I have wanted an MSX computer for quite some time. The MSX was a computer standard, popularized in Japan and Europe and developed jointly by Microsoft and ASCII Corporation. The standard was implemented and machines were created by such Japanese companies as Sony, Panasonic, and National to name a few. …
These are some finds I have been pooling on a list, they go back to March and are as recent as last week. I will have some posts with actual substance beyond “lookie what i got!” this week, and hopefully more of balance in the future. That being said, I …
It’s been a while since I posted an update on the ol’ game room. It has under gone some dramatic changes since I first put it together when I claimed the downstairs spare bedroom as my own shortly after my wife, my daughter and I moved into our new house …
Today I am covering a really cool pirate called Dragon Quest 7. This little dandy was created by the legendary Waixing Science and Technology, whom created (amongst many others) the infamous Final Fantasy 7 pirate. This effort, however, is somewhat less epic. In fact, it’s pretty underwhelming. Now I haven’t …
Hey! I have picked up some really great stuff over the past 2-3 weeks, so let’s have at it. We’ll start off at the cream of the crop first. I finally picked myself up a complete copy of Splatterhouse 2 for the Genesis. I have no idea why I don’t …
My wife and I are set to take possession of of new house on August 27th. Over the past couple days I have been going through my collection and weeding out extras, doubles, and stuff I am no longer interested in. Today I took a grocery bag full of TG-16 …
I am in the midst of doing a spring cleaning/reorganization of my game room, and while I was going through all my games I realized that I have quite a few high value games. My collecting philosophy has never been to collect games for the sole reason that they are …
There once was a time when the RPG was not all that popular outside of Japan. Sure there was the Ultima series, but that was more for the hardcore computing crowd, with their fancy thousand dollar PC’s. It wasn’t until the late 80′s with the North American release of SEGA’s …
This is a chronicle of my quest to own my 15 favorite Nintendo Entertainment System games… Check out the flagship entry here, and after that check out Update #1 here. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh- That was meant to be read as a sigh of relief and not as a scream. I am relieved …
Part One: Gameboy Advance I know this is a retro gaming blog, but this post is about two of the greatest thing that you can fit into your pocket: Nintendo’s DS and Gameboy Advance. How can I write about the DS / GBA in a retro blog and still make …