8-Bit Back Issues
@8bitbackissues.bsky.social
A Podcast looking at retro video game magazines. Drop me a message if you'd like to be a guest.
Hosted by Geoff Owen @NCC17fOrmula1
Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network
https://linktr.ee/8bitbackissues
Hosted by Geoff Owen @NCC17fOrmula1
Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network
https://linktr.ee/8bitbackissues
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Mean Machines issue 23
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New episode!
This month Geoff is joined by @ashversus.bsky.social from Under ConsoleTation Podcast (@underconsolepod.bsky.social ) to chat about Mean Machines issue 23.
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
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This month Geoff is joined by @ashversus.bsky.social from Under ConsoleTation Podcast (@underconsolepod.bsky.social ) to chat about Mean Machines issue 23.
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3BwG...
A preview of some of the mags we'll be chatting about over the next few months...
February 16, 2026 at 1:50 PM
A preview of some of the mags we'll be chatting about over the next few months...
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This was a fun old chat, nice to delve into a magazine without having to worry about how it ties into that months core episode. 😂
-Ash
-Ash
New episode!
This month Geoff is joined by @ashversus.bsky.social from Under ConsoleTation Podcast (@underconsolepod.bsky.social ) to chat about Mean Machines issue 23.
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3BwG...
This month Geoff is joined by @ashversus.bsky.social from Under ConsoleTation Podcast (@underconsolepod.bsky.social ) to chat about Mean Machines issue 23.
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3BwG...
Mean Machines issue 23
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February 8, 2026 at 12:24 PM
This was a fun old chat, nice to delve into a magazine without having to worry about how it ties into that months core episode. 😂
-Ash
-Ash
New episode!
This month Geoff is joined by @ashversus.bsky.social from Under ConsoleTation Podcast (@underconsolepod.bsky.social ) to chat about Mean Machines issue 23.
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3BwG...
This month Geoff is joined by @ashversus.bsky.social from Under ConsoleTation Podcast (@underconsolepod.bsky.social ) to chat about Mean Machines issue 23.
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3BwG...
Mean Machines issue 23
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February 8, 2026 at 12:21 PM
New episode!
This month Geoff is joined by @ashversus.bsky.social from Under ConsoleTation Podcast (@underconsolepod.bsky.social ) to chat about Mean Machines issue 23.
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3BwG...
This month Geoff is joined by @ashversus.bsky.social from Under ConsoleTation Podcast (@underconsolepod.bsky.social ) to chat about Mean Machines issue 23.
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3BwG...
As listeners will know, I am very much into the ZX Spectrum era of gaming, and so I've booked to go here this year. If anyone else is going, I'll see you there!
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Crash Live! 2026 Tickets on Sale Now
Crash Live! Is a UK-based annual event dedicated to celebrating the ZX Spectrum home computer, run by Fusion Retro Books.Last year, we reported on tickets for 2025’s event going on sale, and now, tick...
www.retronews.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
As listeners will know, I am very much into the ZX Spectrum era of gaming, and so I've booked to go here this year. If anyone else is going, I'll see you there!
www.retronews.com/crash-live-2...
www.retronews.com/crash-live-2...
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Haven’t heard enough of my old toot on UCP? Hear me talk a bunch of toot when someone else has the edit responsibilities! Sorry Geoff! 😅
-Ash
-Ash
It's all edited and uploaded ready to go. The next episode of 8-Bit Back Issues will be out on 8 February at 8am GMT and will feature my chat with @ashversus.bsky.social from @underconsolepod.bsky.social about Mean Machines issue 23.
January 29, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Haven’t heard enough of my old toot on UCP? Hear me talk a bunch of toot when someone else has the edit responsibilities! Sorry Geoff! 😅
-Ash
-Ash
It's all edited and uploaded ready to go. The next episode of 8-Bit Back Issues will be out on 8 February at 8am GMT and will feature my chat with @ashversus.bsky.social from @underconsolepod.bsky.social about Mean Machines issue 23.
January 29, 2026 at 10:21 AM
It's all edited and uploaded ready to go. The next episode of 8-Bit Back Issues will be out on 8 February at 8am GMT and will feature my chat with @ashversus.bsky.social from @underconsolepod.bsky.social about Mean Machines issue 23.
Over on my personal Bluesky account I've been posting a game a day for the last 6 days based on gaming systems I've owned (or games I've played through re-release packs on later systems). My game choices are gonna come from the last 42 years so feel free to follow and comment with your memories.
6. Forza Horizon 4 (Playground / Microsoft)
For me personally, the best open-world racing game ever. And made even better for me because it's set in Britain. Forza Horizon 5 is technically better, but I love racing around streets and roads and in cars that look familiar to me.
#ForzaHorizon4
For me personally, the best open-world racing game ever. And made even better for me because it's set in Britain. Forza Horizon 5 is technically better, but I love racing around streets and roads and in cars that look familiar to me.
#ForzaHorizon4
January 10, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Over on my personal Bluesky account I've been posting a game a day for the last 6 days based on gaming systems I've owned (or games I've played through re-release packs on later systems). My game choices are gonna come from the last 42 years so feel free to follow and comment with your memories.
