Retro Games Collector

Ashens Tech Dump – BBC Comedy Extra

Friday, January 29, 2010

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

Wednesday, October 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!

Saturday, September 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…?

Thursday, July 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?

Tuesday, July 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 [...]

Got a video games cartridge that doesnt work?

Monday, June 22, 2009

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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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The price of Retro Gaming – going up?

Sunday, January 4, 2009

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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 [...]

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