Craig Cole's Video Gaming & Pinball Blog
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 quick to set up. I am really impressed.
Spent a few hrs trying out loads of my favourites today, and these games still hold up today. And looking really good on the original hardware.
Using a Scart converter lead for the TV, DivMMC for loading
https://youtu.be/24At0LqAkj4
One of my Favorite games and classic box art. Picked up today from The Video Game Market
@TheVGMarket , in top condition #RETROGAMING#retrocomputing#ZXSpectrum
got it for £5 ;-) Saw it on another stall for £25
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
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
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 Dome
https://www.thevideogamemarket.co.uk/
This is just awesome, have to watch the video.
‘Elden Ring has bagged another Game of the Year award, and FromSoftware sent the one and only Ranni the Witch to collect its latest trophy.
The New York Videogame Critics Circle crowned Elden Ring the best game of 2022 at the recent New York Game Awards(opens in new tab). FromSoftware’s open-world epic was also nominated for best writing, best music, and best world. It ended up winning best world as well, and Bandai Namco representatives were joined by an impressively dressed Ranni (Charlotte Wells, or Charlottew1tch on Twitter(opens in new tab) and Instagram(opens in new tab)) for their acceptance speeches (around 53 minutes and 2 hours and 36 minutes in).
“I am the witch Ranni. I accept this award as it was written in the stars,” Ranni said of the best world award, apparently doing just fine after ushering in the Age of Stars in my playthrough. “My thanks, Tarnished. This is mine.” Returning to the stage to collect the show’s ultimate prize, the Big Apple Game of the Year award, Ranni said: “My thanks. Finally, all the pieces are in place. This is mine. All mine.”
https://youtu.be/YSTPl-toxM4
Top games that I played in 2022. One game dominated the year for me, ELDEN RING. Its bloody amazing, love everything about it. Much better than I thought it would be. Spent a lot of time retro gaming, building up the collection and getting to know Mister FPGA more.
Lewis introduced me to Warzone (COD), wasn’t sure I would enjoy it. But have got quite into it. Playing with Lewis and Dave (dave not that keen on it)
Treated myself to a RTX4090 (Luke got the RTX3090, he was a happy chat. And Issac got Lukes 2070s)