NEW EPISODE!
Back in September I joined @markadamshc.bsky.social for two episodes of @reddwarfpod.bsky.social to chat about the Stuart Ashens movies. Here are both episodes combined for your pleasure.
Magazine chats back next month!
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0XQe...
Back in September I joined @markadamshc.bsky.social for two episodes of @reddwarfpod.bsky.social to chat about the Stuart Ashens movies. Here are both episodes combined for your pleasure.
Magazine chats back next month!
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0XQe...
The Ashens Movies
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January 9, 2026 at 7:56 AM
NEW EPISODE!
Back in September I joined @markadamshc.bsky.social for two episodes of @reddwarfpod.bsky.social to chat about the Stuart Ashens movies. Here are both episodes combined for your pleasure.
Magazine chats back next month!
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0XQe...
Back in September I joined @markadamshc.bsky.social for two episodes of @reddwarfpod.bsky.social to chat about the Stuart Ashens movies. Here are both episodes combined for your pleasure.
Magazine chats back next month!
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0XQe...
Sending a question out to the hive mind. Podmetheus: An Alien Earth Podcast ( @podmetheus.bsky.social ) and 8-Bit Back Issues are planning a crossover episode and want to talk about the Alien video games. So, we're looking for a gaming mag with an Alien cover. Can anyone suggest anything?
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ALT: a person is standing in a dark room in a video game looking out a window .
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January 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Sending a question out to the hive mind. Podmetheus: An Alien Earth Podcast ( @podmetheus.bsky.social ) and 8-Bit Back Issues are planning a crossover episode and want to talk about the Alien video games. So, we're looking for a gaming mag with an Alien cover. Can anyone suggest anything?
Well, we're at the end of 2025 and we have another 12 episodes under our belt. Let's take a look back at the episodes and amazing guests we've had this year.
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Crash issue 18
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December 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Well, we're at the end of 2025 and we have another 12 episodes under our belt. Let's take a look back at the episodes and amazing guests we've had this year.
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Great to see that two of my podcasts get mentioned in this month's @filmstories.bsky.social Magazine. @threecirclesfs.bsky.social and @8bitbackissues.bsky.social both get a shout out in there.
If you want to see what nice stuff has been written then you'll have to go buy it!
@violeth310.bsky.social
If you want to see what nice stuff has been written then you'll have to go buy it!
@violeth310.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Great to see that two of my podcasts get mentioned in this month's @filmstories.bsky.social Magazine. @threecirclesfs.bsky.social and @8bitbackissues.bsky.social both get a shout out in there.
If you want to see what nice stuff has been written then you'll have to go buy it!
@violeth310.bsky.social
If you want to see what nice stuff has been written then you'll have to go buy it!
@violeth310.bsky.social
And if you're interested in the great work that @mpkch.bsky.social and the team from @breakspace.bsky.social Magazine does here, you can download the current issue, as well as the first two back issues free from breakspace.itch.io
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
And if you're interested in the great work that @mpkch.bsky.social and the team from @breakspace.bsky.social Magazine does here, you can download the current issue, as well as the first two back issues free from breakspace.itch.io
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I've been enjoying the @8bitbackissues.bsky.social podcast, featuring @breakspace.bsky.social 's very own Mpk chatting about what we're doing with Break Space and taking a look at Crash Issue 18.
Available from wherever you get your podcasts from.
www.podparadise.com/Podcast/1720...
Available from wherever you get your podcasts from.
www.podparadise.com/Podcast/1720...
December 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I've been enjoying the @8bitbackissues.bsky.social podcast, featuring @breakspace.bsky.social 's very own Mpk chatting about what we're doing with Break Space and taking a look at Crash Issue 18.
Available from wherever you get your podcasts from.
www.podparadise.com/Podcast/1720...
Available from wherever you get your podcasts from.
www.podparadise.com/Podcast/1720...
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Hear me roar!
Well, waffle on about ZX Spectrum magazines.
No actual roaring included.
Well, waffle on about ZX Spectrum magazines.
No actual roaring included.
A new episode coming this Sunday featuring @mpkch.bsky.social from @breakspace.bsky.social. We chat BreakSpace and Crash, two great Spectrum mags - one from yesterday, and one from today...
December 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Hear me roar!
Well, waffle on about ZX Spectrum magazines.
No actual roaring included.
Well, waffle on about ZX Spectrum magazines.
No actual roaring included.
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Our intrepid editor Mpk may well have a face for radio, but sadly has a voice for print.
Somehow undeterred, he's recorded a podcast episode. Enjoy?
Somehow undeterred, he's recorded a podcast episode. Enjoy?
A new episode coming this Sunday featuring @mpkch.bsky.social from @breakspace.bsky.social. We chat BreakSpace and Crash, two great Spectrum mags - one from yesterday, and one from today...
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Our intrepid editor Mpk may well have a face for radio, but sadly has a voice for print.
Somehow undeterred, he's recorded a podcast episode. Enjoy?
