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
As I reported back in February 2011, UK based Elite Systems were planning on releasing a recreated ZX Spectrum for use with their mobile gaming apps. Well folks, the good news is that Elite are still planning on doing just that. Now, don’t get too excited Speccy fans; this isContinue Reading
YouTube has stood by their new copyright material policy (more info here) despite anger shown by gamers across the world. For the uninitiated, YouTube has recently been flagging videos for containing audio (mostly the background music in games) that they consider in breach of copyright. This is not good newsContinue Reading
On eBay right now is this complete, working, boxed with polys, Tatung Einstein TC01. These don’t come up very often and even less so in complete working order with box. Pretty keenly priced at £199 Buy It Now. Unfortunately there are no pictures of box to gauge condition though. SeeContinue Reading
What is the Rotronics Wafadrive? The Wafadrive was a two-drive system for small cartridges containing 1.8mm wide continuous spool tape. In direct competition with the Sinclair ZX Microdrive, this system had a number of unique selling points. The first of which was its price. Originally priced at £129.95 it wasContinue Reading
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of RetroGamesCollector.com and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.] Take an Odyssey through console gaming history New online game celebrates the new console generation with a trip down memory lane To celebrate the release of the next generation of consoles,Continue Reading
It’s 1982. The ZX81 is a huge success and the ZX Spectrum is about to be. Britain is producing more home micros than Japan. Kickstarted into action by this success, men armed with soldering irons take to their sheds to build peripherals for their Sinclair machines. Sound a little bitContinue Reading
Using social media has many advantages; but the reason I love social media so much is the fact you meet so many talented and interesting people. One such person is Sheree Lucas who I came across via her Instagram page. Apart from being an avid retro games collector she hasContinue Reading
Maybe this… And how I would love my modern consoles to more like my VCS does. Go check out the original article over at: The Food Sucks.Continue Reading
I had a session in the man-cave the other day and got to thinking about all the work that had gone into some of the start up sequences on consoles of old. A lot just give you a blank screen, but some, such as the GameCube (with it’s multiple startContinue Reading
I’m a bit late posting this due to the site rebuild, but better late than never! Please bear with us while we catch up… [This unedited press release is made available courtesy of RetroGamesCollector.com and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.] November 19th 2013 After a six-year strongContinue Reading