State of retro game collecting 2025 Edition
We travel to Phoenix Arizona for the massive Game On Expo to do some video game collecting. I share some of the rare and uncommon things for sale plus I give you an overview of the event itself. WATCH >> https://youtu.be/XtoQeiu6agQ Retro game collecting in 2025 is a delightful blend of treasure hunting, mild financial […]
Journey: Restoring Rock & Roll’s Rarest Arcade Game
Ah yes, the Journey arcade game from 1983—proof that someone at Bally Midway stared into the heart of rock ‘n’ roll and said, “What if we turned Steve Perry into a pixelated superhero with a jetpack?” In this fever dream of corporate synergy and neon bravado, you control the actual members of Journey—each represented by […]
Modern Vintage Gamer was right about Nintendo Switch 2 Backward Compatibility
Modern Vintage Gamer tells the haters to suck it, he was right all along.
Derek’s 2 Year Journey to Solve the 30-Year Myth of Faceball 2000
Faceball 2000 on the Game Boy is what happens when someone looks at the gritty rise of first-person shooters and says, “What if instead of guns and gore, we had floating smiley faces and pure confusion?” You play as HAPPYFACE, a yellow orb of emotionless optimism, wandering a maze that looks like a wireframe dentist’s […]
The Most SURPRISING Game We’ve Still NEVER Played? 😮
The Spork Guy from Patreon asks: What would be considered the most surprising game you’ve still never played before? John Linneman: https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalFoundry Gemma: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGebs24 Gaming off the Grid: https://www.youtube.com/@GamingOffTheGrid Rad Junk: https://www.youtube.com/@RadJunk John Hancock: https://www.youtube.com/@johnhancockretro Retro Maggie: https://www.youtube.com/@Gamermaggie Game Sack: https://www.youtube.com/@GameSack
Graphical tricks in classic video games – Your questions answered!
Here’s a list of graphically impressive retro games—with a side of snark and nostalgia: 🎮 1. Donkey Kong Country (SNES, 1994) “Rendered so hard, your SNES needed a juice box after.”Rare flexed its silicon muscles with pre-rendered 3D sprites that looked like someone stuffed a Silicon Graphics workstation into a banana. 🕹 2. R-Type (Arcade, […]
Switch 2 – EVERYTHING REVEALED! (Price, Hardware, Games, Release Date & More!)
We finally get all the details about Nintendo Switch 2 hardware, release date, price, upcoming games, Gamecube support, GameChat and yes…that those $80 GAME PRICES. OUCH! — WATCH >> https://youtu.be/5KPi7-yo0S4
‘Too Big’ For Steam Deck: AAA Games Are Struggling On Valve’s Handheld
Oliver Mackenzie (Digital Foundry) does his best to run the latest triple-A games on Valve’s handheld. Which games run well? Which games run well and look decent? And which games are indeed simply ‘Too Big’ for Steam Deck? Does a more powerful handheld like the Asus ROG Ally power past the Deck’s problems? The Valve […]
OneXPlayer G1 Gaming PC – It’s Powerful…but WEIRD
The OneXPlayer G1 is like a gaming laptop and a Steam Deck had a wild night out and accidentally created a boxy, overpowered handheld that can run Cyberpunk 2077 and give you a forearm workout. It’s the device for people who think, “Sure, I want portability—but I also want all the frames, a full keyboard, […]
Sega Neptune Project – a Sega Genesis and 32X onto a single board
The Neptune Project: ► Project Github: https://github.com/Board-Folk/Neptune ► Follow COSAM: https://x.com/cosam_the_great?lang=en The Sega Neptune, the Bigfoot of gaming consoles—some say it existed in prototype form, others claim it was just a fever dream brought on by Sega’s caffeine-fueled brainstorming sessions in the ‘90s. Either way, this mythical beast was supposed to be a Sega Genesis […]