Amstrad GX4000 – Review & Overview
Ah, the Amstrad GX4000 — the gaming console equivalent of bringing a water pistol to a laser tag fight. Released in 1990, just as Nintendo and Sega were busy high-fiving their way into history, Amstrad strutted into the scene with all the confidence of a dad at a rave. Clad in a futuristic white plastic […]
PSVR2 Physical Game Collection (PlayStation 5)
😎 PlayStation VR2: Like Shoving a Jet Engine of Immersion Onto Your Eyeballs 1. OLED Screens So Crisp You Can Taste the PixelsSony was like, “Let’s take two tiny TVs, make them 4K, and put them millimeters from your retinas. You’re welcome.” It’s so sharp you’ll try to clean smudges off virtual glass. 2. Eye […]
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, […]
Kill the Chainsaw Sisters in 1 second | Resident Evil 4 Remake
Defeat the Chainsaw Sisters in 1 second: Resident Evil 4 Remake. Pretty clever! Resident Evil 4—the game that asked, “What if survival horror had an insane amount of roundhouse kicks?” and changed the industry forever. You play as Leon S. Kennedy, a man whose hair is impossibly perfect for someone who spends most of his […]
First Look at the NEW Phantasmagoria 2.1 version!
Conversations with Curtis Paul and Daniel will unveil the new and improved version of Daniel’s brilliant Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle Of Flesh fan game (currently titled Phantasmagoria 2.1). This game allows our fans to virtually join the Wyntech family and participate in its continued development. Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh—the sequel that nobody really expected, […]