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Did you spot the Reaper Rum? Tried half a shot and man did it blow my head off, instantly started hiccuping. A birthday ...
03/04/2024

Did you spot the Reaper Rum?
Tried half a shot and man did it blow my head off, instantly started hiccuping.
A birthday gift from old school friends.

I always wondered why Sega Saturn never released a Sonic game. Finally bought a copy of the reason why
02/03/2024

I always wondered why Sega Saturn never released a Sonic game. Finally bought a copy of the reason why

Happy Birthday to me! Thank you for all your support 🙏 🍻💙
28/02/2024

Happy Birthday to me! Thank you for all your support 🙏 🍻💙

Mario Kart 64... Who's still got it!? 🏁
30/09/2023

Mario Kart 64... Who's still got it!? 🏁


Playstation controller from infancy to adulthood. 12 years to cut the umbilical controller cable 😉 All those years of wi...
25/04/2023

Playstation controller from infancy to adulthood.
12 years to cut the umbilical controller cable 😉
All those years of wired controllers, I've started to take wireless ones for granted! Hopefully we'll see a wireless PSVR headset in the future
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£12.50 for this bundle... Was in Swansea over the weekend and popped into CeX. Not sure if CeX is a worldwide store. You...
17/04/2023

£12.50 for this bundle...

Was in Swansea over the weekend and popped into CeX. Not sure if CeX is a worldwide store. You will have to let me know if you have them near you.
A handy shop for 2nd hand electronics, games and movies.

Here's the run down...

Assassin Creed 2 Xbox 360 - £1.50
WipEout Fusion PS2 - £2.50
The Bourne Conspiracy Xbox 360 - £2.50
Batman Arkham Asylum Xbox 360 - £2.00
Dead Rising 2 Xbox 360 - £2.00

Quite happy with those prices 😊
I've got a feeling I may already own WipEout Fusion. Will have to check

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Been getting plenty of practice on the Miyoo Mini. Been putting my skills to use in the MGM Grand. Tbf in my experience ...
13/04/2023

Been getting plenty of practice on the Miyoo Mini. Been putting my skills to use in the MGM Grand.
Tbf in my experience video games have been the best way to learn casino games. Really enjoyed playing CRAPS this holiday. I had no clue what to do before.

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Forgot to bring the Game Gear! 🙉🔎As with previous posts, the text 'whatretrogame' is hidden somewhere in this post. Have...
08/04/2023

Forgot to bring the Game Gear! 🙉

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Sonic or Mario? Probably the biggest debate during the 90's console wars.🕹For more retro nostalgia don't forget to like,...
03/04/2023

Sonic or Mario?
Probably the biggest debate during the 90's console wars.

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Prince of Persia Sands of Time, will be 20 years old this year. Ubisoft were working on a sequel for it titled,Prince Of...
01/04/2023

Prince of Persia Sands of Time, will be 20 years old this year.
Ubisoft were working on a sequel for it titled,
Prince Of Persia: Assassin.
Instead they made the game into a brand new franchise, Assassins Creed.

If it wasn't for POP we wouldn't have seen the creation of 12 awesome assassins creed games or a film.

Sands of Time was the last Prince of persia game released and this year Ubisolft are hoping to release its remake.

Prince of Persia games have been released across 40 different platforms from MS-DOS, 3DS, XBOX 360....
The first game was released in 1989 and developed my Jordan Mechner.

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Song: Assassins Creed Theme
Artist: The Prodigy
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42 years later a sequel to Atari's Caverns of Mars will be available from midnight tonight. Caverns of Mars Recharged, a...
08/03/2023

42 years later a sequel to Atari's Caverns of Mars will be available from midnight tonight.

Caverns of Mars Recharged, available on PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC.

Originally created in 1981 by high school senior Greg Christensen as a part of the Atari Program Exchange. It took him about a month and a half to create.

released
Atari APX - 1981
Atari disc - 1982
Atari XE/XL -1983

I don't know much about the sequel other than it's developed by

Last night I was playing switch, having a browse of the e-shop and came across it.

I can't wait to play!
Let me know if you'll be playing too.

Nintendo Switch price - £8.09
PS5 price - TBC
Xbox Series price - £7.99
Steam price - TBC

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Song: Out of Space
Artist: The Prodigy
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Taking time out on the tracks. Been nailing GT7, my index finger is aching from squeezing the right trigger so hard. I w...
06/03/2023

Taking time out on the tracks. Been nailing GT7, my index finger is aching from squeezing the right trigger so hard.

