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 withContinue Reading
The art of game mapping – maps by Mark Howlett
Back in the 80s, a new breed of gamer emerged. These gamers weren’t just content with playing a game, they lived that game. Right up until the last boss was defeated or the final treasure found. Back then games were hard, rock hard, a fact many a veteran gamer willContinue Reading
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. CheckContinue Reading
Memorable gaming moments: #1 Fractalus Fright
Welcome to the first in a series, where the Retro Games Collector team reminisce about their most ‘memorable gaming moments’. First up we have Trevor Briscoe and his Fractalus Fright. Most people who have played video games over a period of time have experienced a particularly scary and shocking gamingContinue Reading
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 isContinue Reading
Pixels The Movie Trailer
We are getting quite excited by the prospect of aliens invading our planet with video game characters. Especially Pac-Man chomping through the streets of American cities. Not sure what we are talking about? Check out the Pixels The Movie trailer. Film to be released this August. We can’t wait. Continue Reading
Yars Revenge ZX by Luca Bordoni
Eyes front Spectrum fans. I’ve just been playing Yars Revenge on my Speccy. Well almost. Howard Scott Warshaw’s sublime 2600 classic has now had a make-over and been ported to our dear rainbow endowed computers by Luca Bordoni, well known for his excellent homebrew titles. I just love the factContinue Reading
ZX Spectrum 128/Grey +2 RGB SCART cable – review
As mentioned in our last cable review, with the availability of ever-cheaper high end analogue CRT displays such as the Sony PVM/BVM and the fact that LCD/LED TVs are now lacking in terms of retro input, retro gamers are looking to utilise the RGB output on many of their consolesContinue Reading
From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years Kickstarter campaign
From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years is another exciting project just announced by Gracious Films following on from their amazing From Bedrooms to Billions documentary on the birth of the UK games industry (full review of From Bedrooms to Billions coming soon!) . As the title may suggest theContinue Reading
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 variousContinue Reading