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ЯRewards: ZZAP! 64 Issue 17½

As a little reward for your support and by kind arrangement with Fusion Retro Books, please find attached the first half of the brand new issue of ZZAP! 64 hot off the pres– erm, disk drive!

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Backstage pass: Car near miss

We hope you had a lovely weekend! It was Thanksgiving weekend here as you know, and we had a very near miss in the ol' Tesla coming home from Thanksgiving with friends. What made it all the more sc...

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Early bird: The ЯRetro Show #22

Here's the most jam packed episode of The ЯRetro Show yet! There was just so much to get through this month, but I didn't want to leave anything out. I will have to edit out a bit of the copyright...

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Backstage pass: Channel progress 🎉

To those new here I have said in the past that we and you form a team, so I always love sharing top secret channel based updates. And the past few weeks have seen quite a change in the channel's fo...

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Late bird: Atari 2600+ Review by Dan Wood

So, Atari USA were meant to send Retro Recipes an Atari 2600+ by the deadline everyone got, and we were really looking forward to it with gratitude, but apparently our one unfortunately slipped thr...

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Early Shorts: Did the world end in 1988?

It's been a long while since we did a Shorts video, but here's a theory I heard recently that lends itself to this compact format. 

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Backstage pass: Christmas Retro Goodies

Just a few thoughts as I roam the shopping wilderness with Puppyfractic in tow (actually she was towing me).

Don't worry, she found her gift just after as well:

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Backstage pass: One man

Is it a Mirage? No, it's a teeny behind the scenes sneak PEEK at that very special something I'm working on. As there is another production company involved it will likely be a couple of months bef...

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Early bird: Streaming 80s TV to my Childhood TV set

Here's a little (lengthy?) Quick Bytes for your camcorder-tinted glasses viewing pleasure. I got great feedback here and on YT about the new Quick Bytes style, so I'm running with it again here; th...

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Backstage Pass: New Banner Design

I had some fun today playing with DALL-E 3 which is now built into ChatGPT. You might've noticed the thumbnail for the upcoming Duel Truck video, which was also made partly with that same AI method...

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Early bird: Duel Crash Site - Part 2

I really enjoyed editing this one together, so I won't spoil anything and let you enjoy part 2 of searching the cliffs where the truck from Duel crashed. But if you're more of a Dukes of Hazzard fa...

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Backstage Pass: How illuminating

I thought you might like to join me for a very raw and very uncut/unedited soldering adventure as I splice some lighting wires together for some hot soldering action! Actually more like rusty. Anyw...

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The ЯRetro Show: Halloween Special!

For the past year I've been curating a bunch of spooky retro content just for this ghoulish time of year. Who even knew there was such a thing as spooky retro content!

Wishing you a very "hap...

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Digital minimalism ongoing

Just a quick snapshot and a note to say I'm still practicing the digital minimalism and retro tech as explored in this video whe...

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Backstage pass: New Intro Editor Commentary

Here's a little behind the scenes of how I made the end of the new intro opening titles, of "me" driving KITT into the movie studios to get to the ЯR set!

After the edits I talk about, I add...

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Early bird: Is the DUEL Truck still at the bottom of the cliff?

Firstly, please enjoy the new ending to the ЯR opening titles as I reveal the true location of the ЯR Studio ;) ;) You'll also note a little change to the first two shots of the end credits :) View Post

Big Tease®

Just a little tease here but I've spent the last couple of days filming something verrrry special indeed for you guys. I'm bound by an NDA at the moment, but I am pretty sure this is by fa...

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Exclusive content: The Retro Reactor - Halloween Knight

Trying something new here that quite a few people have requested: Retro themed Reaction Videos! And first up come watch Knight Rider S03E05: Halloween Knight with us! 🎃 Welcome ...

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🎟️ Backstage Pass: Camcorder Shenanigans

Here's a little video of some camcorder tests directed at you (yes you) which were the first recording I made before I even started filming that recent camcorder Quick Bytes. It includes a quick de...

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Early Access: Knight Rider Painting gets framed in Gold ✨

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Patreon exclusive: ZZAP! 64 Issue 16 50% Sampler

As one of the little perks I like to lather you in please enjoy a whole half of the brand new issue 16 of ZZAP! 64 magazine!

If you'd like to subscribe you can do so at Fusion Retro Books' Pa...

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Backstage pass: Quick painless C64 Repair

Have you ever wondered what our videos would be like if the production standards had never improved from that first video made five years ago? (If you scroll down far enough on the channel, you’l...

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Early bird: The ЯRetro Show #30!

Goodness me is it that time of the month already? Time for The ЯRetro Show! Could be a worse way to end another 30-ish days eh? 

This time around we're looking at the new Atari 2600+, H...

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Backstage Pass: Bluetooth Boombox

Just sharing a fun little thing with you I found while out and about. But why didn't they call it the Boomtooth™?!

P.S. Yeah, I got one 😬

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Early bird: Lose the smartphone, Revive the flipphone (without losing iMessage/RCS)

Video updated with a few tweaks, a couple of extra clips (2:45), PCBWayyyy, an extra phone (10:02), and some corrections.

Here's a major tentpole project I've been working on for mon...

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Backstage pass: Setting up the studio

I thought I’d take you with me briefly, while I do part of the set up for the studio, ready to film a new episode of The ЯRetro Show. I hope you enjoy this peek behind the curtain!

I’ll ...

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Early bird: The Lost KITT

We're granted unprecedented access to explore Universal Studios in search of a rumoured original K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider that legend says is buried in storage on the backlot. What will we find?!...

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Early bird: 1982 Star Wars Watch Repair

This time around I managed to make a Quick Bytes that actually is quick! I owned this Bradley Star Wars musical alarm digital watch when I was 9 years old - the memories of its tune and animated di...

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Backstage: Segway Navimow (off menu)

Here’s a little fun Puppyfractic and I have been having on a break from diaper changes and video production. It’s not very retro but it’s cool and fun!

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Would you like to own KITT? 🙌

In a world where the bond between man and machine knows no bounds, a twist of fate has befallen my KITT replica that is both thrilling and poignant. As the legends of the past – like Queen – on...

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