Episode 25 - Magazine Roundup #2

2025-05-26

Tim Gilberts is back for another rummage through the magazine rack, this time with Jason and Dave. We pull a corporate newsletter and three full-length issues, all from the 1982-1984 period. We look at the first (and only?) newsletter put out by Spinnaker sub-brand Trillium (later Telarium), browse through the general-interest UK mag Personal Computer Games and compare it to a similar American counterpart, Computer Gaming World, before finishing up in the Sierra On-Line sponsored Softline, with none other than Tron on the...

Tim Gilberts is back for another rummage through the magazine rack, this time with Jason and Dave. We pull a corporate newsletter and three full-length issues, all from the 1982-1984 period.

We look at the first (and only?) newsletter put out by Spinnaker sub-brand Trillium (later Telarium), browse through the general-interest UK mag Personal Computer Games and compare it to a similar American counterpart, Computer Gaming World, before finishing up in the Sierra On-Line sponsored Softline, with none other than Tron on the cover.

Trillium Newsletter v1n1 (1984)

Personal Computer Games #6 (May 1984)

Computer Gaming World Mar/Apr 1983

Softline May 1982

Bill Bowman, CEO of Spinnaker Software (ANTIC Interview #278)

David Seuss, co-founder of Spinnaker Software (ANTIC Interview #305)

Telarium Corp (Mobygames)

Galactic Adventures (The CRPG Addict)

Patricia Mitchell, Thorn EMI (ANTIC Interview #302)

Chris James, Thorn EMI (ANTIC Interview #326)

Journey to the Planet Pincus (Renga in Blue)

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