Metroidvania. Even the most casual of game enthusiasts have heard the term. Metroidvania is an action-adventure sub-genre popularized across multiple platforms after the 1997 release of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. By abandoning the earlier level-to-level action adventure elements established...

My classic-gaming setup. The monitor is a 20” PVM with RGB SCART, and behind it is an 8-port SCART switch. On top is a DVD/VCR combo. On top of that is an Atari 2600. In front of the monitor is an RGB modified Atari 800XL. All the way to the left is an Atari Mega STE. Finally, the systems to the mon...

To be honest, with as little foot traffic as this place seems to get, I'm am pleasantly shocked to see two "blasts from the past" reply within 24 hours of my post. Hope you gents are doing well! I actually get e-mail notifications whenever someone posts. After you posted, I e-mailed Darry...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkHvd3KneRc I know you posted this like three years ago, but I'm just getting around to seeing it. Great video as always! I always wanted one of those systems, as I have the cartridge version only. The controllers look awesome. Are they interchangeable with the cartr...

Darryl B. wrote:Same here, although it seems kind of weird to be on here!

To paraphrase someone (maybe you lol), it's like visiting an abandoned museum. Sorta cool in a way!

That wasn't it though, as I'd request for my password or a new one to be sent to my e-mail and it never arrived. I didn't change e-mail addresses either, plus I check my spam folder every day and it wasn't there either. I tried signing up for a new account under "Darryl B.2" or something ...

TwinChargers wrote:I notice a layer of dust on the beanbag chair. I take it no one has been here a while?

Darryl B. has been trying to log on, but lost his password. I have to try to get him logged back in. I'm here though, and I assume we get some guests.

TwinChargers wrote:I imagine this turned out to be the Wii U?

Hmm, looks that way. A lot's changed in 8 years, that's for sure.

TwinChargers wrote:Aaaaand it turned out to be nothing

I guess I was guilty of posting fake news.

Looks like we may have doubled or tripled our investment in this little number. I see on Ebay and Amazon it is selling for over $50 nowadays. Can't say I play it often, but nice to have this gem in my collection. Considering just how cheap the vast majority of Wii games are, it's nice to know we ha...

TwinChargers wrote:*sticks head in, smiles and nods in approval.

I love the look of the old place! Who still pokes there head in around these parts? (That's what she said)

You know I'll always be here! A shame we never took off, but Zap! will always be around.

TwinChargers wrote:Hahaha, my cheap bastard phone would blow these outta the water! Samsung Galaxy J7 for the win (or loss)

A lot has clearly changed in 9 and half years lol!

Looks good, now I just have to bring back all of the extensions, stay tuned!

Testing the system after a botched update...

I missed out on the pre-order, but found out that my local Best Buy was doing a midnight opening for the Switch. So I got there at 9:00 PM, right from work still in uniform. There were about 80-100 people in front of me on line, so I was worried that I may not get one. At around 10:00, two guys star...

Crazy how it was an astounding three years late!

This was a very interesting fanzine in the early 90's by Phil Patton. Phil was a great pen-pal friend of mine, as we used to write each other about classic gaming dozens of times. Don't let the fanzine's title fool you though. Although Phil's true love at the time was the Lynx, he covered various At...

Hi Jenny! Welcome to the board. Hopefully one day the board will rise again so we can all discuss the classics!

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I recently got my hands on another Colorvision, this time from France. I just made the first known Colorvision video. Enjoy!