The Amstrad CPC has turned 40. If you were ‘there at the time’, we can only apologise for making you feel ancient. Or, you know, spend some time celebrating a British classic – the home micro that ...

After 37 years, 1987’s Head Over Heels has finally had its long-awaited sequel released. Return to Blacktooth: A Head Over ...

In the Shadow of the CPC is a book about the Amstrad CPC, an 8-bit personal computer released in 1984 and popular in the U.K., France, Spain and Germany, selling about 3 million units through the ...

Back in 1984, my family got our first home computer – An Amstrad CPC, and it shaped, ultimately, my entire career from then on in as a professional games journalist. Back in the day, besides games ...

If you were a computer-mad teen in the late 1980s, you were probably in the process of graduating from an 8-bit machine to a 16-bit one, maybe an Amiga, or an Atari ST. For the first time though you ...

Back in the ’80s, home computers weren’t capable of much in terms of audio or multimedia as a whole. Arguably, it wasn’t until the advent of 16-bit computers such as the Amiga that musicians could ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been ...

During my 15 years as a video games journalist, I have repeatedly been accused of nicking my writing style straight from the pages of classic computing mags Zzap! and Crash. I wholeheartedly refute ...

Jeremiah is a US-based blogger who bought a Nexus One the day it came out and never looked back. In his spare time he watches Star Trek, cooks eggs, and completely fails to write novels. Droid-CPC is ...