Somehow undeterred, he's recorded a podcast episode. Enjoy?
New episode!
This month Geoff is joined by Mpk of BreakSpace Magazine to chat about 1985's Crash issue 18. We also chat about BreakSpace, Oli Frey, and Spectrum gaming.
@mpkch.bsky.social @breakspace.bsky.social
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4vtg...
This month Geoff is joined by Mpk of BreakSpace Magazine to chat about 1985's Crash issue 18. We also chat about BreakSpace, Oli Frey, and Spectrum gaming.
@mpkch.bsky.social @breakspace.bsky.social
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4vtg...
Crash issue 18
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December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
New episode!
This month Geoff is joined by Mpk of BreakSpace Magazine to chat about 1985's Crash issue 18. We also chat about BreakSpace, Oli Frey, and Spectrum gaming.
@mpkch.bsky.social @breakspace.bsky.social
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4vtg...
This month Geoff is joined by Mpk of BreakSpace Magazine to chat about 1985's Crash issue 18. We also chat about BreakSpace, Oli Frey, and Spectrum gaming.
@mpkch.bsky.social @breakspace.bsky.social
@filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4vtg...
Apologies - I got my dates wrong. This will be out MONDAY at 8am, not Sunday.
A new episode coming this Sunday featuring @mpkch.bsky.social from @breakspace.bsky.social. We chat BreakSpace and Crash, two great Spectrum mags - one from yesterday, and one from today...
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Apologies - I got my dates wrong. This will be out MONDAY at 8am, not Sunday.
So if you listen to the podcast you know that I've been exclusively an Xbox gamer for the last 20 years. Well today I joined the dark side and got myself a PS5. What do I need to play?
So as someone that's been primarily an Xbox gamer for the last 20 years, I've missed out on a fair number of PlayStation exclusives. I've added Heavy Rain, Uncharted collections, Shadow of the Colossus, Detroit Become Human, The Last Of Us, Spider-Man, Silent Hill 2. Anything I'm missing?
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So if you listen to the podcast you know that I've been exclusively an Xbox gamer for the last 20 years. Well today I joined the dark side and got myself a PS5. What do I need to play?
A new episode coming this Sunday featuring @mpkch.bsky.social from @breakspace.bsky.social. We chat BreakSpace and Crash, two great Spectrum mags - one from yesterday, and one from today...
December 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A new episode coming this Sunday featuring @mpkch.bsky.social from @breakspace.bsky.social. We chat BreakSpace and Crash, two great Spectrum mags - one from yesterday, and one from today...
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Coming soon!
Jumping on a recording of @reddwarfpod.bsky.social today to talk about a different magazine from my youth. There's a very unfortunate reason why it's this mag as it's a bit of a reunion with my 18 year old self...
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Coming soon!
Anyone know?
Is @antstreamarcade.bsky.social lifetime now available for people who use @xbox.com Game Pass Ultimate? I bought a one year membership a couple of years ago but I now appear to have a lifetime membership. Any ideas?
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Anyone know?
Jumping on a recording of @reddwarfpod.bsky.social today to talk about a different magazine from my youth. There's a very unfortunate reason why it's this mag as it's a bit of a reunion with my 18 year old self...
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Jumping on a recording of @reddwarfpod.bsky.social today to talk about a different magazine from my youth. There's a very unfortunate reason why it's this mag as it's a bit of a reunion with my 18 year old self...
Just finished a recording of an upcoming episode with Ash from @underconsolepod.bsky.social. This may be the longest episode yet but trust me you're going to enjoy it when it comes out in January.
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Just finished a recording of an upcoming episode with Ash from @underconsolepod.bsky.social. This may be the longest episode yet but trust me you're going to enjoy it when it comes out in January.
New episode!
This month, Geoff is joined by UK Gaming Network's Brian Sharp ( @ukgnzoidberg.bsky.social ) to chat about Games-X issue 1 from May 1991.
@ncc17formula1.bsky.social @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
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This month, Geoff is joined by UK Gaming Network's Brian Sharp ( @ukgnzoidberg.bsky.social ) to chat about Games-X issue 1 from May 1991.
@ncc17formula1.bsky.social @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/20iI...
Games-X issue 1
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November 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
New episode!
This month, Geoff is joined by UK Gaming Network's Brian Sharp ( @ukgnzoidberg.bsky.social ) to chat about Games-X issue 1 from May 1991.
@ncc17formula1.bsky.social @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/20iI...
This month, Geoff is joined by UK Gaming Network's Brian Sharp ( @ukgnzoidberg.bsky.social ) to chat about Games-X issue 1 from May 1991.
@ncc17formula1.bsky.social @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/20iI...
Coming on Saturday - new episode with @ukgnzoidberg.bsky.social who is namechecked on the back of The Dizzy Collection's Amiga release for his review of Fantasy World Dizzy!
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Coming on Saturday - new episode with @ukgnzoidberg.bsky.social who is namechecked on the back of The Dizzy Collection's Amiga release for his review of Fantasy World Dizzy!