Bread Bin & Cartridge

Bread Bin & Cartridge Ep.39 — Another World — 4 November 1991.Éric Chahi's Another World was arriving on the Amiga and Atari ST from France's Delphine Software, and the British magazines were reviewing it, from eighty-nine percent in Amiga Power to Duncan MacDonald's "Another World's brill" in Zero. Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff had just gone to number one with Dizzy, BBC One had shown the last ever episode of Bread, Byker Grove was the after-school must-watch, the Game Boy was Toy of the Year and the new Amiga 500 Plus was refusing to run half the nation's games.Lee and Mark set the scene with the chart, kids' telly, toys and shop prices, then get into the reviews, Lester's stormy-night Ferrari intro and his silent alien friend, Chahi's two years working alone, rotoscoping himself with a genlock, the glamorous Delphine group behind Richard Clayderman, the "infinite fax" that saved the intro music, and a sound desk and overall verdict across the Amiga, ST and PC versions.Hosts: Lee & Mark Webb.

Bread Bin & Cartridge Ep.38 — Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins — 2 November 1992.Nintendo's Game Boy sequel was out in America and the British magazines were reviewing the import, from ninety percent in GB Action to "far too easy" in the brand new Nintendo Magazine System. Boyz II Men were at number one with End of the Road, Ghostwatch had just terrified the nation on Halloween, Bad Influence! had launched on CITV, Going Live! had Saturday mornings, WWF Wrestlers were Toy of the Year and Sonic 2 was coming.Lee and Mark set the scene with the chart, kids' telly, Mario merchandise and shop prices, then get into the reviews, the six zones and golden coins, Gunpei Yokoi, Hiroji Kiyotake and the birth of Wario, Kazumi Totaka's hidden song, and a sound desk and overall verdict against the first Super Mario Land.Hosts: Lee & Mark Webb.

Bread Bin & Cartridge Ep.37 — Daley Thompson's Decathlon — 30 October 1984.Ocean's joystick killer was landing in the magazines, and they could not agree on it, from eight out of ten in Sinclair User and eighty two percent in Crash to one out of three in Big K. Wham! were at number one with Freedom, The Bill was two weeks old on ITV, Bob Holness had Blockbusters at teatime, He-Man was Toy of the Year and the new Spectrum plus had just hit the shops.Lee and Mark set the scene with the chart, telly, toys and shop prices, then get into the reviews, the Commodore version released the day after Daley's gold, the first ever Speedlock loader, a music rights row and Chariots of Fire, and a sound desk and overall verdict across the Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC.Hosts: Lee & Mark Webb.

Bread Bin & Cartridge Ep.36 — Knight Rider — 28 October 1986.Ocean's long awaited Knight Rider game finally reached the shops, and the reviews were brutal, from thirty nine percent in Crash to sixteen percent in Zzap!64. Nick Berry was at number one with Every Loser Wins, Simon May's theme was sailing in on Howards' Way, Roy Castle had Record Breakers, Transformers were Toy of the Year again, and Amstrad were rowing over the PC1512.Lee and Mark set the scene with the chart, telly, toys and shop prices, then get into the reviews, KITT's very slow self driving, the sixteen month wait, the early adverts row on the Crash letters page, the Rubbished headline, and a sound desk and overall verdict across the Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC.Hosts: Lee & Mark Webb.

Bread Bin & Cartridge Ep.35 r1 — Manic Miner — 26 October 1983.Matthew Smith's mad underground platformer was the talk of the letters pages, with Popular Computing Weekly readers swapping high scores past a hundred thousand. Culture Club were at number one with Karma Chameleon, Sam Neill was Reilly, Ace of Spies on ITV, Rentaghost and Saturday Superstore were on the BBC, and the Acorn Electron had just landed in the shops.Lee and Mark set the scene with the chart, telly, toys and shop prices, then get into the reviews, Miner Willy's twenty caverns, the air supply, the In the Hall of the Mountain King music, the Bug-Byte and Software Projects versions, the penguin cheat, and a sound desk and overall verdict across the Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and BBC Micro.Hosts: Lee & Mark Webb.

