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		<title>Happy 30th birthday, Commodore 64!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month is the 30th anniversary of the Commodore 64 &#8211; which was unveiled at the 1982 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in the January of that year.  Approximately 17-20 million machines sold in its commercial life time which was between 1982 and 1994, and was a remarkable amount for the budget 8-bit machine. Although the Vic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fgasking.wordpress.com&amp;blog=201997&amp;post=427&amp;subd=fgasking&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: 29th December 2012 &#8211; See foot of page for addition from Vinny Mainolfi. I&#8217;ve always had a bizarre interest in the things we were never meant to see &#8211; I don&#8217;t know why, it&#8217;s something i&#8217;ve had ever since the day I discovered a cheat which allowed me to be immune to fire/water in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fgasking.wordpress.com&amp;blog=201997&amp;post=220&amp;subd=fgasking&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GTW64 and C64.com update</title>
		<link>http://fgasking.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/417/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few months, GTW64 has been working with C64.com to preserve a series of games after working on the disk collection of Darren Melbourne. 25 or so disks were painstakingly preserved by C64.com, and GTW64 trawled through these and found many a lost game. We present a good selection of these, but more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fgasking.wordpress.com&amp;blog=201997&amp;post=417&amp;subd=fgasking&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Salvaging a sun stained C64&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found a pretty yellowed C64C in a box which is a symptom common with the C64C due to some cases using a particular type of plastic which yellowed very easily over the years.  This one was pretty extreme, even the insides were in a state with rusted sheilding for the motherboard and plenty of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fgasking.wordpress.com&amp;blog=201997&amp;post=409&amp;subd=fgasking&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RGCD 16kb cart compo closed</title>
		<link>http://fgasking.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/rgcd-16kb-cart-compo-closed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick post to say that 11 new C64 titles have been released as a result of the RGCD 16kb Cartridge Competition. Some incredible titles such as C64anabalt (Official conversion of Canabalt for the C64), Fairy Well and many others can be found and played. One game requires a set of paddles, so you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fgasking.wordpress.com&amp;blog=201997&amp;post=407&amp;subd=fgasking&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My weekend at Replay 2011 (Blackpool)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was all a bit last minute, but this year I bit the bullet and decided to take a wander up to Blackpool and attend the awesome Replay event at Norbreck Castle. Although I was dreading the 5 hour train journey, it was completely worth it. Me and the family left at about 5:15am and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fgasking.wordpress.com&amp;blog=201997&amp;post=398&amp;subd=fgasking&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unlocking game preview secrets</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 18:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fgasking</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always been fascinated with finding hidden messages/sprites and other assets within games, either via a particular SYS call, or via hacking with an Action Replay cartridge. It was ever since I was given a SYS call which pulled up a demo called &#8220;Daring Dots&#8221; by Ash and Dave, which was hidden away in their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fgasking.wordpress.com&amp;blog=201997&amp;post=383&amp;subd=fgasking&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GTW64 updated</title>
		<link>http://fgasking.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/gtw64-updated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new update from Games That Weren&#8217;t, including: 20 new entries added Civilization, Dive Bomber, Dinnamic Donkey Duo, Erik the Destroyer, Elusive, Giana Strikes Back, Game#3, Gyrofalcon, Imperial Bodyguard, Pimple Panic, Robin Hood, Shian: &#8220;Tiger Style&#8221;, Shian: &#8220;Wu Dang&#8221;, Samba 2, SAW Wars, Unnamed game 1, Unnamed Football game, Unnamed game 2, Unnamed game 3, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fgasking.wordpress.com&amp;blog=201997&amp;post=380&amp;subd=fgasking&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seal Cull beta testing</title>
		<link>http://fgasking.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/seal-cull-beta-testing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently in 2011 saw the re-launch of the Bad Taste label by Keith Wood in preparation for a upcoming article in Retro Gamer magazine on Di’s Baby. Coming from events of producing the article and interest from the Bad Taste range of games, Keith has decided that the first game from the Bad Taste label [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fgasking.wordpress.com&amp;blog=201997&amp;post=378&amp;subd=fgasking&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting Commodore Format&#8217;s home</title>
		<link>http://fgasking.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/visiting-commodore-formats-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My recent marriage was almost short lived after our honeymoon in Bath! … Whilst sitting at a coffee house, it dawned on me that Bath was the home to Commodore Format’s publisher Future Publishing. I remembered that the address was something like Monmouth Street, but wasn’t quite sure. After popping into WH Smiths and finding [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fgasking.wordpress.com&amp;blog=201997&amp;post=371&amp;subd=fgasking&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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