Portfolio Category: nintendones

February 2018

No theme this month so we had a variety of games and platforms.  Angela and Robert brought a NES with a very small CRT screen with a Zapper as well as a Core Grafx with a Turbo EverDrive along with a variety of hand helds - we weren't sure if the small screen made Duck Hunt…
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January 2018

A reasonable turn up to our Shmup themed meeting.  David brought a Megadrive/MegaCD combination and a SNES Jnr both connected to very heavy broadcast quality CRT monitors via component cables so the picture was outstanding.  Angela and Robert brought a PC Engine Core Grafx and a DOS laptop.  John also brought a MegaDrive.  Alex turned…
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October 2017

A small but dedicated group turned up tonight to play retro games.  There was a SNES Classic Mini, a Gameboy Micro, an N-Gage and a NES playing this month's Game of the Month - Ghosts 'n Goblins. Everyone had a go at Western Express on the arcade system and we all got held up at…
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Game of the Month – September 2017

Ghosts 'n Goblins (NES) Released November 1986 Developed by Micronics Published by Capcom Known as Makai-Mura in Japan Also on: Amiga, Android, Arcade, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, GameBoy Advance, Game Boy Colour, IOS, Mobile, PC, Atari ST, Wonder Swan, Sinclair ZX81/Spectrum, Wii Virtual Console (not Australia), 3DS Virtual Console, WiiU Virtual Console The beautiful princess is kidnapped.…
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