Retro Tuesday – 3rd March 2020 David L with The News A new excellent documentary series on retro-gaming by Youtube’s ‘My Life in Gaming’ called Analog Frontiers. A wonderful new book called ‘Sega Arcade Pop Up History’ with pop ups of their ‘body sensation’ arcades such as Out Run. A former head of Nintendo R&D…
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January 2020
The theme for this month's Retro Tuesday was a retro-gaming decathlon tournament. 10 events to determine who is the greatest retro-gaming athlete. John F decorated the room with his gorgeous original arcade machine marquees which included: Pac-Man, Congo Bongo, Sky Shark, Enduro Racer, Hang On, Ms. Pac-Man and Scramble. Event 1: Famicom Tetris – Best…
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Game of the Month – January 2020
Alien Storm (SMD) Genre: Action » Beat-'Em-Up » 2D Released: 1991 Developed and published by Sega This version also on Wii Virtual Console Shape-changing alien scum take over your city. Fry the slimy horrors and smash their bid for global conquest. Blast into action with ray guns, flame throwers, power-whips, and more! But watch your step! Harmless…
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December 2019
CONSOLES ON DISPLAY * Rob C brought a game he's developing called Backfire, as well as Tanzer and Xeno Crisis on the Mega SG * Karl L brought his MiSTer running a variety of cores * Peter Katzourakis brought a PSPgo connected to CRT and PS3 bluetooth controller * David L brought ‘Daze before Christmas’…
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