Aloha, RS fans!
As you should all be well aware, our favourite little publishing label is going from strength to strength. We have a wide range of retro titles in development, even more useful tools and docs, plus we already have one title officially released, and under our belt.
The hard work has continued unabated - the forums are now a focussed resource for 8-bit Acorn development, and we're beginning to steadily build up our publishing infrastructure behind the scenes.
At this past weekend's Acorn World show in Huddersfield, we were very pleased to show off lots more works in progress and also had two of our titles available for purchase. That's right, two! Joining the classic shoot-'em-up Zap!, we officially launched
The Krystal Connection by Stephen Smith for the BBC B/B+/Master and Master Compact.
You'll find more details and screenshots, on The Krystal Connection page:
http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/krystalThe online shop hasn't yet been launched but, for now, you can order your copies of both Zap! and The Krystal Connection through eBay, in the following formats:
- BBC Micro Cassette
- BBC Micro 5.25” Disc
- BBC Master Compact 3.5” Disc
An SSD version for emulator users will be available soon (on CD-ROM) priced at £1.95. Until it is, SSDs can be provided manually - full details on the Retro Software pricing page:
http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/wiki/index.php/PricesIf you'd rather not sign up for an eBay account, you can also PM DaveM/Arcadian via the Retro Software or STH forums for details on how to purchase the game directly.
We hope you'll check out The Krystal Connection and consider placing an order to encourage all of our hobbyist developers to stick through to the end of their projects. It's reminiscent of the early Acornsoft arcade platformers, like Boxer, and has gone down very well with everyone we've seen playing it so far.
Remember, Retro Software is wholly a not-for-profit organisation and the cover price of each release is split between the cost of production, royalties to the author and, if there's anything left, into a fund for advertising Retro Software.
So there it is. Get the both titles from the Retro Software label here ...
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/dllmKeep an eye on this site for further titles in the future - and, please (can't stress this enough!), do leave us some feedback on this title in
The Krystal Connection forum.
Many thanks,
Sam.
P.S. The Retro Software community welcomes volunteers who'd like to get their hands on early releases to do some beta playtesting ... plus, as well as needing graphic artists, musicians etc. if anyone out there is of the art persuasion, we have plenty of cover-art and poster work to do as more of the projects get closer to completion. If you're interested, post your interest in the
Volunteer Team forum and join in!
