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Latest and greatest
- New girl in town… May 19, 2013
- A message to North Korea… April 4, 2013
- Happy Families… April 1, 2013
- Once… gone… March 20, 2013
- Another random box of beauty… March 20, 2013
It’s all about the tweets…
- @kakoroto1 Sorry to state the obvious but ebay is your best bet :) - 5 days ago
- @Cpt_Knucklehead You should add 'The Chaos Engine' after the Soldiers of Fortune title, so that the rest of the World know what you mean :) - 5 days ago
- @sneakybison You must... :) - 5 days ago
- @sneakybison and inside... :) #retrogaming http://t.co/KdjuNRzU4u - 5 days ago
- The ultimate man-bag... #Nintendo #Gameboy #Retrogaming http://t.co/hM9EBhygaF - 5 days ago
Tag Archives: amiga
Happy Families…
There’s definitely nothing better than bringing the whole family together for a nice relaxing long weekend of retro play time Here’s one for the album…
Another random box of beauty…
I love to buy random bulk boxes of “unknown” disks on ebay. It’s great fun trawling through a whole box of surprises. It is even better than Christmas because you actually know that the odds are there will be something … Continue reading
Apparently this is a mess…
So, following recent trips to the loft I appear to have accumulated a bit of kit in the spare room. <sigh> Guess I’ll have to put it all away somewhere neat and tidy. But of course the disadvantage is that … Continue reading
#GEEK2013
Minus temperatures and a coastal windchill factor that could freeze hell did not deter 1000′s of geeks descending on the South East town of Margate this weekend. The 2nd year of #GEEK – Game Expo East Kent – opened it’s … Continue reading
Not a bad place to spend some time…
Just a quickie, thought I would post a pic of my current view It’s really not a bad place to spend some time! Each machine is regularly put through it’s paces, they are not just there as show ornaments – … Continue reading
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Tagged 16k, 32k, 48k, amiga, c64, chaos engine, commodore, dreamcast, gaming, genesis, han, IBM, kart, lenovo, mario, megadrive, pc, pi, playstation, ps1, raspberry, retro, retrogaming, saturn, sega, sinclair, snes, solo, sony, spectrum, star, super nintendo, videogame, wars
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Something for the weekend…
<sigh> I really don’t have a single good game to play this weekend =) I have dozens of them
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Tagged 16k, 17, 3d, 48k, 64k, amiga, blast, chaos, commodore, corps, dreamcasr, dungeon, elite, engine, express, gameboy, genesis, island, keeper, mario, maze, megadrive, metropolis, monkey, monster, moscow, nintendo, persia, playstation, prince, project, ps1, quake, racer, raid, sinclair, snes, sony, spectrum, speedball, star, starfox, starwing, street, suicide, team, thunderforce, turrican, wars, zero, zx81
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2 new girlfriends in the house…
I took delivery of 2 fine new (old!) pieces of machinery this week, both from the awesome historical house of Commodore. 1st and foremost, a Commodore Amiga A1500! A dual drive version of the A2000 and a mighty hefty, sexy … Continue reading
A week or two in retro heaven…
So here’s just a few things I’ve been up to this past week or so, in between juggling a full time job (don’t you hate it when real life gets in the way of fun!) Firstly, some great times with … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000AD, 3.5, 30th anniversary, 64, a1200, a500, a600, amiga, amstra, c64, caanoo, cartridge, cassette, chaos, comics, commodore, crammond, crush, disk, dragons, dredd, ebay, engine, express, fighter, fleabay, floppy, fury, gamer, geoff, GOLD, gp2x, grand prix, graphic, han, jackie, judge, kylie, megadrive, minogue, moscow, novel, organiser, over, project, psion, quicksilva, raid, retro, retrogamer, sega, solo, spectrum, star, starforce, stormtrooper, street, suicide, team17, thrust, thunderhawk, US, vic, vic-20, wars, x, zx
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Return of the Commodores…
I’ve been having some great fun with 2 commodore machines lately; the trusty ‘ol C64 and it’s big sister – the Amiga. Here are a few highlights of playtime…
The evolution of collecting…
The evolution of how we got to get our games. From typing them in; loading from a humble cassette; the luxury of a 5.25″ floppy disk; the big box beauty of the Amiga days to the speed of cartridges; the … Continue reading
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Tagged amiga, another world, battlefield, binary, blast corps, bluray, cassette, collecting, commodore, computing, dreamcast, dvd, floppy, island, metropolis street racer, monkey, msr, n64, programming, retro, spectrum, zx81
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