Tag Archives: retro games

Stranger Kindness

Happy New Year to everyone!  I hope that you all had a chance to enjoy yourselves on the last night of 2016 and are off to a great start to the year today.  I had a mild fever last night … Continue reading

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Quelle Suprise

My boyfriend has been having some trouble with his Neo Geo MVS.  The sound fades away entirely after two minutes, so he has been doing some tinkering to see if he can fix it.  After trying a capacitor replacement with … Continue reading

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Neo Geo MVS – Again? Yes!

So apparently I should’ve waited until today to make my post about the Neo Geo stuff since most of the outstanding items I mentioned yesterday have suddenly appeared today in the mail, and with fun overseas Christmas stamps on the … Continue reading

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Neo Geo MVS

My boyfriend has really taken a liking to a Neo Geo games ever since he modded his first Xbox a few months ago and installed CoinOPS.  He has discovered games like Neo Turf Masters and Baseball Stars 2, but has … Continue reading

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Being Stealthy at Hit and Runs Gives You a Heart of Gold…? Uhm…

Things have been awfully slow on the retro collecting front lately.  People are in “Christmas Mode” and are selling package deals on the latest and greatest last generation consoles/games rather than parting with their much older counterparts.  If anyone wants … Continue reading

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It Never Hurts to Ask

When I see an ad for a lot of video games go up on a classifieds site, nine times out of ten I already have at least one game in the bunch and for that reason am hesitant to buy … Continue reading

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The Holy Grail – Sega Master System RPGs

I recently found an eBay listing that I couldn’t get out of my head.  I know that sounds crazy, but it’s true.  It was a beautiful lot of Sega Master System games that someone was taking offers on.  The games … Continue reading

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Nintendo Stuff – Last Swap of the Year

This past weekend I made it out to a small event that wasn’t only focused on video games, but also on many other facets of Geek Culture such as card games, table top gaming, and comics.  I can’t say that … Continue reading

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Five Dollar Awesomeness

I went thrift shopping the other day since my best friend had come for a visit and hadn’t been to a thrift shop in some time.  After finding her an Ugly Christmas Sweater for her pending annual Ugly Christmas Sweater … Continue reading

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Swap Day: Genesis and SNES Excitement

After the disappointments of missing out on the last two game exchange events either in part or entirely, I was determined to get out to the last long distance swap we had been planning to go to for this year.  … Continue reading

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