Tag: Retro
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Updated Arcade Cabinet, Arcade Monitor, CRT Emudriver, GroovyMAME
I am still using Arcade Maximus as a front end with an Arcade Monitor (supporting 15khz) and running all games in their original resolution. Looks brilliant and plays so well. I also managed to port the high scores from the original cabinet across to this one (took some doing, with no info online), so that’s over ten years worth of all my mates’ scores, result :-)
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Where is Melv, Track and Field
Arcade cabinet all set up, ready for gaming nights
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Sinclair Artwork Poster Prints
Found a spot for one of the pics in my office, thanks @computermuseum for the pics.
John Harris’s incredibly detailed illustrations were used on the covers of Sinclair manuals.
– ZX Microdrive & Interface 1 Manual
– ZX Spectrum Manual (Floating City)
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/
ZX Spectrum, arcades had such an impact on my work-life decisions. Thankfully
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Ale and Playing Retro, fun sunday
perfect Sunday, drinking some nice ale and playing Retro on the Mister
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afternoon at Arcade Hub
I had a great afternoon yesterday at Arcade Hub with Luke and Dave. We played tons of pinball and arcade games. Centipede is still excellent, and Tales of the Crypt is a bloody great pin.
Crazy world, Luke beat Dave and me on pinball; the kid has some solid pins skills. But I skill dominated on Centipede and Kungfu Master :-)Just some of the games we played ARCADE – Centipede, Missile Command, Space Harrier, Robotron, Time Crisis, Punch Out, Galaxian, Kungfu Master, Offroad, AfterBurner, Sega Rally, Mertal Slug, Shinobi, Space Invaders, PINS – Demolition Man, Tales of the Crypt, Star Wars, StarTrek
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Oliver Frey, the Art Of
I have been looking forward to this book; I read Crash, ZzAPP!64 back in the day. It was the only magazine that seemed to speak to me, not at me when i was a kid. I would take a bus into the city center, and pick up the latest copy from WH Smiths. Oliver Frey art is fantastic. The cover for Crash episode one, is still my favourite picture of all time, AN ALIEN PLAYING SPACE INVADERS. classic
Just skipping through the book quickly, the images he created, just WOW, he is so talented. It is incredible to me how some people can create these fantastic pieces of art, and for me, Oliver is one of the bestBook fromFusionRetroBooks
‘The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey Extended Edition’
https://fusionretrobooks.com/collections/retro-books/products/the-fantasy-art-of-oliver-frey?variant=52419633479 -
Planet Of Death, new pickup
The front cover on the cassette is ‘awesome’, a classic. Had to pick this up, one to display.
Adventure A: Planet of Death for the ZXSpectrum 1982 by Artic computing.
I remember at the time finding this advertised in the magazine, the cover art just sold it to me. And I later discovered that Artic computing who developed and publish it was based in Brandburton East Yorkshire, only a few miles from my house at that time :-)I understand that it was released for mobile recently, will need to check it out.
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Vectrex, pics and Gameplay Videos
Trying out the Vectrex, plays great. Controller and screen in great condition. The volume control is a bit temperamental, so I will need to have a look at that. Mine Storm is such a great game, and this console is so unique. Now I need to find the multicart that I have for it.
#retrogaming #vectrex
The Vectrex is a vector display-based home video game console–the only one ever designed and released for the home market, developed by Smith Engineering. It was first released for the North America market in November 1982 and then Europe and Japan in 1983. Originally manufactured by General Consumer Electronics, it was later licensed to Milton Bradley after they acquired the company. Bandai released the system in Japan
