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Craig Cole's Video Gaming & Pinball Blog
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Category: Retro
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I waited a while for this, and in the end, had to buy the ‘ZX-HD’ and ‘Raspberry PI zero’ separately. This meant i had to fit the boards together, including soldering a header. I wasn’t looking forward to doing that as my soldering skills are non-existent. I get by, JUST.Thankfully although tricky and some ‘shit…
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Some classic games for the collection. I still remember seeing these advertised. I love the artwork on the tapes.Daley Thompsons Decathlon is the joystick breaker. I played this so much with my mates. I loved it, and I have great memories (Den, Terry, Rich)Transylvanian Tower, I used to see this advertised all the time in…
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Magnavox Odyssey 2, I finally managed to get hold of one for the collection. I never had one back in the 80s, but I always wanted to get one a try. The box is in excellent condition, and the games and inlays look fantastic. I got a US Power converter (which is needed as the…
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Swapped out my current ZX Spectrum SD Card loader device for this DivMMC. It’s truly a “plug and play” SD card device for the ZX Spectrum. Load any game instantly!Everything up to now I have tried has worked (I did have to do some tweaks for some early Ultimate Games). It’s straightforward to use and…
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One of my Favorite games and classic box art. Picked up today from The Video Game Market @TheVGMarket , in top condition #RETROGAMING#retrocomputing#ZXSpectrumgot it for £5 ;-) Saw it on another stall for £25
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More pickups from The Video Game Market @TheVGMarket today; a couple of Grandstand TV Games (classic pong-like). These don’t work, so I got them for peanuts, hoping to get them working again. #RETROGAMING including a DIRTYPLUG ;-)I found these under the tables, had to dig around abit
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Great pickup from The Video Game Market @TheVGMarket today from #bitmap_books . It’s incredible. Looking forward to diving into it; the pictures don’t do it justice. It feels and looks super high quality, and from what i have already read, it has top-quality stories/content #RETROGAMING
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A nice relaxing Sunday, queuing for the retro gaming event, looking forward to having a look around #RETROGAMING Video Game Market, 5th Feb at Doncaster Domehttps://www.thevideogamemarket.co.uk/