It’s been a while since we last heard from Atari’s attempts at bringing a console back onto the market in the form of the Ataribox. It seems in that time though it’s undergone a name change. Now called the Atari VCS the machine is now using the name […]
Just a brief update this time. With the power supply on my C64 doing it’s own crazy thing after my rather futile attempt at fault diagnosis I was fortunate to get in touch with a local expert in the field of repairing these machines. The power supply is […]
Well… it looks like I got myself into a right royal mess now with my attempts at diagnosing the problems with my Commodore 64. I know there’s some saying out there about having a little knowledge can be dangerous and this might apply to me here… My plan […]
Last year I was lucky to get my hands on an old Commodore 64 which I was hoping to use to build out a new retro gaming system that was outside my usual Atari centric collection. Unfortunately it wasn’t working as expected (okay, it was broken) but I […]
Recently I started running into some issues on my main gaming PC (affectionately called “Godzilla” due to its size) which were starting to really annoy me. Apps weren’t loading correctly and performance was being hit hard due to rogue services chewing up CPU. Most people get into this […]
I had been waiting a long time for Castle Crashers Remastered to be available in my region – more than two years now. For some strange reason it just never appeared and I was unable to purchase it from other marketplaces either. But recently I searched for it […]
The Xbox One X is here and both Grocs and I were there from day one getting our games up and running on Microsoft’s new machine. In our cases they are both the Project Scorpio edition consoles (ie. a limited run launch version) but the experience will be […]
Microsoft’s Surface brand for years consisted solely of the tablet / notebook hybrid machines of which I still own the original Pro version in all its chunky glory. During that time I’ve become familiar with later iterations of the hardware, with my current work machine being a Surface […]
A lot of my time this week has been spent trying to do something a little different to my normal blogging routine and that is to make a video for YouTube! Nothing too fancy – just a chance to play some games on my Atari 130XE and record […]
Digital Foundry released a report a couple of days ago introducing a new method of game delivery for the Xbox One. Dubbed “Intelligent Delivery” this will be grateful news for those Xbox One owners who are still quite happy to run with the Xbox One S, even after […]
The story of one person’s attempts to make their Rampage Arcade1Up cabinet do more.
A look back at some of the games we've played on Xbox One over the years.
Our own tips and experiences while trying to make a living out in the black.
The Late Night Session 