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The only thing I really remember about these devices when they came out, was everyone taking the **** out of them for having to hold them sideways to use them as a phone. Well besides that issue, the device itself could actually run some pretty good games for the time. Games like Tomb Raider got […]

The Virtual Boy has always intrigued me, a bit like a VR headset, it’s one of those devices that people cannot show you what it is like in a video or a screenshot. You just have to experience it for yourself. I had previously heard a lot of people complaining of headaches and eye strain […]

A while ago I put together a small project to flash the Atari Jaguar Skunkboard flash cart from a Raspberry Pi (More details here). The Skunkboard can only hold 1 or 2 games at a time so it was nice to not have to keep removing it and plugging it into my PC to flash […]

I was given this old PC the other day along with a bunch of other bits and pieces that I am still going through. But this was definitely the most interesting item so I wanted to take a look at it as soon as possible. After measuring the voltages coming from the power supply it […]

Having had the NC100 whilst I was at school and having one again in my collection now, I have still always wanted its bigger brother the NC200. The bigger screen, built-in backlight, and a 3.5″ floppy drive made it a far more advanced device. I’ve been keeping an eye out for a while now for […]

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 […]