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Bazza posted 26-08-2001 02:24 AM GMT
Oliver Frey, Paul Rand and I think Robin Hogg popped their head in there a few times. Any chance of those guys getting involved?
Gordon posted 26-08-2001 08:31 PM GMT
Oli I emailed recently -- no reply
Robin Hogg has left the industry and I don't think has much interest any more in it (I've also emailed him recently, but he's got a child now, and I think he takes up most of his time)
and as for Paul Rand... again, he's a bit reluctant to get involved.
However, I've emailed Ciaran Brennan, Gary Penn, Paul Glancey, Steve Jarratt, Gary Liddon and Nik Wilde. So far Paul G has replied, saying he'll do stg if he has time.
G
BIGGEST JIM posted 26-08-2001 09:07 PM GMT
What about Jaz?
Gordon posted 26-08-2001 09:43 PM GMT
>What about Jaz?<
He's not answering his email -- I've tried a couple of times in the last few months. Wayne Allen (ex Zzap! art director), says Jaz might be lying low for a while, after the recent upheavals at IGN.
G
dumbflag posted 28-08-2001 07:14 AM GMT
I thought he'd gone to Snowball.com or am i behind the times?
Mayhem posted 28-08-2001 10:16 AM GMT
I think IGN is PART of Snowball, or the other way round... certainly the IGN site uses Snowball's message boards...
PGTips posted 28-08-2001 04:38 PM GMT
Well, it doesn't look like you need anyone extra but I'll help out if I can.
Maybe I could do some subbing, eh Gordon?
I have some small experience... ;)
Hello everyone, by the way.
Paul.
BIGGEST JIM posted 28-08-2001 09:36 PM GMT
Hi Paul, welcome to zzap rrap!
It's nice to have you here, and it would be great to work together on the mag!
We're trying to keep the zzap-spirit alive here!
Cheers and all that,
Rob
smila posted 12-09-2001 04:32 PM GMT
at last a fellow geordie!
we met once in "the computer shop" in eldon square newcastle.
PGTips posted 12-09-2001 09:52 PM GMT
Ha! Did we? I almost worked in there after the WH Smith next door made me redundant. They were offering Ł50 a week and my own "The Computer Shop" jumper. Having experienced how mad it was in Smith's on a Saturday (and over Christmas too - shudder!) I wasn't that tempted.
Is that place still there? I haven't been up for a while. I can't believe it would be.
Paul.
smila posted 13-09-2001 10:16 AM GMT
the computer shop moved to a larger shop opposite and changed its name to the game store (crap name eh!) then it was bought by
electronic boutique ( still there)
the original shop is now time computers..
those days where great.....i got paid Ł55
a week and had 1 1/2 days off............
i left there in 1992 after 4 years .
smila posted 13-09-2001 10:21 AM GMT
by the way whsmith has gone now too.
it's a birds fashion shop now.
can you remember going into the fenwicks
computer dept on a saturday as a kid
and spending all day fighting off other
kids to play on the coleco vision,vectrex
intelavision and the atari 2600.....?
PaulEMoz posted 13-09-2001 03:43 PM GMT
Hehe....I remember all those things too (I'm a Geordie too)....and I also remember being in Fenwick's and waiting for aaaaages to play on the "Fire!" Game And Watch! Fenwick's was a madhouse on a Saturday, there must have been half of the North East's kids in there trying to play the games, what a laugh.
Another thing I remember was that, from day one, PG was a fave reviewer of mine when he said he was a fan of Yngwie Malmsteen!!! There aren't exactly millions about, and some that were then definitely aren't now (I still am, though), but when I read that I thought he was great!
smila posted 13-09-2001 03:52 PM GMT
do you still live in newcastle then?
i live on the keyside, saint peters basin.
up the toon
PaulEMoz posted 13-09-2001 04:04 PM GMT
I live near Detroit in America now, have done for exactly a year. I miss the hell out of Newcastle though....in fact I often go to the icNewcastle webcams just to get a look at the place.
smila posted 13-09-2001 04:07 PM GMT
have you seen the new bridge yet?
its a beuty.
PaulEMoz posted 13-09-2001 04:15 PM GMT
Yeah, one of the cameras swings around to view that bridge. Very impressive, I'm looking forward to seeing it in person some day.
PGTips posted 14-09-2001 08:40 PM GMT
Who the heckity-heck is Yngwie Malmsteen? At the risk of losing a fan (not another one!) I don't think that was me.
I used to go to Fenwicks after school with my mates (we went to school in Benwell and lived in Forest Hall so we went through the town on the way home) just so we could mooch around playing free 'Spaceys' for an hour.
