Portfolio Category: arcade

January 2018

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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December 2017

December 2017

A great end to a good retro year. We had a bumper crowd along to our last meeting for 2017 - quite a few first timers that heard about us at PAX. The arcade machine was in full flight with people playing R-Type (our game of the month), Puzzle Bobble, Street Fighter, Puzzle Fighter variants and…

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November 2017

November 2017

A few hiccups with the arcade machine but we got it working for a Puzzle Bobble competition. A few other fighters and shmups we're played afterwards. The theme of the meeting was weird peripherals. There was a GameCube running Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix with a dance mat, a Wii running various GameCube games that used…

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October 2017

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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