Multimedia

New Joe 90 remix

Details: Category: Sound/Music; Last Updated: Friday, 23 August 2013 19:29; Written by Simon Wickes; Hits: 2686

A tune named "Brains90" has been released by Mike Ellis as part of a larger album which is due out later this year. The "Brains90" tune uses the existing Joe 90 theme music, with some slight edits, and then has the voice of Thunderbirds' Brains over-dubbed on the music. The song is available for purchase via a download for $1.50.

Imitation is FATAL!

Details: Category: Sound/Music; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Simon Wickes; Hits: 2598

Kog transmissions sent me an MP3 file of a techno music track he did himself. It is called "Imitation is FATAL!". It includes a number of sound clips from Captain Scarlet. Turn up the volume!

Mac OS X icon set

User Rating: 5 / 5

Details: Category: Icons; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Alasdair Jones; Hits: 9316

A superb collection of 3d icons for the mac. Features Supercar, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, UFO and Space 1999.

Carlton gives us a Flashy, Thunderbirds Christmas 2001 gift!

Details: Category: Electronic cards; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Simon; Hits: 6905

Carlton emailed a Thunderbirds-themed Christmas treat for Thunderbirds fans. It requires Macromedia Flash, and can be viewed by clicking on this link. It is an"ecard".

Electronic Valentines day cards

Details: Category: Electronic cards; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Simon; Hits: 5779

Carlton sent out another valentine's day treat for 2002. This one is more elaborate than last year's one (see below). Captain Scarlet valentine 2002.zip.

Here is an interesting teaser file from Carlton in the UK. It is a Powerpoint slideshow fil, zipped. This refers to the impending TV broadcasts of Captain Scarlet in 2001. It was released around valentines day. Happy Valentine's Day.zip

Supercar flight sim

Details: Category: Video Games; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Simon; Hits: 4679

There is also an add-in for Microsoft Flight Simulator, fly Supercar! The page: http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/GA/supercar-msfs.html has links to all the files you need; except Microsoft Flight Simulator, of course

UFO fonts

Details: Category: Fonts; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Simon Wickes; Hits: 5606

I found a set of sans-serif fonts

as used in the end credits to Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 and UFO. The file is a PC ZIP archive, but a MAC should be able to decode it OK.

Stingray/Scarlet fonts

Details: Category: Fonts; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Simon Wickes; Hits: 5944

Found 2 excellent new Anderson-based fonts for sale on the web. They are by Comicraft/Active Images. One is called StandBy4Action! and is based on the font used in Captain Scarlet. The other is called AbsolutelyFabulous! and is identical to the font used for the main title in Stingray!

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