Announced a few months ago and recently released on Switch and PS5, Ganbare Goemon Daishuugo is a collection of 13 Goemon games, plus one bonus game. It is also the first Ganbare Goemon release in over 20 years. It is Continue reading
The Sega Mark III is such a well presented console. I love the console design, and I love the console and game packaging, particularly the Gold Cartridge line, with nice consistent branding and colourful high quality artwork, much better than Continue reading
Here s an interesting little gaming history item. The Sega Saturn Playstation controller. Fully licensed by both Sony and Sega. Minds would have been blown if you could have shown this to kids in 1995 The full name is Fukkokuban Sega Continue reading
Just something funny I came across. A yellowing SNES Mini The circle is now complete.
With a pickup of a near mint copy of Casino Games, I’ve become (re)obsessed with Australian soft box Master System games. This is purely nostalgia, because these were how the first ever games I played at home were presented, in Continue reading
The 8bitdo Mega Drive Retro Receiver doesn’t work with the Mark III or SG1000. It connects but the buttons don’t work properly due to the extra signals in Mega Drive pads. I’d given up ever having wireless on Mark III, Continue reading
I decided to mod my Mark III consoles to work with the later Everdrive OS versions. The original Master Everdrive works on a Mark III using the oldest versions of the operating system, and this is what I used to Continue reading
There have been plenty of screen mods for more famous consoles for a decade at this point. Big mod developers have industrialised Game Boy mods, and the Game Gear has a few options around. But the more niche consoles like Continue reading
In the early 70s Nintendo ran a line of cheap portable toys called the Mini Game series. I guess they were the pre-digital equivalent of the Game Boy, the scaled down portable brethren of the company s home based products. More Continue reading
With the birth of my little boy and moving house twice I ve had a busy couple of years! The upside is I finally have space for a permanent gaming (and VHS) set up tucked away in a corner. There s a Continue reading