The main focus of the issue is a retrospective series on computer culture in Leningrad and Saint Petersburg, spanning from first encounters with BK-0010 and ATARI in 1988 to acquiring an Amiga 500+, Commodore 64, and an original British ZX Spectrum 128K via eBay. The author shares personal experiences of buying Spectrum-128 and Scorpion ZS 256 Turbo+ clones, navigating customs challenges, and discovering a rare ULA chip. The news section covers scene updates: Arwald's return to game development, Dart Alver's major patch for Burial Gfx Editor, Wanderer's new engine, and NedoLang compiler updates.
Issue contents:
- News - Arwald defended his diploma and returned to his game projects, Dart Alver from Smolensk released a huge improvement to the Burial Gfx Editor graphics editor
- News - Dart Alver from Smolensk appeared with huge patch to Burial Gfx Editor, Wanderer wrote new scripting engine for his next game
- How it was in Leningrad - computer history: 1988. First acquaintance
- As it was in Leningrad - 1992-1993. Getting to know the Amiga
- As it was in Leningrad - Spectrum in St. Petersburg in 1996
- As it was in Leningrad - 2011. Real ZX Spectrum
- As it was in Leningrad - 2001. Commodore 64
- How it was in Leningrad - Year 1988. First computers
- How it was in Leningrad - Year 1992-1993. Meeting Amiga
- How it was in Leningrad - Year 1996
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