Portfolio Category: nec

March 2018

A good turnout tonight with a few new comers. The theme was 1994 and the Game of the Month Metal Slug.  John had his consolised MVS running Metal Slug.  Robert & Angela brought a few DOS games from 1994 running on an old laptop as well as some handhelds including a PSP emulating a SNES…
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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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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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Game of the Month – November 2017

R-Type (Turbo Grafx 16) Released 1989 Developed by Irem Published by NEC Also on Amiga, Android, Arcade, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Gameboy, IOS, MSX, OUYA, MasterSystem, Atari ST, X68, ZX Spectrum and the Wii Virtual Console. The galaxy is in deep peril: foul creatures from the evil Bydo Empire have warped across space to invade and…
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