A young man’s first experience trapped in a cavern with terrifying balls and dripping acid can’t be all that bad can it?
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Category: Blogs, Life and Stuff
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Dennis, is that you?
Alright, here we go! Let’s talk about why the ZX Spectrum is the real deal and the Commodore 64 is just a glorified paperweight! If you picked the Spectrum, you’ve got taste, my friend.
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I Should Coco
Today was my second only experience with the Tandy Colour Computer 2, the CoCo and I again instantly fell in love with its simple sounds and graphics and incredibly enjoyable gameplay
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All The Things
I have noticed an uptake on Twitch and lesser platforms for having All-The-Things on a single stream. This isn’t new by any means but with the influx of multi-emulation platforms like FPGA and Android/Linux based systems it has gotten far more prolific than it was in the simple days of PC emulation.
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Pick-Me-Ups
Been a while since I updated this but I must admit whilst I enjoy blogs I always get lazy and the initial input soon drops off. I know I am not alone in this and it’s why blogs died a long time back, but hey, here I am with an update!
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Chasing the 1cc
Some games are for entertainment, some for the journey and some just for the satisfaction of completing a game. Some however are there for one task, the steely 1cc run. For me the humble STG, or Shmup, is the ultimate 1cc chase. Most of the genre just breed competition amongst friends and strangers but most of all between you and yourself. I like to think I am competing with my ID, my super-ego.
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To Do…
Well, if you read this blog you may have noticed it has a proper URL now. Retrostreamers.com is live and blogging! Took a while but we made it. Not only is it now on its rightful URL but we also have another author signed up so you wont just get the ramblings of Hitch.
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Terrys Nostalgia
As an older guy I naturally have nostalgia for past days, especially ones based around holidays like Christmas. I like the Yuletide period. To me Christmas has always been about family, food and relaxing. The gifting of presents is nice, as is receiving, but its not the primary reason for me.
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New Socks
See, I am not just about the Retro. Sometimes I am about the socks too! Plus I am drinking tea, with chocolate… in the tea. Nom!
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Kid Niki – Ninja!
For many years I have always wanted to own Flynns Arcade from the movie Tron. Show me a kid my age who didn’t! Now I have one, of sorts, its been a very interesting ride even at this early stage. Take Kid Niki, Radical Ninja. iRem game from 1986.