I love Sega especially the Sega Mega Drive (or Sega Genesis if you’re American). Sega introduced me to 16 bit gaming in my home back in 1991 and what at the time felt like arcade …
How Old is Mario – Is Our Favorite Plumber in his 20’s, 30’s, or 40’s?
Mario is probably the most famous gaming character of all time. First appearing on video games screens in 1981 as Jump Man in Donkey Kong he has become a franchise and a power house brand …
8 Retro Video Game Documentaries You Need to Watch
As much as I enjoy playing retro games, I also enjoy watching videos about the hobby. There is a lot of great content to watch on YouTube especially from other collectors who vlog about their …
The 10 Best Vectrex Games – My Top Picks
I have now owned a Vectrex for nearly 8 years (at the time of writing). I have been lucky enough to collect all the European released games for the system along with some newly released …
Why is Retro Gaming So Popular? – 7 Big Reasons
For many years now retro games have been very popular, and retro gaming now gets regular mainstream attention from many sources such as documentaries, reissued games and plug n play consoles. There is however a …
Video Game Collecting and Social Media Burnout
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 …
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 …
Top 10 Star Wars Retro Games
I have never been shy about my love for all things Star Wars. I fell in love with Star Wars before I discovered gaming and they have both been two things that I always turn …
