The £15 Geek Treasure Hunt #3 – The One Pound Challenge
For my second £15 Geek Treasure Hunt I wanted to set myself a secondary challenge along with the overall budget restriction that was in place. […]
Retro Gaming
The £15 Geek Treasure Hunt #1 – Games Galore
Now that our new ongoing Geek Treasure Hunt competition is under way to see what geek bargains you can all come up with for a […]
Competition – The £15 Geek Treasure Hunt!
It’s not easy being a geek. No matter what you’re interested in, collecting for your favourite franchise or hobby can be prohibitively expensive and in […]
Console Accessories: Wilko Wired Keyboard (C64 Mini)
One of the biggest criticisms of the C64 Mini is the lack of a working keyboard (something that is going to be a part of […]
ZZap! 64 for the Commodore 64 coming back!
ZZap! 64 Annual 2019 Kickstarter The Commodore 64 was THE home computer to own in the 1980s and early 90s and was only surpassed in […]
Retro Game Review: Wizball (Commodore 64)
Wizball, first released in 1987 by Manchester-based Ocean Software, is arguably one of the strangest shoot-em-ups ever to have been released for the Commodore 64. […]
Console Accessories: iNNEXT USB Game Controller
When it comes to consoles and retro gaming, you can never have enough controllers. In my man cave I have an entire drawer full of […]
Console Review: TheC64 Mini
If, like me, you’ve been following the story behind this new mini recreation of the world’s best selling home computer, you’ll know that it’s had […]
Getting The Most Out Of Your Plug And Play Consoles
As a huge retro gaming fan I’m usually something of a purist when it comes to how I prefer to play old games, choosing to […]
Hacking The SNES Mini – A Personal Journey…
Regular visitors will know that I’m generally quite enthusiastic when it comes to modern recreations of retro consoles. While many sing the praises of emulation […]
A Console For Five Pounds… Part 2 – The Joy Of CEX
As you will hopefully have read in Part 1, I’ve set myself the challenge of buying myself a Commodore C64GS games console starting with a […]
A Console For Five Pounds… Part 1 – The Beginning
I’ve been collecting consoles and games since I was a child, right back to the 1970s. Even though I’ve collected a wide range of other […]
Console Review: Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Classic Mini
It’s been a year since I looked at Nintendo’s last foray into the world of plug and play retro consoles when they launched the Classic […]
Retro Gaming: When Mastertronic Went To Vegas…
While many cite their main influences when it comes to retro gaming as the Sega and Nintendo systems of the 90s, my main love of […]
Creating An 8-Bit Text Adventure – A Developer Diary, Part 4
It’s been some time since I last posted an update regarding the development of my upcoming 8-bit game Final Breath. I’m sure many of you […]
Creating An 8-Bit Text Adventure – A Developer Diary, Part 3
Work on the game had changed up to this point so my approach to penning this diary has changed as well. I’ve moved on now […]