That must have been around the Christmas of 1983, when they had that vast games department with all of the Galaxy Invaders, Space Intruders, Astro Wars, etc. LCD games, and the Colecovision playing The Smurfs (which was amazing at the time), and Zaxxon (which was really, really amazing at the time). Happy days... sort of.
I can't believe WH Smith's has gone!
Paul.
Mayhem posted 14-09-2001 11:21 PM GMT
Hey, it's Paul! :)
Welcome Paul. One of the few Zzap!64 people I failed to meet at some point in time. I got to see Jaz, Gaz, Oli, Gordo, Maff, Robin Hogg and even Lucy Hicknall, but not you. Ah well. You still had a job I wanted to do :)
Maybe soon... if the pay has gotten any better and I am out of a job after Compaq merge with HP...!
MaffRignall posted 15-09-2001 10:12 AM GMT
I think it was Robin Hogg who was into Yngwie Malmsteen... the poor guy :).
PaulEMoz posted 18-09-2001 11:59 PM GMT
Oh bugger. That's what I get for not reading ZZAP! for years. Still, the fact that one person at The Towers was a fan was the icing on my ZZAP! cake, and PG is a Geordie, so he's still aalreet in my book!
8-)
Alex Ward posted 01-10-2001 12:33 AM GMT
Hey Paul,
Have you finished work on Airblade yet ?
PGTips posted 04-10-2001 03:17 PM GMT
Yes I have actually and it's corking!
It's going to be on the shelves of all good game retailers in time for the Christmas buying season so if any of you boys have a PS2 be sure to look out for it!
;)
PG
PGTips posted 04-10-2001 03:37 PM GMT
Incidentally Mayhem, and those who are interested (even Gordon doesn't have this info on his page), Lucy HickMAN, also went to EMAP and briefly worked as Editor of Mean Machines Sega before jacking it all in and studying to be a barrister.
By the way, Alex, haven't you been working on a game? I understand it's the best racing title since Pitstop 2?
PG
Gordon posted 04-10-2001 07:22 PM GMT
Cheers, Paul. I'll amend my page nnnnnnnnnnnooooooooowwwwwwww.
Love and kisses
G
Mayhem posted 05-10-2001 10:06 AM GMT
Yeah, got my names mixed up there Paul. She actually went to Sega Force after Zzap!64 for some issues before going off to Emap. I used to get that mag too a long time ago...
piginapoke posted 14-10-2001 12:22 AM GMT
Hello,
Sorry to all, Gordo in particular for not keeping in contact. Yes, it was me who got a kick out of Yngwie! (Trinity, anyone remember that?).
I am still interested in the ZZAP scene.
Robin (Pig in a Poke) Hogg
genrex posted 14-10-2001 04:53 PM GMT
Heeeeeeeeeey if it isnt!!!! Robin the road Hog!!! where have you been lad?!?!!?! anyway its good to see u here. Will miracles never cease???
Anyway, i have been a big Malsteem fan too in the days of yore. Now how did those extremely fast and tough to mimic notes for Perpetual go!?!?!! errr... was THAT the name?!?!!
PaulEMoz posted 15-10-2001 02:55 PM GMT
TWO other Malmsteen fans?? Outstanding!!! Perpetual was indeed the name....I think Robin might have meant Trilogy though 8-)
Yngwie's still going strong, I've got all of his albums....I think his popularity waned somewhat in England and America, but it's growing in other areas of the world, luckily for me, coz that means he keeps making records!
corbal posted 15-10-2001 07:13 PM GMT
CHRIST ON A BIKE !!!ynwie malmwosit guitar maestro ,sonic masterbator more like //still this reminds me of the pleasent times i spent working in a a computergames shoppe back in the late 80's in ealing .me and me mate Alex (who was into all things spectrum and Aor)I represented all things 64 and THRASH metal(hey i was 17 at the time).
Would sit there argueing all day that a song isn't a song if its got no vocals and/or what carried more weight a crash smash or an
Zzap zizzler
AAHHHHH those Halcyon days
corbs
corbal posted 15-10-2001 07:13 PM GMT
CHRIST ON A BIKE !!!ynwie malmwosit guitar maestro ,sonic masterbator more like //still this reminds me of the pleasent times i spent working in a a computergames shoppe back in the late 80's in ealing .me and me mate Alex (who was into all things spectrum and Aor)I represented all things 64 and THRASH metal(hey i was 17 at the time).
Would sit there argueing all day that a song isn't a song if its got no vocals and/or what carried more weight a crash smash or an
Zzap zizzler
AAHHHHH those Halcyon days
corbs
piginapoke posted 16-10-2001 10:11 PM GMT
Hi all,
Oops. It was Trilogy, not Trinity, Trilobyte, Trigonometry or anything like that.
