story of the Commodore 64 in pixels ' , ' The History of Ocean Software ', ' The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels  ' and even the more recent ' The story of the Oliver Twins '. Not only is Chris a jolly nice bloke to talk to, but he has made sure these books are filled to the brim with memoirs, factual history, classic game screenshots and much more all in a lovely glossy print. Well now you can order the next book in his library line up, 'The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels Volume 3'!

The Story of The Oliver Twins book coming to Kickstarter soon!

Through all these years of writing on Indie Retro News, we've always given a special mention to anything that's Dizzy related, from those fan based games out of Yolkfolk.com, to the originals developed in the 80's/90's by the legends themselves; The Oliver Twins. But what we were especially excited to hear of, was an upcoming Dizzy book announcement with a possible game at The Centre for Computing History - Cambridge : 24th October (link). However today we've just been told by Chris Wilkins that this new book which is coming to Kickstarter will be named ' The Story of The Oliver Twins - Let's Go Dizzy ', and will probably be all you need to know about The Oliver Twins, including all of the games created with a beautiful screen display for each. Furthermore The book will be by Chris Wilkins & Roger M. Kean with cover design by Steven Day.