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Got a video games cartridge that doesnt work?

Monday, June 22, 2009

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 [...]

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Who is behind Retro Games Collector?

Thursday, January 1, 2009

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Retro Games Collector is the brainchild of Ant Harper from Shropshire in the UK. He has been an avid videogamer from the age of 7 when he started out on the slippery slope of visiting arcades and playing Gunfight, Night Driver, Asteroids, Pong, Space Invaders, Battlezone and Defender with his father in seaside resorts whilst [...]

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What is Retro Games Collector?

Thursday, January 1, 2009

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Retro Games Collector (RGC) intends to be a one-stop resource for all those like me, who have a passion for playing on and collecting retro gaming hardware, software and associated paraphernalia. Some collectors concentrate on a certain manufacturer such as Sega or Commodore and collect anything and everything to do with their chosen marque. I fall [...]

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Ashens Tech Dump – BBC Comedy Extra

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

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Stuart Ashen explores long forgotten games of the 80’s and finds how they tackled some of the raw issues of the day in this hilarious spoof. More to be found at BBC Comedy: Extra

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Sinclair vs Acorn – Micro Men on BBC4

Wed, Oct 7, 2009

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Airing: BBC4 Thursday 8th October 9.00pm Starring: Martin Freeman (The Office, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) as Chris Curry, the man behind the BBC-backed Acorn, and Alexander Armstrong (Armstrong and Miller, the Pimms ads) as Clive Sinclair, inventor and owner of Sinclair Research. The story covers the period of British dominance of the home computer market in [...]

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Copy Protection – Retro Style!

Sat, Sep 5, 2009

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If you think copy protection on software is a new thing, think again. Way before DRM, there were code-cards, code-wheels, Lenslok and dongles. Never heard of them? Head on over to Pingdom and read this great article for yourself.

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How classic videogames came to be…?

Thu, Jul 30, 2009

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Video Game Pitch Meeting (1979) — powered by Cracked.com

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Retro games – better than modern games?

Tue, Jul 28, 2009

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The age old question asked by many a journalist in their quest to stir up controversy in the gaming community and get the resulting traffic/magazine sales. I personally think its all a load of b***ocks and a good game is a good game whether it was on the NES or on and Xbox 360. I [...]

Whacko prices for Jacko games – Case 2

Thu, Jul 9, 2009

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It had to happen. With the demise of the sequin gloved, ape loving pop legend there had to be a rise in price for merchandise bearing his name. Even 20 year old ZX Spectrum software isn’t immune from price hikes. Take this little gem I saw on a popular internet auction site: 1989 Spectrum Michael [...]

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Ridiculous prices for Retro Games on auction sites – Case 1

Thu, Jun 18, 2009

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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 [...]

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