I was just gifted a car from the game as a birthday present 🎁 a Bugatti! 🙌

Now going to relax my index finger and give my thumbs some punishment on Game Gear's Super Monico GP.

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Music: The Chain
Artist: Fleetwood Mac

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Any LIMBO or INSIDE fans? I'm having a chilled one tonight as it's my birthday week (yes all week! 🎉) thought this was w...
03/03/2023

Any LIMBO or INSIDE fans? I'm having a chilled one tonight as it's my birthday week (yes all week! 🎉) thought this was worth a mention.

So the other day I did a bit of research wondering if there was going to be a sequel since inside was released 2016.
Sorry if you already know...

The Playdead duo who made both games went their seperate ways 😔however, Dino Patti (one of the creators) decided to make a solo project with his own company Jumpship 🙌 and release Somerville.

Good news it was released a few months ago but it is xbox exclusive. However more good news it has gone straight to game pass.

It's a proper dark and weird game. I don't want to say much incase I spoil it for you.
Just working my way through tonight.

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Honey I shrunk my Game Gear...Hope you like the end result ;)A while back I was doing some research on re-capping my Gam...
01/03/2023

Honey I shrunk my Game Gear...

Hope you like the end result ;)

A while back I was doing some research on re-capping my Game Gear and came across these cute mini Game Gears.

Each version has 4 built in games.

They require 2x AAA batteries and a magnifying glass to play one (both sold separately).

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Have you seen the mini TV boxes running Emulation Station? A bit like a raspberry pi. I've stuck one behind the TV. Perf...
27/02/2023

Have you seen the mini TV boxes running Emulation Station? A bit like a raspberry pi. I've stuck one behind the TV. Perfect for playing some old school emulation with any Bluetooth controller,
-I'm using a PS3 pad.

Mine is a 4GB ram but you can get 8GB and stick a ton of games on a the micro sd. I think they can handle up to 256gb micro sd.

You can probably spot a few handhelds on the shelves good for emulation! 👁👁

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What's your favourite version of Pac-Man?Mine has to be the 4-player arcade version. Where you munch the power pellets t...
24/02/2023

What's your favourite version of Pac-Man?

Mine has to be the 4-player arcade version. Where you munch the power pellets to turn you giant so you can eat your opponents.

I think it's called Pac-Man Battle Royal but I could be wrong.
The only place I know which has it is so much fun when you've had a few beers 🍻

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Remember life before camera phones? 🤗Will have to get the gameboy  printer one of these days. I can start a new insta pa...
02/02/2023

Remember life before camera phones? 🤗

Will have to get the gameboy printer one of these days. I can start a new insta page "whatretroprints" 🙈😉

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Not so retro - Firing up COD. I really need a decent first person shooter to play again.Played through Halo Infinite a w...
01/02/2023

Not so retro - Firing up COD.
I really need a decent first person shooter to play again.

Played through Halo Infinite a while back. Haven't quite been able to get into the Destinys.
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I've worked my way through most of Farcry 5. Completed the previous games. Haven't tried 6 yet though

What's your BEST FPS, new or old or both?

Hopefully get some suggestions, good for all!

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Having a blast on this classic. Playing Goldenye this weekend got me thinking about old school first person shooters.Fun...
29/01/2023

Having a blast on this classic. Playing Goldenye this weekend got me thinking about old school first person shooters.

Funny not having a right analogue stick to aim.

Would be interesting to know everyone's favorite classic first person shooter.

For me it would be Wolfenstien 3d. A guy in my dad's office gave me the game on floppy discs for the PC, it was the first first person shooter I owned and I couldn't get enough of.

I'd take out all the badies then go check all the walls for secrets just like in Doom.

After playing on a keyboard it took me some time to get used to a controller and a bonus having sound as my pc didn't have a sound card.

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We finally get to see Goldeneye re-released!🎊Been playing it on the switch and man does it look crisp. Perhaps because o...
28/01/2023

We finally get to see Goldeneye re-released!
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Been playing it on the switch and man does it look crisp. Perhaps because of the tiny screen.
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Anyone else struggling with the controls? I've managed the first 3 levels but taking some getting used to. It does seem true to the N64 controls.
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I don't remember there being so many guards on the Dam but happy to have more targets.
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Of course getting to the vents of Facility I had to shoot the hat off the guards head.
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Movie night tonight! Got the Popcorn and Sonic the Hedgehog pint glasses🍿 🔵Hidden in all posts is the text 'whatretrogam...
23/01/2023

Movie night tonight! Got the Popcorn and Sonic the Hedgehog pint glasses
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Keeping it simple with some old school Chu Chu Rocket. Such an addictive puzzler.Have you played it?If you haven't and w...
19/01/2023

Keeping it simple with some old school Chu Chu Rocket.
Such an addictive puzzler.

