Top YouTube games vlogger Kim Justice has released “The Story and Games of Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future”, a retrospective look at the computer games featuring Eagle’s space hero.
The video introduces Dan Dare to Kim’s wide audience, then covers the Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future, The Dan Dare Adventure, Dan Dare II: Mekon’s Revenge and Dan Dare III and Gaiares games, exploring titles released on the Spectrum, C64, Amstrad and even the Mega Drive.
“Dan Dare, one of the UK’s great comic heroes, also has some of the best tie-in video games under his belt,” Kim enthuses.
Some of the games gained plenty of attention when first released, no doubt helped by Oliver Frey’s striking covers featuring the space hero for CRASH and Zzap 64.
Kim regularly makes documentaries about old computer and video games, mostly with a European slant – it’s all about the ZX Spectrum, the Commodore Amiga, the C64, plenty of great companies like Ocean Software, rises and falls, tales of technological and bureaucratic disaster… all sorts. Plus Sega and Sony too.
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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