Bread Bin & Cartridge Ep.34 r1 — Micro Machines — 24 October 1993.Codemasters' tiny racer had just gone pocket sized, with Mean Machines Sega giving the Game Gear version 94% that month. Meat Loaf was in week four of seven at number one with I'd Do Anything for Love, Lovejoy was charming his way round the antiques trade on BBC One, Bad Influence and GamesMaster had the gamers glued to the telly, and Tracy Island was finally Toy of the Year.Lee and Mark set the scene with the chart, telly, toys and shop prices, then get into the 93% reviews, the breakfast table and bath tub tracks, the eight lights of head to head, the reverse engineered NES original, the one bit bug, Galoob's Game Genie court win over Nintendo, the Mega Drive delay, and a sound desk and overall verdict across the NES, Mega Drive and Game Gear.Hosts: Lee & Mark Webb.

Bread Bin & Cartridge Ep.33 r1 — Turrican — 22 October 1990.Manfred Trenz's huge German blaster was in Gallup's all formats top ten as autumn set in. The Beautiful South went to number one with A Little Time, Unchained Melody came roaring back, Noel Edmonds had Telly Addicts on BBC One, Bob Holness was lighting up hexagons on Blockbusters, and the Game Boy and Mega Drive had both just landed in British shops.Lee and Mark set the scene with the chart, telly, toys and shop prices, then get into Zzap's 97% Gold Medal, Sinclair User's 79% dissent, Amstrad Action's double Mastergame issue, the lightning whip and gyroscope, the Giana Sisters and R-Type backstory, a title tune borrowed from The Transformers Movie, a Manowar album cover, and a sound desk and overall verdict across the C64, Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and Amiga.Hosts: Lee & Mark Webb.

Bread Bin & Cartridge Ep.32 r1 — Target Renegade — 20 October 1988.Six months after it hit the shops, Ocean and Imagine's two-player street brawler was still in Gallup's full-price top twenty. Whitney Houston was at number one, D Mob's We Call It Acieed caused a stir on Top of the Pops, David Essex launched The River on BBC One, Count Duckula was new on ITV, and Sega was nine days from launching the Mega Drive in Japan.Lee and Mark set the scene with the chart, telly, toys and shop prices, then get into a big Amstrad split (86% and a Mastergame in Amstrad Action, 6 out of 20 in Amstrad Computer User), Scumville's five levels, the Bob Wakelin box art, the Beastie Boys baddies, and a sound desk across the C64, Spectrum 128K and Amstrad CPC.Hosts: Lee & Mark Webb.

Bread Bin & Cartridge Ep.31 r1 — Rise of the Robots — 18 October 1994.One month to the day before the most hyped Amiga game of 1994 finally reached the shops. Take That were at number one with Sure, The Fast Show was four episodes old on BBC Two, GamesMaster was on Channel 4, Power Rangers were Toy of the Year, and Netscape had just announced its free web browser while the Amiga carried on without Commodore.Lee and Mark set the scene with the chart, telly, toys and shop prices, then dig into the biggest magazine split the show has covered (92% in Amiga Action, 5% in Amiga Power), the rendered robots, Brian May's missing soundtrack, the hype machine, and a sound desk across Amiga, PC and Super Nintendo.Hosts: Lee & Mark Webb.

Bread Bin & Cartridge Ep.30 r1 — Fairlight — 16 October 1985.On this Wednesday in 1985, The Edge's isometric castle quest Fairlight sat atop the Gallup Spectrum chart. Jennifer Rush held the UK singles number one with The Power of Love, BBC One was repeating Tenko, Transformers were Toy of the Year, and Amstrad's new PCW word processor had just hit the high street.Lee and Mark open the era with chart, telly, toys and shop prices, then dig into Crash Smash scores, Bo Jangeborg's Worldmaker system, Clever Music on the Sid chip, and the Fairlight II royalty row that ended in court.Hosts: Lee & Mark Webb.