‘People still remember it 40 years later’: the making of Chuckie Egg The iconic game that came to define 8-bit programming still conjures flutters of nostalgia 40 years on – all thanks to a 15-year-old tea boy who worked a Saturday shift in a computer shop in Greater M...

Hi I wrote about the making of classic platformerChuckie Egg and talked to its creator Nigel Alderton. Please give it a read as I want to show there’s an audience for this gaming history stuff 🙏

www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...

These articles are brilliant Mark, what you’ve done with Elite is fantastic as well.

Make sure that you don’t return it to this address which would cost them £2.50 because that would be wrong 😉

Although it’s a bit different to your situation, being made redundant 25 years ago was the best thing to happen to me career wise.
Good luck for the future Louise and enjoy your summer off.

I’ve been there since issue 1. Congratulations Darren!

Thank you Alicia and hopefully we will meet up at the next one!
I’m still on the train as I type this but I should be home in just over an hour 👍

It was great to finally meet you Alicia! I hope I didn’t bore you with my Talk Talk music video location chat 😴

Another great show! See you all next Sunday #forgotten80s

Good evening everyone! Going between the two places tonight #forgotten80s

The WHSmith at the station where I work is always busy!

Great show as always! See you all next week for more #forgotten80s

I’m trying out both places tonight for the first time.

Trying out both places tonight! #forgotten80s