The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey Extended Edition Kickstarter launches
This stunning new book; The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey Extended Edition, published by Fusion Retro Books and written by Roger Keane is a follow on from the extremely popular original book by the same author. Those of you who read Crash, Zzap 64 or Amtix will need no introductionContinue Reading
Pixel Bead Art by Cave of Pixels
Cave of Pixels was founded by Iain Clarke as a website to publish reviews of retro games and movies based on games. Originally called Cave of Monsters (a line from Bubble Bobble), it evolved into Cave of Pixels in 2013 when he started making pixel art, and he then decidedContinue Reading
Nintendo 64 Anthology launches Kickstarter campaign
An English adaptation of the popular hardback book; the Nintendo 64 Anthologie by Geeks-Line and penned by Math Malent is 98% complete, primed and ready for funding via Kickstarter. We are proud to announce that Retro Games Collector is supporting this campaign for this amazing book which covers Nintendo’s highlyContinue Reading
Fusion Funding – new funding website launches
Wouldn’t it be great to have a new crowdfunding site, specifically for the retrogaming community? After all, Kickstarter and Indiegogo are awash with retro projects at the moment and having one tailored to retro gamers would make life easier for us all. Thankfully, Chris Wilkins – founder of Fusion RetroContinue Reading
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 cabContinue Reading
SD2IEC and Epyx Fastload reloaded by thefuturewas8bit – review
SD2IEC explained Over the years I have grown to love the Commodore 64 almost as much as my main area of interest – the ZX Spectrum. Playground debates over which is the best machine have become nothing but fond memories for me as I explore the intricacies of each machine,Continue Reading
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 noneContinue Reading
The RetroCollect Video Game Market 3, Doncaster 5th April 2016
The day got off to a great start with me turning up in my campervan (which we had loaded up the night before) at my mate Dana’s house around 5 o’clock in the morning and him handing me a very welcome sausage and brown sauce sandwich for breakfast. It tookContinue Reading
Sinclair Spectrum Vega plus – first thoughts
As many of you are aware, I was less than impressed with the first Spectrum Vega offering from Retro Computers Ltd (a partnership of Sir Clive Sinclair, Chris Smith, Dr. David Levy and Paul Andrews). It looked cheap and ugly and the whole concept of replacing a Spectrum with whatContinue Reading
Sinclair ZX Spectrum: A Visual Compendium by Bitmap Books – review
A third Visual Compendium book; Sinclair ZX Spectrum: A Visual Compendium has now been published by Sam Dyer at Bitmap Books, following another highly successful KickStarter campaign. It follows on from two other successfully funded books covering the Commodore 64 (see review here) and the Commodore Amiga, but now coversContinue Reading