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Yellowed plastics can be a nightmare for people who like their electronics to remain in an immaculate condition as much as possible. Some might disagree and argue that yellowed plastic adds charm to a vintage piece of electronic but for most of us, the more we love the device and especially when it ticks the box as a rare device,…
How many of you still own the original Game Boy from 1989? I bet there’s a good few people that still own this iconic little hand-held from Nintendo, designed by the same team that developed the Game & Watch. The Nintendo Game Boy was a huge success back in the late 80’s with it’s basic beige design and it’s somewhat…
In this edition of Retro Revisited, we’ll be exploring some of the most popular franchises – and worst offenders – from the 80s and 90s to feature product placement in retro games!
Currently residing in London and working as a Technical Lead for a large software company, Simon Jameson delved into 6510 assembly language after being introduced to the Commodore 64 in the mid 1980s and idolising the likes of Manfred Trenz, Andrew Braybrook and the Rowland Brothers. After many years away from the Commodore, Simon jumped back into the retro scene…
Either you had a Commodore 64 back in the day or not, surely you can’t ignore all the hype that has been built around it the past few years and it is growing even more.
From blood and guts to naked flesh, we look back at some retro titles your mum would definitely not approve of!
BG Games Production is eagerly ramping up Amstrad enthusiasts’ anticipation of its impending full release of its port of the classic Amiga pinball simulator, Pinball Dreams. Development of Pinball Dreams for the Amstrad CPC is pretty much completed with the game at the final stages of testing. I was fortunate enough to have been granted a trial version of the…
As an NES aficionado and amateur coder, I recently participated in NESmaker‘s 2019 BYTE-OFF competition. As a VITNO exclusive, I’m offering you the chance to play my submitted NES game — OFFICE HERO! To sweeten the deal, I’m offering prizes to the first few players who can beat the game and find all 8 exits to win the game. What…
A few weeks ago the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4k was on sale on Amazon Canada and I decided to get one, although I already had many other ways to stream Netflix and other streaming services (fact that my sons keep reminding (mocking!) me every time I use the new device). The price was good and I was curious to…
