Too much ZX love

[crusto]

Im currently selling off my RG collection and one thing I have noticed upon inspecting them is how many times the speccy and its cousins have been covered, theres yet another feature on it in this months issue. Ive got nothing against it but ffs devote a bit more time to the engine or something.

[The Laird]

Im currently selling off my RG collection and one thing I have noticed upon inspecting them is how many times the speccy and its cousins have been covered, theres yet another feature on it in this months issue. Ive got nothing against it but ffs devote a bit more time to the engine or something.

Given that RG is a UK magazine and that the Spectrum was the best selling retro machine in these lands by country mile its pretty understandable. The PC Engine only got a very limited release here so its UK userbase has always been smaller than that of most other machines. I love the PCE but I think the level of coverage it gets is probably about right, not to say there are machines that seem to get over looked though that were successful here but I believe RG are currently trying to correct that somewhat.

[mlucifersam]

I have always been in to games but have never ever seen a PCEngine let alone played on one.

I've seen MANY Spectrums though through the years!

[ChipTune]

Sick to death of the spectrum coverage.. I never liked them really, but enjoy reading about the old stuff, but it's getting beyond a joke now.. AND we only just had the Spccy / 64 bookazine in the shops too..

Time for some new material guys.. seriously!

[crusto]

I didnt mean the engine exclusively, just used it as an example tbh. I just think the speccy has been done to death now. Theres no denying that it was a great computer. But we dont need to be reminded every other month .

[crusto]

I have always been in to games but have never ever seen a PCEngine let alone played on one.

I've seen MANY Spectrums though through the years!

You should indulge yourself, as its a great system. It is home to the finest tennis game ever programmed.

[DreamcastRIP]

"Too much ZX love" in the mag'?

What with it being the Speccy's 30th anniversary I'd say the amount of coverage it's received in recent issues has been fair. Fair because it's not just the anniversary of any old computer but of a computer that meant so much to so many in the UK (and beyond).

As RG is a UK-based publication with presumably the overwhelming majority of its readership being from the UK I'd say the amount of Speccy coverage of late is a tribute to Darran's decision making in getting things right insofar as attempting to satisfy the majority.

Putting that another way, I suspect there'd have been a few raised eyebrows here if on the occasion of Speccy's 30th anniversary the magazine had have instead featured just one Speccy related article in recent issues.

Can't please all of the people all of the time.™

[jdanddiet]

Like dc says its the 30th anniversary ACTUALLY this month. Of THE most influential computer in the history of computer gaming in this country. Maybe if you guys read the article you find out why

[crusto]

Well maybe there has been too much coverage in the past then? Too much of a good thing is not a good thing if you ask me. I just skip all the speccy stuff now, seen it all before one way or another.

[ChipTune]

Not everyone reading the mag is an old fart clinging on to rose tinted nostalgia over the spectrum. Retro Gamer should cater for new comers too and people who enjoy games of a retro nature / spirit. It should definitely celebrate the spectrum's rightful place in history, but the constant fellating of it is getting very very tiresome.. It is a historic artifact that deserves respect but played today it is a pile of gubbins. Hopefully this 30th anniversary will put the speccy coverage to rest for a good few months. There really is a finite amount of stuff you can write about it..

[markopoloman]

Not everyone reading the mag is an old fart clinging on to rose tinted nostalgia over the spectrum. Retro Gamer should cater for new comers too and people who enjoy games of a retro nature / spirit. It should definitely celebrate the spectrum's rightful place in history, but the constant fellating of it is getting very very tiresome.. It is a historic artifact that deserves respect but played today it is a pile of gubbins. Hopefully this 30th anniversary will put the speccy coverage to rest for a good few months. There really is a finite amount of stuff you can write about it..

Good grief. Go and get your last 5 issues of RG.

Count the pages devoted to the speccy/c64/Amstrad (heck, even BBC) and then count how many pages there are in the mag. If you really cant stand us old farts and old fart machines then I suggest you skip those articles, avoid threads about those systems and stop talking to us
I could go on about how I hate the playstation, Snes, MD N64 etc - but I don't. Take a chill pill and remember the mag is made for more than one person or the systems they like.

[fredghostmaster]

As an old fart, I don't want to read about anything released after about 1986 (with the odd exception!). More Speccy coverage please.

[Antiriad2097]

It is a historic artifact that deserves respect but played today it is a pile of gubbins.

It is, by a long way, the system I play on most now above all others. 30 years on and I'm still finding good new games I haven't played before. If anything, RG coverage of it is lacking.

Spectrum, C64, Amiga, ST, PC, Master System, Mega Drive and SNES. These are the core systems that should be covered and recovered simply because there's so much awesome content. I love my Vectrex, but there's only so much you can say about it and its games since the volume can't compete with those big hitters.

[DreamcastRIP]

Agreed. Damn shame none (iirc) of the numerous homebrew game releases for Vectrex have featured in RG these past several years though.

[stvd]

Retro Gamer should cater for new comers too and people who enjoy games of a retro nature / spirit.

You're right.
But it already does.
So you're wrong.