I'm often asked why I don't have a Patreon or Ko-Fi for those who want to support, even if not a SAM Coupe owner. I'd rather you get something for your money! I've a few little things available such as SAM keyrings, or perhaps try an issue of SAM Revival?
32 Years ago, give or take a day, I sent off a cheque for £249.98 to buy a SAM Coupe and mouse interface! Here I am now; still developing for this quirky, British #8bit computer wonder!
Everything I do for the #SAMCoupe ->
https://www.samcoupe.com
@quazarsamcoupe @loke I think what really could’ve turned the table was if #Sinclair had just stretched a little bit with the #QL and had graphic modes closer to the #SAMCoupe and done something innovative with sound.
Oh and also if they had not been so fixated on the idea of it as a ‘business machine’. But just a great all purpose Quantum Leap.
Inside the SAM Revival 9 magazine itself...
- Interviews with Matt Round (wrote so many #SAMCoupe games in the mid 1990s) and Ken Jarvis (coder of SAM game, Sphera).
- A look at the OUT (C),(HL) [OUT (C),0] undocumented Z80 opcode
- Usual mix of SAM Coupe news, SAM Snippets, etc.
Grab the revamped issue for £9.99 + postage. (UK quickbuy button at: https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm , for international shipping please ask.)
There's been a lot of #ManicMiner coverage in SAM Revival, with issues 3-8 featuring a full walkthrough with anecdotes from the games development. Issue 22 features an article about the piracy of the game, along with the original plans for a #SAMCoupe sequel, 'The Lower Caverns'. (Now TLC will be featuring exclusively on the coverdisk with the forthcoming issue 27 of SAM Revival!)
TL;DR - Issue 9 of 'SAM Revival' magazine, now revamped and updated for 2025! Featuring #SAMCoupe Manic Miner on the Cover disk. (Disk image available for emulator users too). Quick ordering: https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm
Following the success of revamping issue 11 of SAM Revival for the 'Synthesized' show at the Centre for Computing History last year, it's now the turn of issue 9 from March/April 2004 to get the full colour, professional printing treatment, with updates and expansions of articles.
Originally produced as a black and white, laser printed magazine, SAM Revival 9 was the first issue to feature a cover disk of software, featuring the #SAMCoupe megagame 'Manic Miner' which expanded upon the #ZXSpectrum version with an extra 40 caverns, making 60 in total. My own game 'Money Bags' is also on the disk.
This morning I've added more products to my new "quickshop" page to make ordering in the UK easier and a lot more convenient.
https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm
Buy It Now buttons added for the range of hardware I've designed and released for use with #RC2014 and compatibles (such as #ZXSpectrum and #SAMCoupe via my bus interfaces, MicroBeast, Minstrel 4D, systems with RC2014 / RCbus expansion ports)
Released in June 2020:
SID SOUNDCHIP Interface
- Use the famous #C64 soundchip with your #Z80 system. Also works with ARMSID and SwinSID. Includes 50/60/100Hz interrupt generator.
Released in July 2020:
GRAPHIC OLED Interface
- Add a 128 x 32 OLED module to your project.
Released in September 2021:
ZX TRUE TONE (ZXTT)
- 1.7734MHz Clock oscillator for use with Ed Brindley's YM/AY Soundcard.
Also available on my Tindie and eBay stores - see profile. Plus much more information on: https://2014.samcoupe.com
There are two great demoparties this week-end. Do not miss them!
Buxton Bytes - UK Atari ST party - with an already cult Fantasy Cracktros Challenge -
https://www.phfhq.org/bb/
Forever 8-bit Jurassic Party - slovakia - for Atari 800 - ZX Spectrum - C64 - SAM Coupé - CPC - MSX - To7 enthousiasts
https://forever.zeroteam.sk/
For convenience I've made a quick page for buying some of my #SAMCoupe items with UK shipping included in the price. I'll get more added shortly, but just now there's the recent issues of SAM Revival magazine, pre-order the next issue (27, with The Lower Caverns on disk) and my gold plated SAM PCB keyrings, which help add a few pounds to the development kitty of my SAM projects.
https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm
For everything I do for the SAM Coupe, and other platforms, see my main page: https://www.samcoupe.com
Tomorrow is the Legendary Gathering at the Retro Computer Museum in Leicester, UK. See you there!
