In this post I’m going to share my thoughts on video game collecting and social media burnout. For myself both game collecting and social media go hand in hand. Retro video game collecting is my …
Rescue on Fractalus! – Activision
Rescue on Fractalus is an action flight game played from a first person cockpit point of view. It was originally developed for the Atari 800 and 5200 before seeing a wider release. Your mission is …
Video Game Nostalgia – Pocket Money Memories
Nowadays I earn my own money & with that comes the responsibility of managing finances & paying all my bills before I can think about spending my hard earned cash on retro games and getting …
Arcade Defender Handheld Game (1982, Entex)
I am always on the look out for interesting pickups and last year I picked up a handheld arcade Defender game. This was quite a find on Facebook Marketplace as this game is very much …
Garbage Pail Kids – I Loved These Cards
I loved collecting stickers & cards in the 80’s. My first memories of collecting started with Panini’s Mexico 86 stickers. I didn’t complete it. One series of cards stands out as being the most memorable …
Christmas in the 80’s – A Nostalgic Look Back
By the time the 1980’s came to an end I was 11 years old and I have some wonderful memories of toys, presents and TV from the Christmas days and holidays of my childhood. So, …
Retro Gaming Christmas Memories
Christmas is always a fun time of year for me, excited kids and the build up to the holidays always make things exciting. Advent calendars, Christmas movies & an Elf on a shelf amongst other …
Arcade Collectors with Retro Dave Nintendo
I have known Dave (AKA Retro Dave Nintendo) for a good while now and I have seen his arcade collecting hobby grow and evolve over the last few years. I am lucky enough to live …
Mean Machines Magazine Memories
The timing of the release of the first Mean Machines Magazine proved quite influential for a 12-year-old me. It set me on my console gaming journey that continues to this day. Let’s go back in …
The Best C64 Games – My Commodore 64 Top 10
The Commodore 64 was the first home system that I fell in love with having first seen and played one at a friend’s house in 1984. From this point onward throughout the 1980’s this was …