Robin (Pig in a Poke) Hogg

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Author	Topic: Hey Gordon, what about those guys from Zzap!Back MB
Bazza	posted 26-08-2001 02:24 AM GMT Oliver Frey, Paul Rand and I think Robin Hogg popped their head in there a few times. Any chance of those guys getting involved?
Gordon	posted 26-08-2001 08:31 PM GMT Oli I emailed recently -- no reply Robin Hogg has left the industry and I don't think has much interest any more in it (I've also emailed him recently, but he's got a child now, and I think he takes up most of his time) and as for Paul Rand... again, he's a bit reluctant to get involved. However, I've emailed Ciaran Brennan, Gary Penn, Paul Glancey, Steve Jarratt, Gary Liddon and Nik Wilde. So far Paul G has replied, saying he'll do stg if he has time. G
BIGGEST JIM	posted 26-08-2001 09:07 PM GMT What about Jaz?
Gordon	posted 26-08-2001 09:43 PM GMT >What about Jaz?< He's not answering his email -- I've tried a couple of times in the last few months. Wayne Allen (ex Zzap! art director), says Jaz might be lying low for a while, after the recent upheavals at IGN. G
dumbflag	posted 28-08-2001 07:14 AM GMT I thought he'd gone to Snowball.com or am i behind the times?
Mayhem	posted 28-08-2001 10:16 AM GMT I think IGN is PART of Snowball, or the other way round... certainly the IGN site uses Snowball's message boards...
PGTips	posted 28-08-2001 04:38 PM GMT Well, it doesn't look like you need anyone extra but I'll help out if I can. Maybe I could do some subbing, eh Gordon? I have some small experience... ;) Hello everyone, by the way. Paul.
BIGGEST JIM	posted 28-08-2001 09:36 PM GMT Hi Paul, welcome to zzap rrap! It's nice to have you here, and it would be great to work together on the mag! We're trying to keep the zzap-spirit alive here! Cheers and all that, Rob
smila	posted 12-09-2001 04:32 PM GMT at last a fellow geordie! we met once in "the computer shop" in eldon square newcastle.
PGTips	posted 12-09-2001 09:52 PM GMT Ha! Did we? I almost worked in there after the WH Smith next door made me redundant. They were offering Ł50 a week and my own "The Computer Shop" jumper. Having experienced how mad it was in Smith's on a Saturday (and over Christmas too - shudder!) I wasn't that tempted. Is that place still there? I haven't been up for a while. I can't believe it would be. Paul.
smila	posted 13-09-2001 10:16 AM GMT the computer shop moved to a larger shop opposite and changed its name to the game store (crap name eh!) then it was bought by electronic boutique ( still there) the original shop is now time computers.. those days where great.....i got paid Ł55 a week and had 1 1/2 days off............ i left there in 1992 after 4 years .
smila	posted 13-09-2001 10:21 AM GMT by the way whsmith has gone now too. it's a birds fashion shop now. can you remember going into the fenwicks computer dept on a saturday as a kid and spending all day fighting off other kids to play on the coleco vision,vectrex intelavision and the atari 2600.....?
PaulEMoz	posted 13-09-2001 03:43 PM GMT Hehe....I remember all those things too (I'm a Geordie too)....and I also remember being in Fenwick's and waiting for aaaaages to play on the "Fire!" Game And Watch! Fenwick's was a madhouse on a Saturday, there must have been half of the North East's kids in there trying to play the games, what a laugh. Another thing I remember was that, from day one, PG was a fave reviewer of mine when he said he was a fan of Yngwie Malmsteen!!! There aren't exactly millions about, and some that were then definitely aren't now (I still am, though), but when I read that I thought he was great!
smila	posted 13-09-2001 03:52 PM GMT do you still live in newcastle then? i live on the keyside, saint peters basin. up the toon
PaulEMoz	posted 13-09-2001 04:04 PM GMT I live near Detroit in America now, have done for exactly a year. I miss the hell out of Newcastle though....in fact I often go to the icNewcastle webcams just to get a look at the place.
smila	posted 13-09-2001 04:07 PM GMT have you seen the new bridge yet? its a beuty.
PaulEMoz	posted 13-09-2001 04:15 PM GMT Yeah, one of the cameras swings around to view that bridge. Very impressive, I'm looking forward to seeing it in person some day.
PGTips	posted 14-09-2001 08:40 PM GMT Who the heckity-heck is Yngwie Malmsteen? At the risk of losing a fan (not another one!) I don't think that was me. I used to go to Fenwicks after school with my mates (we went to school in Benwell and lived in Forest Hall so we went through the town on the way home) just so we could mooch around playing free 'Spaceys' for an hour. That must have been around the Christmas of 1983, when they had that vast games department with all of the Galaxy Invaders, Space Intruders, Astro Wars, etc. LCD games, and the Colecovision playing The Smurfs (which was amazing at the time), and Zaxxon (which was really, really amazing at the time). Happy days... sort of. I can't believe WH Smith's has gone! Paul.
