This is my little retro gaming room. Not as elaborate as other gaming rooms because I chose function over form. Everything is connected and ready to play. I have 2 or more versions of every console except for the Saturn. Original stock consoles are connected to the Sony KV-27FV310 Trinitron …
Read More »Mick & Mack as the global gladiators [Genesis] Review and Longplay [1992]
Retro Review: Global Gladiators – The Sega Genesis Classic that Championed Environmentalism In the year 1992, nestled beneath the Christmas tree, lay a gift from my parents that I hadn’t asked for—Global Gladiators for the Sega Genesis. Little did I know, this game would become a significant part of my …
Read More »Does anyone remember the INDREMA? Video game mags in 2000 were calling this an X…
Does anyone remember the INDREMA? Video game mags in 2000 were calling this an Xbox killer. And with its open source policy, it could of been a dream come true. Shame Sony crushed them to keep them from entering the market!https://retro-replay.com/indrema-l600-the-greatest-console-that-never-was/ This post has been captured from our very own …
Read More »After the “Great Sell Off” I had recently, I made time to really reorganize the …
After the “Great Sell Off” I had recently, I made time to really reorganize the game room since everything is now PlayStation centric. Figured I’d share some pics of the updated room. Upgraded from the 65″ to an 85″ TV with soundbar and got a new entertainment center to give …
Read More »INDREMA L600: The Greatest Console That Never Was
The Rise and Fall of the INDREMA L600: The Console That Never Was In the 1990s, video game enthusiast John Gildred envisioned an open source console that would democratize game development. The technology wasn’t there yet, but the idea lingered. By 1999, after witnessing firsthand the modding potential of PC …
Read More »Remembering the hype and biggest flop in gaming ‘Rise of the Robots’ Disaster of 1994
The Overhyped Debacle: Dissecting “Rise of the Robots” In the annals of video game history, few titles have managed to garner as much pre-release hype and post-release disappointment as “Rise of the Robots.” This was a game that promised the moon but delivered a handful of space dust. Let’s dive …
Read More »One of the very first games on NES, I still play it more often than many other g…
One of the very first games on NES, I still play it more often than many other games! HVs you ever played the remastered we got in Europe? It really boosts the experience in every aspect, the best one is responsiveness which was the worst aspect of the first iteration …
Read More »When I want to feel and play on hardware I simply go into my Retro room and figu…
When I want to feel and play on hardware I simply go into my Retro room and figure out what throwback to get busy on. If I don’t feel like visiting the 80s and 90s on hardware I hop on the RetroPie in the living room on the 75 inch! …
Read More »Retro Review: Robo Aleste – Mechanical Majesty As the Sega CD spun to life, hera…
Retro Review: Robo Aleste – Mechanical Majesty As the Sega CD spun to life, heralding the arrival of “Robo Aleste,” it promised a journey to an era where the line between man and machine blurred amidst the backdrop of feudal Japan. This shoot ’em up title, developed by Compile, was …
Read More »Group want me to post about my collection because they let me in this group and …
Group want me to post about my collection because they let me in this group and I want to say thank you for welcoming me to this group, I am DNC “Deaf Nintendo Collecting” but I do like Sega and I do playing Sega, PlayStation or XBOX but what about …
Read More »Posted here yesterday about the 100x model PlayStation I picked up. A few people…
Posted here yesterday about the 100x model PlayStation I picked up. A few people asked if it worked… Well, just got round to testing it. Was a little temperamental at first reading discs, but cleaning the laser with some Isopropyl alcohol fixed that. Currently got it hooked up to my …
Read More »Hello everyone! This will be my first post here and I wanted to share with you a…
Hello everyone! This will be my first post here and I wanted to share with you all the first half of my Fairly large collection! Part 1: Bedroom I play All PC and Nintendo Switch games in here, No I have never felt the touch of a woman, but I …
Read More »**This is a list of my dupes we’re giving away. Not a joke. Start a new topic at…
**This is a list of my dupes we’re giving away. Not a joke. Start a new topic at our message boards, writing a few short paragraphs about why you love retro gaming and what it means to you. The top 2 entries as voted other users will have a pick …
Read More »A story about being at the right place at the right time and asking the right qu…
A story about being at the right place at the right time and asking the right questions. Back in 2009 I was a Gamestop manager and I went to that Manager’s conference. In the Sega room presentation, I asked one of the reps afterwards if they had anything I could …
Read More »Shocking Truth Behind the Video Game Cartridge Creator: It Wasn’t Jerry Lawson!
Unveiling the True History Behind the Video Game Cartridge In the annals of video game history, few innovations have had as profound an impact as the video game cartridge. For decades, one name has been held aloft as the father of this game-changing technology: Jerry Lawson. However, recent findings have …
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