Between 1993 and 2003 on the UK Teletext service there was a daily video games magazine called Digitiser which quickly gained a cult following for it's anarchic and surreal humour alongside it's game reviews
And a devoted fan has now done an amazing website called Super Page 58 (so named as Digitiser I believe used to be on page 458), it really is the ultimate reference point for fans of the page, there is a section giving information on all the characters that used to appear, a full and comprehensive index of every game which was reviewed (many featuring screenshots of the original Teletext page). Also featured in the Archives section are Digitiser's Top 10s, letters to Digitiser, Star Pinups, their hilarious fake adverts, and their Ring-sir! Phone Pranks and much, much more.
If, like me, you used to read Digitiser after school each day this is an incredible trip down memory lane and a must visit for fans of the page.
Digitiser still lives on to this day in the form of a YouTube channel, there have also now been two series of Digitiser on YouTube, Level 1 and 2 (the second was Kickstarter funded) and both series feature the same humour as used to be featured on the pages. Both series are well worth checking out.
Super Page 58 can be found at superpage58.com
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