Iain Mew
@superchartisland.com
Writing a British history of popular video games one UK sales chart #1 at a time. Now in 1986. Also into pop music and writing on The Singles Jukebox. He/him. http://www.superchartisland.com
I rememeber someone coming up with the theory that the names the Doctor and the Master implied there should also be the Bachelor and that it was obviously James Bond
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I rememeber someone coming up with the theory that the names the Doctor and the Master implied there should also be the Bachelor and that it was obviously James Bond
I've left a comment on the post now I finished!
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I've left a comment on the post now I finished!
I love this whole album!
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I love this whole album!
The moody opening stage of Little Big Adventure 2
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The moody opening stage of Little Big Adventure 2
Anywhere is great, not distinctive but the obvious pinnacle of its Watt-produced mini-genre
(now I have to look at my 10s list again just as I thought it was done)
(now I have to look at my 10s list again just as I thought it was done)
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Anywhere is great, not distinctive but the obvious pinnacle of its Watt-produced mini-genre
(now I have to look at my 10s list again just as I thought it was done)
(now I have to look at my 10s list again just as I thought it was done)
Reposted by Iain Mew
"The result is that you can win through quite a few rounds simply by holding down the button plus a direction to high kick again and again"
I remember it as being able to beat the game by just holding the low kick, but it's been decades. The C64 version of Sensible Soccer has a similar problem.
I remember it as being able to beat the game by just holding the low kick, but it's been decades. The C64 version of Sensible Soccer has a similar problem.
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"The result is that you can win through quite a few rounds simply by holding down the button plus a direction to high kick again and again"
I remember it as being able to beat the game by just holding the low kick, but it's been decades. The C64 version of Sensible Soccer has a similar problem.
I remember it as being able to beat the game by just holding the low kick, but it's been decades. The C64 version of Sensible Soccer has a similar problem.
Google's predictive results certainly suggest that it doesn't!
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Google's predictive results certainly suggest that it doesn't!
A few that came to mind for me, all very much from a UK perspective
Modern Life is Rubbish
His 'n' Hers
Light Years
Leaders of the Free World
Fur and Gold
Modern Life is Rubbish
His 'n' Hers
Light Years
Leaders of the Free World
Fur and Gold
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A few that came to mind for me, all very much from a UK perspective
Modern Life is Rubbish
His 'n' Hers
Light Years
Leaders of the Free World
Fur and Gold
Modern Life is Rubbish
His 'n' Hers
Light Years
Leaders of the Free World
Fur and Gold
Jennie album is one of my only two digital purchases (alongside a soundtrack to an unreleased video game). Very annoying that they have now put the featured artists on the vinyl but still haven't on the CD
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Jennie album is one of my only two digital purchases (alongside a soundtrack to an unreleased video game). Very annoying that they have now put the featured artists on the vinyl but still haven't on the CD
I always assumed it was helped a lot by the fact it had no video, helpfully directing all listeners away from YouTube at a time when streams there didn't count for the charts yet
November 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I always assumed it was helped a lot by the fact it had no video, helpfully directing all listeners away from YouTube at a time when streams there didn't count for the charts yet