Have you played it?

If you haven't and want to get an idea. On Android there's an free unlicensed version called NyaNya Rocket 🚀
Haven't played that version myself but I will be checking it out.

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Chillaxing with Tetris on the ps vita. Funny to think what the gameboy started. Now we can play tetris in virtual realit...
15/01/2023

Chillaxing with Tetris on the ps vita. Funny to think what the gameboy started. Now we can play tetris in virtual reality on the PSVR.

Tetris Effect, definitely worth a blast if you haven't played it. Highly recommended on PSVR but still decent enough on the xbox but not quite the same atmosphere, but it is free with gamepass at the moment.

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Have you played Combat Cars? Just like Micro Machine you go to battle with miniature cars. Alot of fun especially local ...
12/01/2023

Have you played Combat Cars? Just like Micro Machine you go to battle with miniature cars. Alot of fun especially local multilayer.

I remember first playing this over my neighbours house. Destroying each others cars for hours! A great laugh.

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I really enjoyed working my way through the pluzzles on Toad Treasure Tracker. Then when the switch was released I heard...
09/01/2023

I really enjoyed working my way through the pluzzles on Toad Treasure Tracker.
Then when the switch was released I heard a new one was coming to the console!
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No no, Nintemdo are just releasing all the same games we've bought for Wii U on the Switch 😞

Haven't been able to bring myself to re buy all the same games again on the switch except for Mario Kart 8.

Toad Treasure Tracker released : 13th November 2014

Anyone else rebought their collection?

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Playing the old Atari XE. This is a classic, one of the first games I ever had, Caverns of Mars. A vertically scrolling ...
09/01/2023

Playing the old Atari XE.

This is a classic, one of the first games I ever had, Caverns of Mars. A vertically scrolling shooter. You navigate through the caverns to deliver a bomb and try to escape as quickly as possible before the timer counts down and the bomb explodes.

Funny how games are so fun with a single button joystick.

Released early 80's.

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It's one of my favourite movie franchises and one of the few films the sequel excels the original.Terminator Dawn of Fat...
05/01/2023

It's one of my favourite movie franchises and one of the few films the sequel excels the original.

Terminator Dawn of Fate for the OG XBOX.
Terminator definitely influenced me modifying my XBOX. Xbox is running an X3 chip and has the LCD face.

On the Analogie Pocket is the T2 gameboy game.

My favourite Terminator game was Terminator 2 for the PC. Used to have some awesome grainy cut scenes. Wish I could find that game again. Would always play it in my dad's office.

Any Terminator games you recommend?

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An evening working through Final Fight. 2 player on the Arcade Pro.Another game that takes me back to High School. Lunch...
03/01/2023

An evening working through Final Fight.
2 player on the Arcade Pro.

Another game that takes me back to High School.
Lunch times we'd go to the youth annex, grab a cone of chips and chuck our 20 pence pieces into the Final Fight Arcade machine.
Don't think I ever had enough cash to make it as far as I have on tonight's game.

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This was the first game I had for my Nintendo 64. Remember it coming in a giant box compared other N64 games and include...
03/01/2023

This was the first game I had for my Nintendo 64. Remember it coming in a giant box compared other N64 games and included a Rumble Pack.

Such an awesome game although I remember being kind of gutted that here in the UK it was called Lylat Wars and in America it was Starfox. Thought Starfox sounded much cooler lol. Anyway thankfully years later my wish came true, Starfox was released to the UK on the 3DS 🙌🙌🙌

Loved the N64 splitscreen multiplayer, 4players at once. I'm not sure that there was another multiplayer game quite like it.
Still not sure there is now.
Let me know if there is. I'd be keen to check it out.

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Happy New Year all!Welcome to 2023! Wishing you all a year of happiness, health and full of wealth 🤑Here's a little coll...
01/01/2023

Happy New Year all!
Welcome to 2023!

Wishing you all a year of happiness, health and full of wealth 🤑

Here's a little collage of a few of my favourite posts from last year.

🍾!Cheers! 🍻

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