From the same game developer who brought us the popular Cauldron Remake, comes a JavaCPC Emulator by DevilMarkus. The Amstrad CPC was a home computer popular in Europe and that came out about the same time as the Commodore 64. You can find out more about the Amstrad CPC at Wikipedia.

Note that you have to always press the reset button located under each game when changing or leaving a page to avoid sound issues.

You can also download a portable version of the Amstrad CPC emulator from the same developer. It can be downloaded here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/javacpc.

One of the biggest gripes I have with my iPod Classic is the fact that it does not play AVI format video files. 3GP Converter is a Windows-based lightweight and portable software for converting your videos to several formats, including iPod.

After you unzip the download, click on setup.exe to select your preferences. If you’re converting for iPod, scroll down the list of models and select “Model: MP4, for iPod“.

Then, run the 3GP_Converter.exe and drag your AVI files in the top area where it says “Drag and Drop Files Here“. Don’t forget to select an output directory.

3GP Converter does an excellent job at converting videos and it’s really easy to use.

[See Part 2 of this series for a Space:1999 Eagle simulator game]

Here are all the available Space:1999 paper craft models I’ve found on the internet. Unfortunately, I did not find one of moonbase Alpha…yet.

Eagles
Beginner’s Version: An excellent model to start with since it’s a bit simpler. This one should be printed with a colour printer. Download at http://www.domatine.com/site.htm

Advanced Versions:The following two Eagles are the same except that the second one is coloured. I found these PDFs on zealot.com – a forum for model builders. The plans do not have a permanent home elsewhere on the internet, so I’m uploading them directly here. They are excellent and realistic models and are really challenging to build.

White Eagle: This Eagle can be printed on a black and white printer. white-eagle-2.pdf

Danoman Eagle: This Eagle looks best printed in colour. danoman-eagle.pdf

Moon Buggy
Build the moon buggy used in Space:1999. A reference photo is included in the download link.

Hawk
Jay’s Box of Sc-Fi Card Toys has a whole bunch of free paper spaceship models to download. He has a lot of Star Trek ships too. From Space:1999, he has a Hawk available. These ships were seen only in the “War Games” episode from Season 1. Some good reference photos of the Hawk can be found at the Space:1999 Catacombs.

Download this model directly at http://www.savefile.com/projects/1034167 and scroll down to Hawk Mk. IX.

UPDATE: Here are 2 additional papercraft models for a Space:1999 commlock and laser gun

Commlock
The commlock used for communications and opening doors. http://users.sdccu.net/chthulhu2/models/commlock.html

Stun Gun
A paper model of the guns used on the show. http://users.sdccu.net/chthulhu2/models/stungun.html