Computers
Paleotronic’s Pirate Booty
Early computer and videogame magazines often featured comics. Here’s a few we’ve found researching for our articles…
Articles
Computer Art
Paleotronic’s Light Pens and Plotters
So, it’s 1983 and you’ve saved up and bought yourself a shiny new computer with state-of-the-art graphics capabilities, and you’re ready to become a digital Picasso. But then you realise the only way you can [more…]
Commodore
The Amazing Amiga
The Amiga represented an evolutionary leap forward in computing’s creative potential. While colour computer graphics were not a new invention, the Amiga provided a video mode capable of displaying 4096 colours – previously unprecedented in [more…]
Atari
The Story of Jack and Jay: An 8-Bit Fairy Tale
Once upon a time… …in a land far away lived Jack and Jay. Jack was the Commander of an armada known as Commodore, while Jay was a Grand Wizard in the royal court of the [more…]
Telecommunications
Interview with a Sysop: The Lower Planes BBS
Sysop of The Lower Planes BBS Anthony Adverse answers a few of our questions about the Australian BBS Scene… Thanks for taking the time to chat with us! Firstly, we assume you were a BBS [more…]
Computers
ARC: The Adelaide Retro-Computing Group
Today almost everyone will use a computer, or some form of computer controlled hardware to do their job. When they get home they might play games on their PC or Mac, or use social media [more…]
Sega
Paleotronic’s Top Ten Famous and Infamous Christmas-Themed Video Games
Christmas themed video games have always been a category of computer and console video gaming that has bewildered me. Often they have been very poor adaptations of a holiday season meant to bring about fond [more…]
Amstrad CPC
Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Returns!
Did you miss it last year? Well, here’s another chance to check out Paleotronic’s 12 years of Retro-Christmas, a series of 12 mini-mags looking back at consumer electronics covering the years 1980-1991. It was the [more…]
Atari
Christmas Lemmings!
My task, should I accept (and you did – Ed) was to write an article about Christmas Lemmings as a segue into Lemmings in general. The reason behind this, is simply to meet my brief [more…]
Atari
Top Ten Retro Party Games!
At the time of writing, the holidays are almost upon us. At this time of year we usually have friends over for some food, talk and games. This is where it gets a bit awkward, [more…]