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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
