Welcome 8-bit lovers

Hi,

I'm Neil Parsons, from Spain. Some people may know of me from Spectrum Computing forums and other 8-bit related sites, mostly dedicated to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer. So, this is my new blog and with it I expect to publish from time to time the full contents of those BASIC listings to be typed in from computer and video games magazines around the world. From UK, Spain, Denmark, Germany and other European countries.

The plot of this blog is to display all programs which appeared in those publications, like Sinclair User, Your Spectrum, MicroHobby, ZX, Todospectrum, Computer Kontakt, Homecomputer, Hebdogiciel, Soft Special (Denmark), etc., just to have a close information of them for any purpose (database, software management, full filling info for other websites,...)

Every entry in this blog will be dedicated to one concrete magazine, in which I'll add the best information I could get of it via Internet or just analysed by myself, followed by a complete list of all BASIC programs published in its pages. Info provided consists on issue number, title, system, author or authors (if there are more) and pages, in this particular order.

ISSUE    TITLE                  SYSTEM      AUTHOR(S)             PAGES 

For example: From Soft Special magazine

Nº  Title                  System         Author/s             Pages

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1   Simple Logo            ZX Spectrum    Maz Spork            6-7
    Manelokomotiv          Commodore 64   Kurt Andersen        8
    UFO-Flight             Commodore 64   Peter Brovil         9
    Tekst Behandling       Piccolo        Lars Christiensen    10-11
    Gunfight               ZX Spectrum    Claus Brock          12
    Turborace              ZX Spectrum    Thøger Lyme          13
    Slimi                  Commodore 64   Software-Team        14-15

... 

Note: List in preparation. Info and issues of Soft (Special) magazine, try: https://archive.org/search?query=danish+soft+magazine 

This will be the structure of every list you can find here from now on. Specific home computer system magazines like Your Spectrum, Todospectrum, Commodore User or COMPUTE!'s Gazzette don't need of 'system' column in my lists, except if there is any different model of a same home computer trademark mentioned for each type-in (i.e.: Commodore 64, Commodore 128, VIC-20 and Commodore 16-Plus 4). Many of those 8-bit systems had their particular place in most of those magazines: Sinclair ZX-81, Sinclair ZX Spectrum 16K, Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K, Lambda 8300, Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64, Commodore 16/Plus-4, Oric-1, Oric Atmos, BBC Micro, Electron, MSX, IBM PC, New Brain, RC Piccolo, Amstrad CPC, Dragon 32, Texas Instruments 99/4A and so on.

Next entry... wait until I get everything. I'm just beginning... 

If someone wants to know of any particular magazine, which included a software section dedicated to these type-ins, just tell me at comments box.

For instance, I start recommending several webs to look at. Few of them still alive but without any progress or not being updated for quite a few years:

C64 Type-in Mags (discontinued) - https://www.c64music.co.uk/mags/

VIC-20 Type-in Listings (always up-to-date) - http://www.vic20listings.freeolamail.com/magazines.html

Gamebase 64 (no activity since 2022, except their forum) - https://gb64.com/index.php

Hebdogiciel (French magazine) - http://www.hebdogiciel.free.fr/

Microhobby Forever - https://microhobby.speccy.cz/mhforever/index.htm

Commodore 16 - Plus/4 World (always up-to-date) - https://plus4world.powweb.com/home

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Welcome and enjoy!