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Emulation is nothing new, nor is it a phenomenon strictly confined to the internet. Hardware emulation can be seen as far back as Gen 2 with the Atari 5200’s 2600 game adapter, and the Coloeco Gemini being in essence a… Continue Reading →
You know a couple of weeks back when I first started this blog I was asked if I was going to do any reviews. I said “well I might”, but I was non-committal since reviews aren’t really my thing, but… Continue Reading →
Over just the past few years the entire identity of Black Friday has been a bit muddled and lost. It use to be about getting up in the dark and fighting the cold, to go out to some store to… Continue Reading →
Video gaming whether modern or retro always has its 800 pound Gorilla in the room, usually multiple ones. There are the bad things we don’t want to talk about like the whole Custers Revenge thing, and then there are the… Continue Reading →
If your new to retro gaming then you are probably not aware that there two ways of retro gaming. One way is the traditional way legitimate way, that is getting an old counsel of your choice, the games you want,… Continue Reading →
Do you have more than one hobby? I do, I have several, and sometimes I wish I didn’t so I could just be really awesome at one in particular. But, sometimes I’m glad I do have more then one, because… Continue Reading →
You know in the short time that I have had this blog up I have been asked by a few folks, what is a mid-core gamer? Mostly the question is asked by those who don’t know that there are different… Continue Reading →
When it comes to counsel gaming I pretty much dropped out of that world between 1994 and 1999. I outgrew my NES and got into the wonderful world of PC gaming. Of course had I known the pitfalls of constently… Continue Reading →
In part 1 I gave a brief description of my experiences with Atari’s, specifically the 2600. I also left off telling you that I had finally gotten a 2600 Jr. I’ve been shopping for another 2600 for about 2… Continue Reading →
The year was 1990 and after getting an NES for Christmas of 1989 I decided I wanted to get a Game Boy that Spring. Portable gaming on the level of the Game Boy was still a fairly new concept at… Continue Reading →
I’m not stranger to Atari’s, or its compatibles. As a small boy we had Coleco Geminis, Sears game systems, and actual Atari’s. I remember when I was 5 or 6 we fried one of the Colecos, and one of the… Continue Reading →
So it’s a rainy day here in Chicago and I have been listening to podcasts all day about retro gaming including one about old Commodore 64 games, and I was suddenly transported back to being a kid. You see on… Continue Reading →
The Grand Emperors Classic Post – Originally Published October 19th, 2013 I finished Assassins Creed 3 this weekend after playing it for the past 10 months, off and on. Being a gamer with a life, and having my eldest son being at… Continue Reading →
The Grand Emperors Classic Post – Originally Published October 18th, 2013 Welcome to my Retro-Video Gaming Blog!! In case you can’t tell by the title I’m not a hardcore gamer mostly because I have a life going on; you… Continue Reading →
