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COLIN BELL has been a massive fan of the CPC ever since his dear old Mum bought Dad one for Christmas in 1986 to use for his electrical business — that never happened! He has fond early memories of playing The Custard Pie Factory, Supergran and Rig Attack! and has a passion for adventure games. A serious collector of all things Amstrad, he currently has over a whopping 2,300 games in his collection along with various CPC systems and hardware. Colin also writes for other publications under the Fusion Retro Books banner and is very honoured to be taking on the role of editor for AMTIXCPC.
GORDON KING
Gordon, or Kingy as he is known in the retro community, is one of the hosts of RGDS Podcast. He’s one of those strange creatures that love all of the 8-bit home micros and won’t get involved in a ‘which is better’ debate. His personally owned Amstrad is the 6128, and by the time you’ve read this, he’s modified it with a Gotek drive. No Amstrads were hurt during this daring mission.
ZOE KIRK ROBINSON is a talented artist and comedian who makes games for old computers live on YouTube. Zoë got her first Amstrad when she was four, a decision her parents almost instantly regretted. She didn’t stop playing on her CPC until the age of forty, and even then, only stopped to write something for this magazine. Zoë also produces CPCine, a YouTube documentary series that charts the life of the Amstrad CPC and she very kindly provided the artwork for all the lovely faces you see here. She lives in Bolton, in a cocoon made from retro games.
CHRIS WEATHERLEY, AKA
‘NOVABUG’ , is a retro gaming YouTuber and writer contributing to various websites such as The Pixel Empire, RetroUnlim and Indie Retro News. A self-confessed CPC fanatic, ‘Novabug’ is well known for his Saturday live streams where he tests real CPC cassette games on real hardware, to much amusement and sometimes disappointment. He is also the product of a hybrid breeding project, to splice a human and an alien to create the ultimate Amstrad guardian. Funded by Lord Sugar, the project wasn’t a success.
AL‘XYPHOE’WHITE
Al ‘Xyphoe’ is a content creator on YouTube and now Twitch, and also a freelance journalist who can be heard wittering on about how great the Amstrad is everywhere he goes! He became known as ‘that Amstrad guy on YouTube’ where in 2008 he started making in-depth and unique videos simultaneously longplaying an Amstrad game whilst reviewing and digging up interesting info on how the game was made, etc. This grew in popularity which resulted in the weekly daft YouTube ‘AMSTREAM’ live streams each Friday.
BEN HONEBONE
Ben Honebone spent the late 1980s and early 90s huddled around a green screen playing Arkanoid, Wizball, and other colour dependent games on the CPC 464. From this self imposed isolation there emerged a lifelong Amstrad enthusiast and video game connoisseur. Ben can also be found working at Fusion magazine, making music with bands and as a solo artist, making music videos and content, and generally roaming around the Welsh countryside looking for fighting game players.