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The First Game Swap in Ages
Back in April, I finally got out to a fairly sizeable game swap event. I will admit that the idea of going into a large venue packed with people felt a bit daunting considering how isolated we’ve been during the … Continue reading
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The Patience
With a lack of an update for so long here, you may have come to the conclusion that my collecting habits died hard long ago. The truth is that while they haven’t succumbed completely, they’ve certainly slowed down to a … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D world runner, datasette, game & watch, game boy, game collecting, harvest moon, nes, nester's funky bowling, ninja taro, pirates of dark water, playstation 2, pocky & rocky, pocky and rocky, ps2, rygar, rygar the legendary adventure, sega genesis, shadowrun, skyblazer, snes, super nintendo, vic 20, vic-20, vic20, virtual boy, virtual league baseball, zelda game & watch
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Finally!
Things have been quiet here since the opportunities to go thrifting or buy things in person have been rather limited. A few weeks ago, we finally got out to a shop that has been closed for a long time because … Continue reading
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Packages, Packages and More Packages
With the heat of spring and summer starting to settle in now and no game swaps/meets in sight for the foreseeable future, I’ve been back to hunting for games online. Between a brief moment or two of normalcy between lockdowns … Continue reading
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Tagged atari 7800, atlantis, beauty & the beast, boom blox, captain tsubasa iii, colecovision, destruction of spondylus, dynowarz, faxanadu, game boy, game boy color, game boy colour, game catalog spring summer 1987, game collecting, game gear, intellivision, kid icarus of myths and monsters, krusty's fun house, light crusader, master system light gun games, microsoft best of entertainment pack, missile defense 3d, nes, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, pitfall, psychic world, retro games, sega, sega dreamcast, sega game gear, sega genesis, sega master system, shantae, shooting gallery, sms, snes, super famicom, super nintendo, wii, wii u
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The Generosity of Friends
Over the past couple of years, I’ve been lucky to get to know quite a few people online that have similar interests in retro video games, and collecting especially. Once in a while, some folks have offered to send me … Continue reading
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Tagged atari, atari 2600, castlevania chronicles, dr jekyll and mr hyde, famicom, game & watch, game boy advance, game collecting, gamecube, gamecube broadband adapter, gba, magmax, monopoly, nes, ninja kun, nintendo entertainment system, official preview guide, phantasy star collection, playstation, playstation 1, predator 2, ps1, puzznic, retro games, sega, sega dreamcast, sega master system, sms, snes, super mario bros., super nintendo, super punch out, taz
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The Quiet of Winter
Most of winter has come and gone without too much action on the collecting front. In-person meetups are still not safe given the state of the world at the moment, and store availability has been touch and go over the … Continue reading
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Tagged a twitch in time, atlantis the lost empire, famicom, game boy, game collecting, jackie chan action kung fu, jungle book, legendary wings, nes, nintendo entertainment system, panzer dragoon, playstation, ps1, sabrina the teenage witch, sega genesis, sega saturn, snes, super nintendo, superstar dance club hits, ultima vi, who framed roger rabbit, zen intergalactic ninja
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Few and Far Between…
As the days turn to weeks and beyond and time seems to be whipping on by, I’ve been able to find some more games by way of internet alone and have had some reasonably good success finding some interesting new … Continue reading
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Quarantine Collecting
As you might imagine, in the midst of COVID-19’s grasp, there is very little going on out there in the world for in-person video game conventions and swaps. All the wonderful summer plans for travelling around the province in search … Continue reading
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The Kindness of Others and Other Things
I very recently opened up a PO Box, and a few people kindly asked to send a few packages my way. I was thrilled to be the recipient of some new games and I wanted to showcase them here. I’ve … Continue reading
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2019 At a Glance
Somehow, 2019 has come and gone in a flash. It’s astonishing to me that across these 365 days, I’ve managed to make my way through almost double the number of games I did last year, coming out to 46 games … Continue reading
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