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- ↑ CRASH 45 – Bubble Bobble
- ↑ Ghouls And Ghosts Archived 2015-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ CRASH 40 – The Sentinel
- ↑ "Programmers on Programmers". CRASH (59). December 1988. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- ↑ ZX Specticle: Mike Follin, January 2001
- ↑ Baptist Surfer: Mike Follin
- ↑ "St Peter's, Maghull: Official Website". Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ↑ Internet Archive: Mike Follin: Official Website