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Retro Barcelona was a resounding success in its 10th edition, held, as usual, in the La Farga shopping center.

By VidaExtraRetro2025-05-09

Retro Parla 2025

Retro Parla kicks off all the country's retro events for 2025. This edition pays tribute, on the occasion of its 40th anniversary, to Micromania magazine and the Commodore AMIGA computer.

By VidaExtraRetro2025-03-25

Game covers in the Golden Age of the Spanish soft

Different colors of the covers have been an interesting thing for many users in Spain, being even object of collectionism.

By Karnevi2012-01-19

Ugly ducklings from spanish software (XI): Magic Team

There are two types of "ugly ducklings": The big company, wich made a lot of games, but most of them were really bad, and the little one, wich name we can't remember today. This article is about one of the second category. (in spanish only)

By The Punisher2008-12-20

Ugly ducklings from spanish software (X): Positive

At the latest eighties, seeing that them found no place in existing companies, a group of young boys decided to create their own software company: Positive. (Only in spanish, please use a web translator)

By The Punisher2008-08-28

Ugly ducklings from spanish software (IX): Zafiro

Born in the golden age of the software sales, Zafiro was a company that fought against Erbe soft trying to sell the same games (available only in Spanish; please use a translator).

By The Punisher2008-05-01

Ugly ducklings from spanish software (IX): Dro soft

The adventure in the software world of Dro Music discographic company. Only in spanish, use a web translator, please.

By The Punisher2008-03-14

Ugly ducklings from spanish software (VII): Sygran S.A.

This is time to talk about Sygran, a really unknow company who sold games, but nobody knows where nor when they did it. (Only in spanish, please, use a translator)

By The Punisher2008-02-20

Ugly ducklings from spanish software (VI): Iber Software.

Since I begun this series of articles, I never have benn so many doubts about giving the ugly duck label to a spanish company (in Spanish only, please use a web translator).

By The Punisher2008-02-06

Ugly ducklings from spanish software (V): Juliet Software.

Almost everyone remembers a lot of spanish companies because of their specially hard games, but the most remarkable thing from Juliet Software is the difficulty to pass the main menu. (only in Spanish, please use a translator).

By The Punisher2008-01-19

Ugly ducklings from spanish software (IV): Delta Software.

Continuing with our retroview to the Spanish companies, this is the turn of Delta Softare (in Spanish only, please use a translator).

By The Punisher2008-01-01

Ugly ducklings from spanish software (III): Xortrapa.

A company with releases of great quality, but not an star company due to the difficulty of their games. We're talking about Xortrapa (only in Spanish, please use a translator).

By The Punisher2007-12-14

Ugly ducklings from spanish software (II): OMK.

Known for being one of the few companies that published games for the Amstrad PCW, OMK (aka Omikron at their origins) is the protagonist of this article (in spanish only, please use a translator).

By The Punisher2007-11-28

Ugly ducklings from spanish software (I): G.LL.

The first of Punisher's articles about "Ugly ducklings" of spanish software: Minor companies that published not so minor games. This time: G.LL. Software (in spanish only, please use a web translator).

By The Punisher2007-11-02

Round table about the Videogame in Zaragoza

Four coders of the Golden Age of the spanish games in a colloquy about the past, present and future of the games in Spain (in spanish only, please use a web translator).

By Anjuel & Deivid2005-04-14