A few Saturdays ago I was in a thrift store browsing about, and I happened upon a glass display case which contained some boxed Genesis games. I paid the games a passing glance as I stolled by, half distracted by my kids antics. I was too far away to read …
Monday Oct. 15th was the 20th Anniversary of the North American release of Sega’s much hyped Genesis CD add-on, the Sega CD. Due equally to the fact that no one in the gaming media (save for the almighty 1up.com) even bothered to mention this milestone, and that I am a huge …
As the title suggests, I have picked up a couple new retro arcade sticks as of late, as well as quite a few other bits of radness. Here we have a Quick Shot NES arcade stick. When I got this thing it was so dirty and neglected that it looked …
Continuing with my string of recent finds, here are some more that I scored over the last few months… Again, in no particular order. Die Hard (NES) – You may remember this from my post a few weeks ago; this is the Die Hard I turned from shitty to spiffy. …
Spring is in the air and awesome games are all over the place for those who are willing to look hard enough. I personally find spring to be one of the most fertile times of the year, finds wise, because people seem to get infected with the desire to get rid of …
Recently, I have started to stockpile DS games, mostly RPGs, while it is still possible to find them at decent prices. With each passing month, even games for relatively recent systems such as the PS2 and Gamecube steadily climb in price as they begin to disappear from retail stores and …
Did you know there was a version of Sonic the Hedgehog released for the Sega Master System? You bet there was, and you know what? It’s a pretty fantastic game. More than just a simple port of the inferior Game Gear version, Sonic for the SMS was not only the …
I recently gathered all my SEGA boxes and crowned one of my gaming shelves with their awesomeness. Funny thing is, I never really set out to collect SEGA stuff boxed, it just kind of appeared.Having realized that I was in possession of such a glut of radness I just had …
It’s been a while since I posted any video game gets I’ve unearthed. That changes now. Sit back and enjoy the ride! First off I have a whole slew of Genesis games. I had some pooled credit at my local nerd mecca (replay games) so I decided to spend it …
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 …