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You never forget your first…

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

It’s true, isn’t it? Those life defining moments, parked permanently in your memory, when you did something for the first time you will never forget. They generally make you smile, hopefully make you happy and instantly transport you back through … Continue reading →

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Childhood memory regained…

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

It’s a New Year… 2013, so can somebody tell me why we are not all bouncing around in zero gravity and kicking up Moon dust? Why not? why? oh why… <sigh> When I was a kid in the mid-70′s  Man … Continue reading →

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Impressive Intellivision…

Posted on July 1, 2012 by

As briefly mentioned in another post; I picked up a new baby for the collection earlier this week, a nice golden shiny Intellivision. Obviously the games are very basic, what do you want from 1981! but the machine also came … Continue reading →

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Commodore 64 a day, in May, from Ebay… yeay! – DAY 17 & 18

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

Couple of awesome shooters to report on today. *Day 17* and the arcade classic *Space Harrier* flies in to my C2N. *Day 18* twists your melon with the excellent, yet slightly psychotic, *Lazer Zone* from the zany brain of Jeff … Continue reading →

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Damn…! Now, where did I put that Colecovision…?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

To the loft… let’s go! I’m dying to play these, I just now have to find what I did with 1 of the 2 Colecovisions that I own… somewhere… in my loft… <sigh>

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Review: Star Raiders 2011

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

Every retro-head like me really looks forward to reboots of classic old games, particularly when they come from one of the Gods of video gaming, Atari. So, when I heard about the reboot of Star Raiders then I immediately shoved … Continue reading →

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One small step for Man…

Posted on February 27, 2011 by

Okay, the simplest of things just happened, but it blew me away. Thanks to spotting a reasonably random tweet from ‘sneakybison’, I was reminded that the ISS was visible over the UK tonight! ISS Sun Feb 27/07:04 PM 2 89 … Continue reading →

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