Great work guys!

[James RGCD]

As editor of RGCD (http://www.rgcd.co.uk), I'm well aware how hard this sort of project is to get off the ground, and how much harder still it is to maintain a constant flow of work!

Kudos to all involved. Retroaction has been a real inspiration - it makes a nice change for me to be able to sit back and read a publication about retro homebrew and indie games other than my own!

Will you guys be attending Byte-Back 2009? I'll be there to launch the year-late issue 5 of RGCD, and it would be nice to meet fellow retro writers

Kind regards,

James.

[Duncan]

Thanks for your kind words, James. I've never heard of Byte-Back before! Bit annoyed now as it's only a few weeks away and there's no way I'll be able to get there. Oh well, fingers crossed for next year's event!

[James RGCD]

Like Retro North in 2007, Byte Back is one of these one-off weekend events that pops up every now and again - it's not a regular scene party like Outline or Breakpoint, so I'm not surprised that you haven't heard of it!

Hopefully it'll be a success and like Fusion it'll be a regular annual event, but we'll see. I'm particularly looking forward to being able to spend some hours kicking back and playing games for fun for a change, instead of solely for review purposes!

Unfortunately I'm driving up to Stoke from Exeter (Devon), so I'm not able to offer a lift

[Nreive]

Thanks, James. I've been an admirer of RGCD ever since I discovered its html delights and it's good to see it coming back after a short break. Be sure to give us a shout when #5 is released.

As for Byte Back 2009, well I'd love to go, but, you know, live gets in the way too often when travelling across the country is concerned.

[James RGCD]

Oh yes, real life... I know what you mean - you really wouldn't believe the hassle I went through with the wife and work to secure that weekend free. It's meant me taking a whole week off beforehand to burn 100's of CD's, print inserts and assemble cases *and* C64 carts / C64->PSX pad adapter pcb's, ensure I've got all the games set up on my systems that I need, and work out how to fit all of it within the limited table space I've been given.

If it was more frequent than once a year then it would be a no-go, but thankfully I've managed to argue my case on this occasion

Thanks for the kind words btw - I had to take a break from writing last year due to a job change, but it's great to be back. We should really try and work out some way to pool our resources and collaborate on a future project together.

[Nreive]

We should really try and work out some way to pool our resources and collaborate on a future project together.

Sounds like a good idea. What do you have in mind?

[James RGCD]

Well, I don't really know at the moment! After I've got RGCD #05 out of the way I'll have a think.

However, an obvious first step would be to share visibility with each other as to what we are covering in each issue during development to ensure that no new piece of review-worthy homebrew is left uncovered

[Celebaglar]

Just wanted to back up James' praise. I've had a good read through both of the first two issues and am thoroughly impressed. Keep it up!

[sevin0seven]

i love the mag. great work indeed

[Nreive]

i love the mag. great work indeed

Why thank you, sevin0seven. It's always nice to see people drop by to compliment us on the magazine.