Mayhem	posted 14-09-2001 11:21 PM GMT Hey, it's Paul! :) Welcome Paul. One of the few Zzap!64 people I failed to meet at some point in time. I got to see Jaz, Gaz, Oli, Gordo, Maff, Robin Hogg and even Lucy Hicknall, but not you. Ah well. You still had a job I wanted to do :) Maybe soon... if the pay has gotten any better and I am out of a job after Compaq merge with HP...!
MaffRignall	posted 15-09-2001 10:12 AM GMT I think it was Robin Hogg who was into Yngwie Malmsteen... the poor guy :).
PaulEMoz	posted 18-09-2001 11:59 PM GMT Oh bugger. That's what I get for not reading ZZAP! for years. Still, the fact that one person at The Towers was a fan was the icing on my ZZAP! cake, and PG is a Geordie, so he's still aalreet in my book! 8-)
Alex Ward	posted 01-10-2001 12:33 AM GMT Hey Paul, Have you finished work on Airblade yet ?
PGTips	posted 04-10-2001 03:17 PM GMT Yes I have actually and it's corking! It's going to be on the shelves of all good game retailers in time for the Christmas buying season so if any of you boys have a PS2 be sure to look out for it! ;) PG
PGTips	posted 04-10-2001 03:37 PM GMT Incidentally Mayhem, and those who are interested (even Gordon doesn't have this info on his page), Lucy HickMAN, also went to EMAP and briefly worked as Editor of Mean Machines Sega before jacking it all in and studying to be a barrister. By the way, Alex, haven't you been working on a game? I understand it's the best racing title since Pitstop 2? PG
Gordon	posted 04-10-2001 07:22 PM GMT Cheers, Paul. I'll amend my page nnnnnnnnnnnooooooooowwwwwwww. Love and kisses G
Mayhem	posted 05-10-2001 10:06 AM GMT Yeah, got my names mixed up there Paul. She actually went to Sega Force after Zzap!64 for some issues before going off to Emap. I used to get that mag too a long time ago...
piginapoke	posted 14-10-2001 12:22 AM GMT Hello, Sorry to all, Gordo in particular for not keeping in contact. Yes, it was me who got a kick out of Yngwie! (Trinity, anyone remember that?). I am still interested in the ZZAP scene. Robin (Pig in a Poke) Hogg
genrex	posted 14-10-2001 04:53 PM GMT Heeeeeeeeeey if it isnt!!!! Robin the road Hog!!! where have you been lad?!?!!?! anyway its good to see u here. Will miracles never cease??? Anyway, i have been a big Malsteem fan too in the days of yore. Now how did those extremely fast and tough to mimic notes for Perpetual go!?!?!! errr... was THAT the name?!?!!
PaulEMoz	posted 15-10-2001 02:55 PM GMT TWO other Malmsteen fans?? Outstanding!!! Perpetual was indeed the name....I think Robin might have meant Trilogy though 8-) Yngwie's still going strong, I've got all of his albums....I think his popularity waned somewhat in England and America, but it's growing in other areas of the world, luckily for me, coz that means he keeps making records!
corbal	posted 15-10-2001 07:13 PM GMT CHRIST ON A BIKE !!!ynwie malmwosit guitar maestro ,sonic masterbator more like //still this reminds me of the pleasent times i spent working in a a computergames shoppe back in the late 80's in ealing .me and me mate Alex (who was into all things spectrum and Aor)I represented all things 64 and THRASH metal(hey i was 17 at the time). Would sit there argueing all day that a song isn't a song if its got no vocals and/or what carried more weight a crash smash or an Zzap zizzler AAHHHHH those Halcyon days corbs
corbal	posted 15-10-2001 07:13 PM GMT CHRIST ON A BIKE !!!ynwie malmwosit guitar maestro ,sonic masterbator more like //still this reminds me of the pleasent times i spent working in a a computergames shoppe back in the late 80's in ealing .me and me mate Alex (who was into all things spectrum and Aor)I represented all things 64 and THRASH metal(hey i was 17 at the time). Would sit there argueing all day that a song isn't a song if its got no vocals and/or what carried more weight a crash smash or an Zzap zizzler AAHHHHH those Halcyon days corbs
piginapoke	posted 16-10-2001 10:11 PM GMT Hi all, Oops. It was Trilogy, not Trinity, Trilobyte, Trigonometry or anything like that. Robin (Pig in a Poke) Hogg