Robinson Mason

Not for me. I can't imagine who the target audience really is because if you're reasonably switched on about how computers work and are at all familiar with the C64 there's nothing here that's going to inform or entertain you.

It describes itself as "squarely pitched at the C64 novice" but feels like it's written for an audience who are confused/scared enough by modern computers to need almost click by click walkthroughs and then tries to explain the C64 as if they're novices who are also scared of that. Hard to imagine who needs this level of simplistic, reassuring guidance but also wants to get into emulating old machines.

A book that can't decide what it wants to be, trapped somewhere between nostalgia and instruction manual. If this was from a professional outlet I'd give it one star but as the work of an amateur enthusiast who is clearly trying very hard, it gets two.… (mehr)