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If you like retro stuff as much as me, then hopefully you have already checked out The Retro Hour Podcast. The guys behind the podcast have now launched a Kickstarter campaign for their new book “The History of Video Gaming, From Those Who Made It Happen”. These guys have interviewed the most famous people in […]

Although I mainly collect old computers and consoles, I do also have a selection of other retro merchandise and toys. I think in the near future I’m going to have to add a new section to my archive to include some of this stuff. My latest pickup was this strange and seemingly quite rare Parappa […]

This is another interesting machine I picked up a little while ago but hadn’t gotten around to updating the website. This console/computer was released in 1978 and was named the Magnavox Odyssey 2 other in the USA (They got a much cooler name!). Many people refer to this as a console, but with it having […]

I’ve always wanted to grab a Mega CD but the prices have always put me off. But recently I came across a listing for a Mega CD that was “not powering on” for £100. After previous research, I believed this was likely due to the pico fuse gone in it as is common on these […]

For those who have not heard of this, the Sega Nomad is a portable Megadrive (Genesis) that was only released over in America. I’ve wanted one for a while but they don’t often come up for sale in the UK, and with current exchange rates, importing stuff from America isn’t a great deal at the […]

After buying one of these as spares or repairs to try and fix up, I hit a bit of a stumbling block when I discovered the internal DC-DC converter seemed to be dead. I looked around for the schematics but didn’t have any luck. So I decided to get a second one and combine the […]

I’ve had the Vectrex for a while now but didn’t own any original games for it. I started by using a multicart and then moved on to the Pi-Trex. The issue with this is the original games used to ship with colour films that fitted over the screen to add some colour to the vector […]

I have had a 21inch CRT in the bedroom for a while now with the Playstaion 1 and 2 hooked up to it for lightgun games. It did the job and was free so certainly no complaints. But I have always been on the lookout for a 21inch Sony Trinitron flat screen to take that […]

I was starting to run out of shelf space for new toys, so I had a move around and cleared a new area in the lounge. Originally I considered buying some of the usual cube storage that everyone gets. But it was just the wrong shape/size and didn’t fit my needs. So I busted out […]

I’ve been a bit lazy recently and have been buying stuff without adding it to my site, so over the next couple of days I will update it with some new purchases and projects. The first of which is the ZX Spectrum +3. Like most +3s the drive belt had gone and needed replacing, I […]

As much as I love my Hydra Scart switches, they are a tad on the pricey side. I’ve got a few of them for the main bulk of my consoles/computers in the lounge, but I have two more TVs in the bedroom that require a Scart switch solution. I did try building my own a […]

And no I don’t mean the A500 Mini! My latest acquisition is non-other than the Amiga A600. Not the most popular machine back in its day but it is pretty cute and it fits onto a small shelf a lot easier than the Amiga 500 did. This one currently has a fault with its floppy […]