Retro Blog

The things you do not forget. I didn’t have a Super Nintendo, but my cousin Stephen did. I fondly recall being over at my Aunt Suzie’s house, where I’d spend a few hours each morning for several weeks being babysat. During that time, I was alone with his copy of …

Slowly turned my downstairs office into my game room. Collection is not as expensive as some I’ve seen here, but I enjoy it. Systems currently in collection: Commodore 64 TurboGrafx 16 NES (x5, 3 are different CIB sets) SNES N64 Gameboy Gameboy Color Switch Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox 1 Xbox …

I’ve wanted one of these since…2006. The other day, I traded a monitor to a really cool guy for a perfect condition backward compatible model! He replaced the thermal paste and pads regularly and kept it clean as can be. I had to plug in the BT and Wifi module …

14 GameCube games all complete & in amazing collectors condition! Bundle price £169 posted 📦 Prices below 🙏 (Total list price £199) Posted worldwide for £205 all in worldwide! 🌍 Some games have VIP codes still unscratched! Artworks & posters too aswell & a few have their original receipts from …

I purchased a PS1 many years ago, now I go to play it, the two controller port fuses are blown (PS602 and PS605). Upon digging into why they could have blown, I read a power surge from the power supply board, possibly. So that got me looking at the model# …

The National Museum of Play has recently added an exceptional item to its collection: a rare PC port demo of “Super Mario Bros. 3,” developed by id Software in the early days before the company became synonymous with the first-person shooter genre through titles like “Doom” and “Wolfenstein 3D.” This …

People have been questioning my recent purchase of Minecraft for the Series X as an investment. But the bottom line is simple, variations of Fortnite, and Minecraft that you may have in your collection are already going up in value, and Minecraft for the series X may end up being …

Why does everyone sleep on the Manhattan Project? pon its release, “The Manhattan Project” was met with fanfare. The NES was at the height of its popularity, and a new Turtles game was a major event. Players praised the game’s faithful representation of the Turtles’ universe and the improvements it …

Sorry to anybody this offends, but emulation definitely offers a much, much more accurate CRT replication than a RetroTINK could ever do, therefore is much more faithful to the original experience and the way the developers intended these games to look. I honestly don’t understand why people are still clinging …

Crisis Force: A Deep Dive into NES Excellence Crisis Force is not just a game; it’s an exemplar of the technical marvels that were possible on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), despite being released in the twilight years of the console’s life. This shoot ’em up, released exclusively in Japan …

Enjoy our comprehensive retrospective as we showcase each and every one of the classic games developed for the Nintendo NES in this captivating video journey, or read up on the system and review below! The Nintendo NES: A Historical Overview and System Review. The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES): A Portal …

Stan Lee Dispels Myth That X-Men Were Originally Envisioned as LGBTQ Allegory In a 2007 radio interview that has recently resurfaced, comic book icon Stan Lee directly refuted a widespread assumption that his X-Men characters were conceived as an allegory for the LGBTQ+ community. Speaking on Coast to Coast AM …

It has been widely reported in the last few days that actor and comedian Ayo Edebiri is rumored to be replacing Johnny Depp as the new lead in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean 6. These reports stem from a story initially published by Giant Freakin Robot claiming that Edebiri is …

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This was a perfect arcade port given the limitations of the NES hardware at the time. The game was particularly special to me. I played often as a kid with my neighbors in the ’90s. We would crowd around the NES, each picking a turtle, and spend hours trying to …