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Ant Harper

Father, Husband, website developer, avid gamer since the mid-70s and collector of just about anything video game related. 8-Bit microcomputer and Sinclair specialist with a huge Sinclair related collection of his own. Blogs about retro gaming here but occasionally elsewhere when people ask. Bored of Mario and never much liked Zelda. Performs quirkafleegs for cold hard cash. Often found destroying ice crowns in the Lands of Midnight.
Remembers: Lunar Lander.
Plays: Steel Battalion, Gears of War

Upcoming Event: The Black Country Games Fair – Sunday 26 October 2025

2025-08-17
EventsGaming VenuesRetro News
By: Ant Harper
On: August 17, 2025

Event Overview The Black Country Games Fair returns on Sunday 26 October 2025 at The Robin in Wolverhampton. Doors open at 10:00 AM, and the event runs until mid-afternoon. Location & Venue Tickets & Entry Get your early bird tickets here What to Expect This retro gaming fair promises: WhyContinue Reading

RetroHQ Jaguar GameDrive – Breathing New Life into Atari’s Last Console

2025-08-14
Atari JaguarReviews
By: Ant Harper
On: August 14, 2025

When you think of the Atari Jaguar, a few things probably spring to mind: the bold claim of being the “first 64-bit console,” the futuristic (and sometimes bizarre) library of games, and of course, that wonderfully unique – some might say unwieldy – controller. Launched in 1993, the Jaguar wasContinue Reading

Grid Frame Studio – Game Boy Review

2022-08-25
Game BoyReviews
By: Ant Harper
On: August 25, 2022

I do enjoy getting emails out of the blue asking if I want to review products. You never quite know what you will receive. When I picked up this particular email, I must admit to having to look Grid Frame Studio up in a search engine to find out exactlyContinue Reading

Atari VCS LEGO

Atari 2600 LEGO – is this the best thing I’ve ever seen?

2022-07-21
Atari 2600New Releases
By: Ant Harper
On: July 21, 2022

As many of you who check out my YouTube channel or read these pages will already know, my kids and I are massive lego fans. And I also happen to be completely nuts about Atari. In particular the VCS*. So imagine my excitement (it was real my friends, very real)Continue Reading

Mattel Aquarius

Mattel Aquarius – my most neglected system?

2022-07-12
AquariusMattelRGC YouTube Channel
By: Ant Harper
On: July 12, 2022

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Bandai Playdia unboxing

Bandai Playdia (1994) unboxing and first play from sealed – will it even work?

2022-06-22
BandaiPlaydiaRGC YouTube Channel
By: Ant Harper
On: June 22, 2022

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Commodore 64x

The Commodore 64 is back! But not as you know it…

2022-06-18
Commodore 64Crowdfunded ProjectsRetro News
By: Ant Harper
On: June 18, 2022

Commodore fans and lovers of retro computing in general, thanks to My Retro Computer, the brand could well be back – at least in name. Because in this particular Kickstarter, you are pledging for what is variations of a modern PC within a C64 style case plus the added kudosContinue Reading

Glory Hunters – Kickstarter for Game Boy

2022-04-13
Crowdfunded ProjectsGame BoyNew Releases
By: Ant Harper
On: April 13, 2022

Mexican indie game developer César Arminio with his design studio 2think (creator of Pato Box) and software house Bitmap Soft are teaming up to bring you Glory Hunters, a new physical release for the Game Boy with their Kickstarter campaign. Glory Hunters is an all-new action-adventure RPG for the original GameContinue Reading

Sega Dreamcast upgrade

Upgrade your SEGA Dreamcast – quick, simple and cheap GDEMU and Dream PSU

2022-04-10
RestorationRGC YouTube Channel
By: Ant Harper
On: April 10, 2022

The Dreamcast is an amazing console. Many would say ahead of it’s time. But being disk based, a cheap SD card solution has been a long time coming. That has all changed in recent years due to the cloning of the GDEMU card by Chinese manufacturers and a GDEMU cloneContinue Reading

SEGA Mania magazine – review

2022-04-09
MegaDriveReviewsSega Master System
By: Ant Harper
On: April 9, 2022

SEGA Mania is a relatively new (4 issues in at the time of writing), glossy, full colour magazine and is an unashamed homage to the likes of Mean Machines SEGA and SEGA Power. The men behind the magazine – Tim Hugall, Simon Pike and Sam Forrester – have produced whatContinue Reading

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Show us your collection: #35 Dana Meddings

Dana Meddings (@Dane83) describes himself as an ‘average every day guy who just happens to love collecting video games’. He started out with the mighty Amstrad CPC 464 at an early age and amassed a large collection of games (many of which he has recently sold off to fund collecting other

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Show us your collection: #34 Retro Rich

This time round we visit the games room of Richard Evans AKA Retro Rich (@Richard31337) who first got into gaming via the Sega Master System at a young age. He admits to being quite new to arcade collecting and got his interest sparked by a friend who had a cab

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Focussed Collecting – Adrian Grubbs Miner Willy Collection

I can say with some certainty, and perhaps a little bit of bias, that retro gaming is a great pastime to be part of. Why? Because of retro gamers themselves. Certain retro gamers inspire others in various ways, some by having large collections, some by having rare items but none

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Show us your collection: #33 Simon Pring

Simon supplied so many photos of his unbelievable collection that we hardly knew where to start. His games room is a shrine to old school gaming and in particular his love of all things Game Boy. His original Nintendo display cabinets are bulging with every kind of Game Boy and

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Show us your collection: #32 Jamiu Buir Balogun

Another Retro Collective Europe member and another mind blowing collection of retro goodness. Jamiu has been gaming since the days of the NES and is known for his exceptional fairness and generosity amongst his fellow collectors in the collective. Jamiu is well on his way to his ultimate goal of

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Show us your collection: #31 Gary Ptaszek

Number 31 in our amazing collections series and this time it’s Retro Collective Europe member Gary Ptaszek’s turn to show off his awesome collection. Gary is also proof that gaming can be good for your health. Check out his Q and A to find out how… The Collection Click on

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Show us your collection: #30 Ryan Morrow

For our 30th collection we are sticking with the Retro Collective Europe theme, this time RCE admin Ryan Morrow shows us his amazing retro wares and gives us the lowdown on his collecting in our Q and A interview. The Collection Click on images to enlarge Q and A with

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Show us your collection: #29 Joe Hollingsworth

Staying in the UK for this  jaw-dropping collection from another co-founder of Retro Collective Europe, Joe Hollingsworth from Kent. Joes specialism is the Game Boy and at the time of writing he is approaching 300 towards his final goal of a full Euro release grey Game Boy cartridge set. Check

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Show us your collection: #28 Stewart Lange

North of the border to Edinburgh in Scotland, is where we head for our next retro gaming collection-fest. Stewart Lange is co-founder of Retro Collective Europe, an avid Sega fan and a big collector of Master System titles. He is gunning for a complete Sega Master System collection and is

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Show us your collection: #27 Lifespiller79

It is my pleasure to feature this particular US based collection as it belongs to one of my favourite YouTubers Lifespiller79. He’s also one of the coolest guys I have ever made the acquaintance of so make sure you check out his channel. You will find links to his various

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