Portfolio Category: nec

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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Game of the Month – November 2017

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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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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