Four decades of gaming history
Gaming
Hardware
A personal collection of computers, consoles, handhelds and arcade machines—from the systems that started it all to the hardware I play today.
50+
Machines and systems
1977
Earliest hardware
2009
Collection rebuild began
Why I collect
Back in the day, I rarely kept hold of my consoles. Whenever something new and shiny arrived, the old machine was traded or passed on. Since 2009, I’ve been rebuilding the best parts of my gaming past.
It is not just about owning the hardware. It is the memories, the startup sounds, the controllers and sharing those experiences with my children. Every machine here has its own story.
Collection highlights
The machines with a story
The arcade cabinets
Millipede provides Centipede, Warlords and Breakout through a PCB mod. The custom MAME cabinet boots directly into Maximus Arcade and supports authentic arcade resolutions.
The amazing Amiga
The Amiga 600HD remains one of the collection’s most characterful computers, configured so its software library runs directly from the internal hard drive.
Steel Battalion
A gloriously excessive Xbox controller with twin sticks, pedals, switches and an eject button—exactly the sort of hardware that makes physical gaming special.
The full collection
A timeline you can play
Browse the collection by manufacturer. Dates show the original system era.
Arcade & early systems
- Millipede — multi-game arcade cabinet
- MAME Cabinet — custom arcade build
- Atari VCS Heavy Sixer — 1977
- Atari VCS CX2600 — 1978
- Atari 800XL — 1983
- Atari 2600 Jr — 1986
- Atari Lynx — 1989
- Atari Jaguar — 1994
- Grandstand 3600 MKII — 1977
- Grandstand Colour Programmable — 1978
- Astro Wars — 1981
- Intellivision — 1982
- Vectrex — 1982
- Electron Blaster — 1981
Computers & Japanese classics
- Commodore Amiga 600HD — 1992
- Commodore 64 — 1982
- Commodore 16 — 1984
- Dragon 32 — 1982
- Sinclair ZX81 — 1981
- ZX Spectrum 16K — 1982
- ZX Spectrum+ — 1984
- TurboGrafx / PC Engine — 1990
- Neo Geo CDZ — 1994
- Panasonic 3DO FZ-10 — 1996
- Sega Master System — 1986
- Sega Mega Drive — 1990
- Sega Game Gear — 1991
- Sega Saturn — 1995
- Sega Dreamcast — 1999
Nintendo, PlayStation & Xbox
- Nintendo: SNES, N64, GameCube, Wii, Wii U, Switch
- Handhelds: Game & Watch, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance SP, DS, DS Lite, DSi, 3DS
- PlayStation: PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS4 Pro, PS5
- PlayStation handheld & VR: Vita, PS VR
- Xbox: Original, 360, One, One X, Series X
- Prinztronic Videosport 800 — 1977
Current-generation favourites
Xbox Series X · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch
From around the collection
The collection through the years
Take a look back at how the gaming spaces and collection looked in 2012.
