Bread Bin & Cartridge

Thursday 14 February 1991 — Valentine's Day, and Psygnosis release DMA Design's Lemmings on the Amiga.

Lee and Mark dig into the day: The Simpsons' Do The Bartman at number one, shop prices in today's money, Red Dwarf series IV opening on BBC Two with "Camille" and Going Live on Saturday mornings, Hero Turtles and the Game Boy as the period flavour, and how a Deluxe Paint doodle in Dundee became one of the biggest British games ever. Magazine scores from The One, CU Amiga, Amiga Format, Zzap, Crash, Your Sinclair and Sinclair User, then the sound desk: Amiga vs Atari ST vs Spectrum 128.

Short music and TV extracts are used for commentary and review.

On this day in 1989, Monday the fourteenth of August, Sega put the Genesis on sale in New York and Los Angeles with Altered Beast in the box. Jive Bunny are at number one with Swing The Mood, grey import Mega Drives are under £200 in the mail-order ads (about £500 in today's money), Wogan is on BBC One and the kids are watching Why Don't You on summer mornings. Lee and Mark Webb rise from the grave with one of Lee's all-time favourites: the magazines that called it the best Mega Drive game and the ones that said evolution selected it for extinction, Sylvanian Families and Batmania in the toy shops, the Game Boy landing in America, and the music on the arcade, the Mega Drive and the Master System. Bread Bin and Cartridge.

Short music and TV extracts are used for commentary and review.

On this day in 1984, Wednesday the sixth of June, Alexey Pajitnov finished the first playable version of Tetris on a text-only Electronika 60 in Moscow. Wham are at number one with Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, a 48K Spectrum is about £130, the new Amstrad CPC 464 is a fortnight from the shops, and Countdown is ticking away on Channel 4. Lee and Mark Webb follow the falling blocks to Mirrorsoft's 1988 UK release, go through what Zzap, Sinclair User, Your Sinclair and Crash made of it, and play the music on three machines: Wally Beben's Commodore 64 score, and David Whittaker's Spectrum 128 and Amiga tunes. Bread Bin and Cartridge.

On this day in 1985, Thursday the third of October, Bubble Bus put Starquake on UK Spectrum shelves. Midge Ure holds number one with If I Was, Top of the Pops is on the BBC with Ure performing the same song, and Crash is about to Smash Steve Crow's planet-core maze at ninety-six percent. Lee and Mark Webb dig into the charts, the high street prices, the magazines, and a three-machine sound-and-graphics desk: Sixty-Four with Crow's Sid music, Spectrum, and Amstrad. Bread Bin and Cartridge.

On this day in 1988, Sunday the second of October, Ocean's Operation Wolf is shipping onto UK Spectrum shelves this week. U2 hold number one with Desire, Bread is on BBC One, and Crash is about to Smash the light-gun conversion at ninety-one percent. Lee and Mark Webb dig into the charts, the high street prices, the magazines, and a three-machine sound-and-graphics desk: Sixty-Four with Jonathan Dunn's Sid music, Spectrum, and Amstrad. Bread Bin and Cartridge.

On this day in 1986, Wednesday the first of October, Durell's Thanatos is landing on the Spectrum shelves. The Communards hold number one with Don't Leave Me This Way, Wogan is on BBC One, and Crash is about to Smash the dragon at ninety-three percent. Lee and Mark Webb dig into the charts, the high street prices, the magazines, and a three-machine sound-and-graphics desk: Sixty-Four with Rob Hubbard's Sid arrangement, Spectrum, and Amstrad. Bread Bin and Cartridge.

On this day in 1987 — Wednesday the thirtieth of September — Gremlin's Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers is on the full-price shelves. M/A/R/R/S are at number one with Pump Up The Volume, and Coronation Street is on ITV at half past seven. Lee and Mark Webb walk through what a Spectrum +2, an Amstrad CPC464, a Commodore 64C and the new Amiga 500 cost on the high street, what Crash, Your Sinclair, Sinclair User, Zzap!64, Commodore User, Amstrad Action and The Games Machine said, then a three-machine sound desk and graphics compare: Commodore 64, Spectrum, Amstrad. Bread Bin & Cartridge.

Ois day in 91,78riday the twenty-ifth,Domark' Living Daylights Bond game is still on the full-rice wall after slipping from the summer film window. Rick Astley stuck at number one,Crash cold at sixty-hree,Zzap shrugging fifty-even while Commodore User cheers eight out of ten,and Crash readers later crown it Most Overhyped.Lee and Mark Webb dig into the charts,the high street,the mags,and a three-achine sound-nd-raphics desk:Sixty-our,Spectrum,Amstrad.Bread Bin and Cartridge.

On this day in 9911—Thursday the twenty-fourth —Code Masters' Sky High Stuntman lands on Spectrum Computing at £3..99Bryan Adams still stuck at number one,Crash cold on the Spectrum,Amiga Power cheering the sixteen-it desk,Commodore Format shrugging the Sixty-our.Lee and Mark Webb dig into the charts, the high street,the mags,and a three-machine sound-nd-graphics desk —Sixty-our, Spectrum, Amiga.Bread Bin & Cartridge.

On this day in 1985 — Monday the twenty-third — U.S. Gold's Bounty Bob Strikes Back lands on Spectrum Computing at £7.95. Bowie and Jagger on the chart, Crash cheering the Spectrum, Zzap loud on the Sixty-Four, Amtix cooler on the Amstrad. Lee and Mark Webb dig into the charts, the high street, the mags, and a three-machine sound-and-graphics desk — Sixty-Four, Spectrum, Amstrad. Bread Bin & Cartridge.