Not long ago my parents stopped by my house and dropped off another random box of things that they had in storage which was followed up with the line “we think you might want some of this”. A lot of the Atari items I now have come from […]
After what was possibly one of the biggest loads of retro gaming garbage to fail in the form of the Retro VGS / Coleco Chameleon you’d think that anyone wanting to come up with a product appealing to a similar audience would be more careful. However with what’s […]
Note: I’ve already written a lot about Star Raiders previously as I firmly believe it is one of the greatest games ever made. As a result there may be some duplication in what I’ve already said. I wanted to try something a little different from my usual posts […]
If there were any doubts that Atari’s long discussed attempt at resurrecting a console were going to fail, they’re being pushed aside for the time being as the Atari VCS beats its initial goal on Indiegogo within hours. With only a $100,000 goal to reach, the campaign has […]
With my “new” Commodore 64 getting a lot of attention lately my collection of Atari machines were being a little neglected so I decided to do some much needed work on my Atari 800XL. This was one of the first computers I had picked up when I returned […]
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 […]
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve posted about my Atari 8bit collection as well as some of the games and accessories that I still have keeping them all company. Writing about it only goes so far so I thought it would be fun to try and show […]
The Atari we know today is certainly not the Atari some of us remember back in the days of Pong, Combat and Star Raiders but it looks like they are trying to evoke memories from that era with a new bit of hardware they have been recently drip […]
Atari has been associated with many popular video games over the decades however there is one that is spoken little of today whose influence in multiple genres shouldn’t be forgotten as it may be one of the most important games they ever produced. Star Raiders is a real-time 3D space combat simulator developed […]
It’s been more than twelve months since I posted an article covering my experiences with running various computer and console emulators on my trusty old Surface Pro. When traveling you aren’t always guaranteed of having a network connection or television services so having a flexible entertainment device can come in very handy, especially […]
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 