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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.
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.
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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)
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)
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).
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.
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)
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
Microhobby selección: Best of type-ins
With an inferior quality, but bringing us even more memories than Microhobby Cassette tapes, you can find the Microhobby Semanal tapes (in spanish only, please use a web translator).
Microhobby selección: Full of classics
An article analyzing, with details, the best games published in our beloved magazine Microhobby (in spanish only, please use a web translator).
Ventamatic, the pioneers
A review of the history and production of Ventamatic, one of the greatest pioneers of the Spanish software, but also vastly unkown. Until now (in Spanish only, please use a web translator).
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).
Sinclair computers history
A review of the Sinclair computers history, since the ZX-80 to the PC Sinclair 200 (in spanish only, please use a web translator).
Retro Parla 2025Game covers in the Golden Age of the Spanish softUgly ducklings from spanish software (XI): Magic TeamUgly ducklings from spanish software (X): PositiveUgly ducklings from spanish software (IX): ZafiroUgly ducklings from spanish software (IX): Dro softUgly ducklings from spanish software (VII): Sygran S.A.Ugly ducklings from spanish software (VI): Iber Software.Ugly ducklings from spanish software (V): Juliet Software.Ugly ducklings from spanish software (IV): Delta Software.Ugly ducklings from spanish software (III): Xortrapa.Ugly ducklings from spanish software (II): OMK.Ugly ducklings from spanish software (I): G.LL.Microhobby selección: Best of type-insMicrohobby selección: Full of classicsVentamatic, the pioneersRound table about the Videogame in ZaragozaSinclair computers historyINFORMATION
In this section, the Computer Emuzone staff will write about a lot of themes, but always with an union nexus: the Golden Age of the Spanish software. Only one thing: the articles are written in Spanish language, so if you do not understand it, you can try to use a web translator.
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