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 orContinue Reading
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 internetContinue Reading
We’ve all had it happen, whether on our Philips Videopac, NES, MegaDrive or Nintendo 64. A video games cartridge that doesnt 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 20Continue Reading
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, gettingContinue Reading
As a collector of all things Sinclair I was interested in a particular auction back in December for the following set of rare Sinclair branded educational/business titles. The photos are from the actual auction listings. Micro Prolog (L 2/S) – by Logic Programming Associates Which? Tax Calculator 1983-84 (4332) –Continue Reading
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 backContinue Reading
Retro Games Collector is the brainchild of Ant Harper from the West Midlands in the UK. He has been an avid video gamer from the age of 6 or 7 when he started out on the slippery slope of visiting arcades with his father in seaside resorts whilst on summerContinue Reading
Retro Games Collector is 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 chosenContinue Reading