Some of you may be aware that I’m a big fan of board games. Well the other week my managing director was kind enough to give me the following awesome little present, for which I’m very grateful.

As you can see it’s an awesome Star Wars game from the late Seventies that has you attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader. I used to have … [ Read More... ]

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After Sony helped finish off Sega’s career in the hardware business, Nintendo knew it needed to come up with some solid hardware to follow up the N64 (and finally make the jump into optical media).   The Gamecube hardware was actually quite impressive when compared to the Dreamcast and PS2, but it also came … [ Read More... ]

It is a great time for Game Boy Advance hunting.  Only a few GameStop stores are even carrying carts now and newer DS models aren’t backwards compatible with GBA titles, so demand is going down even more.  However, there is so much solid portable gaming to be had, you have to check into these great values.

For those that have and original DS, DS Lite (still backwards compatible) or have … [ Read More... ]

Fans of Retro Gamer’s hardware bookazines will be pleased to hear that they are now available to buy for Kindle. The Classic Videogames Hardware Genius Guide is available now for just £5.81 and features in-depth guides to some of the best computers and consoles of all time. The Amiga, Super Nintendo, PC Engine, Atari 2600 and ZX Spectrum are just a few of the machines featured, and all come with … [ Read More... ]