Retro Games Collector

Got a video games cartridge that doesnt work?

We’ve all had it happen, whether on our Philips Videopac, NES, MegaDrive or Nintendo 64. A cartridge that refuses to work. It happens to us collectors most frequently, we are after all, more likely to get hold of stuff that someones just pulled out of the loft after 20 years of doing nothing but gathering [...]

Ridiculous prices for Retro Games on auction sites – Case 1

I was just surfing through a popular auction site’s Vintage & Retro Gaming listings as I do and came across a Cascade Cassette 50 for the Sinclair ZX81. Not a really rare piece of software by any stretch of the imagination but as with all ZX81 software these days, getting rarer and therefore expectedly more [...]

Twitter on your Commodore 64 with Breadbox64

Have you ever wanted to Twitter from your Commodore 64? Probably not, but I bet those of you with C64’s lying around will be paying attention when I tell you it is now a possibility thanks to Johan Van den Brande from Belgium. Your C64 will need an internet connection of course and Johan kindly [...]

Factsheet – Sinclair ZX81

All about the Sinclair ZX81 For the uninitiated the ZX81 was a small 8-bit home microcomputer invented and produced by Sinclair Research Limited of Cambridge, England. Sinclair Computers (renamed Sinclair Research Ltd. in March 1981) was founded by Sir Clive Sinclair, inventor of the pocket television, the first pocket calculator, the famous rubber-keyed Sinclair ZX Spectrum [...]

Rare ZX Spectrum titles fetch a high price on ebay

As a collector of all things Sinclair I was interested in a particular auction back in December for the following set of rare Sinclair branded educational/business titles. The photos are from the actual auction listings. Micro Prolog (L 2/S) – by Logic Programming Associates Which? Tax Calculator 1983-84 (4332) – by Consumer’s Association Weathermaster (4325) – by Macmillan MacMan’s [...]

The price of Retro Gaming – going up?

As a buyer and seller of retro games and hardware, I can’t help but notice the upward trend in prices of late. I have purchased some fantastic bargains over the years from various sources such as car boot sales, jumble sales, charity shops and ebay. Whereas a few years back I could browse my local [...]

Show us your retro gaming collection

If you are reading this, chances are you are interested in retro gaming and it follows that you might have a retro gaming collection (whether it be just a few consoles or a full blown collection). If you have a collection of any size send us some photos and a list of what you have [...]