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 […]
Seeing Another World (known in the past as Out of This World in some territories) arrive on Xbox One in its 20th anniversary incarnation was an interesting exercise for me as it was a game I knew of back when my Atari ST was my primary gaming and […]
Looks like the theme of my 2018 will involve a lot more retro gaming than even I had imagined. And I’m pretty happy with that too. 🙂 My lovely wife has helped start me on that path thanks to two gifts for Christmas that I totally love. The […]
If there was one game on the Atari 8bit series that I knew of when I was young that seemed too intimidating to even try, it was subLOGIC’s 1984 title Flight Simulator II (FSII). At the time I was still trying get my head around less confronting flight […]
Now that I’ve been spending more time playing games on my Atari 8bit machines I’m also keeping an eye out on potential bargains. Game cartridges are what I keep an eye out for as many titles for the system were later released in that format for the XE […]
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 […]
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 […]
Not long ago I shared some details regarding my collection of computers and games for the Atari 8bit series. This time around I’m bringing a little more to show. Most of my collection now consists of a mix of boxed and loose game cartridges with the majority of […]
I do love my old Atari stuff. Lately I’ve been getting them out of storage and trying to set them up in a way that I can continue to enjoy them in the years to come. Emulators are great but there’s still nothing quite like having the old […]
With games such as Sea of Thieves and Skull and Bones making pirates new and interesting again while not relying on Jack Sparrow to save them, it’s easy to forget that there’s a long history of great pirate games over the years. The Monkey Island series were stand […]
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 