Back to the BBS

The next installments of the new BBS documentary is coming soon, This part of the documentary covers games, mods, using retro hardware to connect to a BBS in the modern world, BBS server software, messaging/email, privacy and a little insight to the BBS community

The next upcoming episode of Back to the BBS focuses on the Music Tracker scene, where we have some great interviews with the likes of Purple Motion and Skaven (ex Future Crew) as well as cTrix and Mark Knight (aka TDK). Here's a short few minutes excerpted from an interview with Mark on Nostalgia and music tracker music. Mark is still very much active in the music scene, making contemporary chiptune music, he's also composer, an ex-demoscene, ex games musician for Bullfrog/Codemasters/EA. as well as a games developer of 29+ years. Check him out over at sonicfuel.co.uk

Very soon now, coming to a YouTube near you, is episode six of the documentary, "Back to the BBS: The Return to Being Online". This episode covers the Demoscene, introduces you to what it is, and interviews the legendary Jim 'Trixter' Leonard, Vegard 'Shady' Skefstad of The Gathering / Crusaders Amiga demogroup, as well as Bill Hart from @PCRetroTech and Rowan 'Cthulu' Lipkovitz. This vital part of where games, music, online/cyberculture all intertwined is a really important history lesson, that brings you all the way from the late 80's to the present day. Enjoy the ride, the full feature is just over an hour long!

Well fans, it's been a really long time coming, but Back to the BBS part 8 is finally upon us! Here's a teaser trailer to get you in the mood!