Interested in computer audio? The 3rd print run of the revamped edition of SAM Revival magazine issue 11 has now arrived and outstanding orders have shipped!
SAM Revival is the magazine I produce catering for the quirky, British SAM Coupe computer, with issue 11 focusing purely on sound. Originally released in 2004, last year I fully revamped the back issue in full colour and professionally printed for release at the 'Synthesized' show at the CfCH.
The issue covers the SAM Coupe's audio capabilities in great detail - software - internal soundchip (SAA1099P) - additional sound hardware such as my own 'Quazar Surround' soundcard I released back in 1995.
Included is a 19 track audio CD exploring the SAM's sound. Even if you don't own a SAM Coupe if you're interested in what this 8-bitter can do it's well worth a listen!
Grab the issue ->
https://www.samcoupe.com
(PayPal Buy It Now in the July'24 News Item)
Money Bags 1½ on the cover disk with issue 17 of SAM Revival magazine.
Part of my 'Money Bags' trilogy of games for the SAM Coupe. Also on the disk is T'n'T.
Inside the mag: What happened to... Kaboom, + much more.
www.samcoupe.com
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116446619195
Booty - an expanded version of the ZX Spectrum classic was released for the SAM Coupe in the mid 90's. Re-released on the coverdisk with issue 20 of SAM Revival along with two other SAM games: The Light Corridor (unreleased official port) and Invaders.
May 1990 - MGT launches a competition with first place of £15,000 for the best SAM Coupe game by the end of the year. The following month MGT goes bust.
What did you hope to see games wise on the SAM Coupe? My last BIG game was Stratosphere in 1997. Perhaps after my next round of hardware releases I should consider another game. 
Everything I do for the #SAMCoupe ->
https://www.samcoupe.com
#VIC20 Cartridge Interface for the #SAMCoupe
Due to a sale falling through I can now offer the last remaining limited edition interface for sale again.
Run VIC-20 carts on the SAM Coupe! Currently supports 14 real cartridges, including all five Scott Adam's adventure games and some arcade games such as Raid On Fort Knox, Frogger, Radar Rat Race.
Invasion II - an exclusive game on the cover disk with issue 10 of SAM Revival - the magazine catering for the quirky SAM Coupe computer. There's an interview with the game's author Warren Lee inside the mag.
https://www.samcoupe.com
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116436396147
SAM Revival issue 18 features some source code in the magazine for the #SAMCoupe to copy the two layer scrolling effect used in the #Amiga demo 'Hit Fido'. The cover disk with this issue features emulators for the Orao, Galaksija and Apple 1 machines, proving the SAM can emulate more than just the #ZXSpectrum! There's also two games - Defender and Captain Comic, plus the executable of the 'Fido' demo code too.
First launched back in 2007, the Trinity Ethernet Interface quickly became a quintessential expansion for the SAM Coupe. Offering Ethernet connectivity and mass storage using SD & SDHC cards up to 64GB it gives the SAM a native storage solution to escape from floppy disks!
Several bundles with the latest revision v1.2 available:
eBay:
https://ebay.co.uk/usr/quazar-sam-coupe-sales
(V1.2 upgrade also available for V1.1 and V1.0)
Some of the original plans and wishful thinking for the SAM Coupe, from an unveiling article in New Computer Express a year before it launched - the April'89 launch date came and went, with it finally shipping in December'89.
Some specifications were expanded in the following year due to changing the size and manufacturer of the custom ASIC chip, e.g. more colours.
Everything I do to support the SAM: https://www.samcoupe.com
Curious about the SAM Coupe? Grab a discounted bundle of the current issue of SAM Revival magazine to read, with a coverdisk of 5 games and 2 utilities (a disk image can be provided as a file for emulator users) and a SAM Coupe PCB Keyring here:
