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Planning my own Gaming Event for 2009

by witchfinder @ 28 Jul. 2008 - 15:53:55

All that fun at Fusion has reaffirmed my desire to put on my own gaming event next year, so striking while the iron is hot I've created a survey to help me get an idea what people would like to see/do at such an event. If you live in the UK and would potentially be interested, please take the survey at the following URL:

http://www.kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php?surveyID=ILML_846580fc

Update 12/08 - The survey is now closed but you can read the results here:

http://www.byte-back.info/surveyresults.html

Thanks to the 70 people that took the time to respond. I'm not looking for a venue to host the event next year - more info when I have it!


 
 

Fusion Reaction

by witchfinder @ 25 Jul. 2008 - 11:14:43

Last weekend around 150 gaming fans converged on Leamington Rugby Club for Fusion 08, a two-day celebration of gaming old and new. I attended on Saturday with my good mates Rob and Rich and we provided a selection of machines for the masses to play on, including Rob's Bartop MAME cabinet, my Neo Geo AES and PC-Engine and all the kit required to play 10-player Saturn Bomberman.

It truly was a great day out and I met up with lots of friendly and like-minded people that show just how strong the retro community is. Personal highlights were my first ever go on Rock Band, where my vocal performance on the Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly" earned me a 100% rating, and showing off some of my old Shoot Em Up Construction Kit games to Andrew Fisher (Retro Gamer contributor and C64 guru) who was quite impressed with some of my 18 year old work!

Here's some photos from the event...

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Become a Retrobate!

by witchfinder @ 24 Jul. 2008 - 15:01:39

If you haven't already seen, Retro Gamer magazine's website has undergone a complete revamp last week. I spoke briefly to the mag's editor Darran Jones who has high hopes for the new site. The aim is to encourage visitors to join the site as 'retrobates' post profiles of their favourite games to help build up the ultimate resource for retro game fans.

I've already registered and posted over 20 game profiles, and I'm proud to say that my first offering Bubble Bobble was chosen last week as the site's Game of the Week.

Game of the Week

You can see what other games I've cast my opinion on by viewing my profile page...

If you have an opinion on any classic games, what are you waiting for? Get yourself registered and join the retrobates!

Achievement of the week!

by witchfinder @ 15 Jul. 2008 - 16:28:08

OK, it’s only Tuesday but I’m pretty sure I’m not going to top this!  And I’m not talking about any daft XBOX 360 achievements; this is a bona fide hardcore gaming achievement...


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A Week with my Woody

by witchfinder @ 09 Jul. 2008 - 10:03:22

Over the last 12 months I have accumulated a monstrous collection of consoles and games, many of which I have barely played since I bought them. I recently decided to rectify that issue by spending a week with each of my gaming systems in chronological order of release, and of course I am going to tell you about my experiences!

So starting at the beginning, I spent a week playing games on the great granddaddy of video game consoles, the venerable Atari VCS 2600...

My Atari

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Import Gaming on the Cheap - Sega Dreamcast

by witchfinder @ 02 Jul. 2008 - 12:39:52

For the latest entry in this series I’ve decided to cover the most recently-released console that I play imported games on - Sega’s final foray into the console hardware market, the fabulous Dreamcast...

Dreamcast

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Dig Dug Dots and Gaming Gashapons

by witchfinder @ 25 Jun. 2008 - 09:26:07

I recently bought some cool little items to spruce up my games room. The Dot-S range features a variety of iconic videogame characters that can be constructed on small pegboards with colurful plastic pins. I went for the Dig Dug set but after making a Pooka on one of the two boards, I decided to create a couple of Space Invaders on the other!

Dot-S Dig Dug Set

My Dot Pin Creations


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The Arcade Lives On Down Under

by witchfinder @ 24 Jun. 2008 - 16:10:24

The classic Amusement Arcade full of videogames is very much a dying breed here in the UK, if not a totally dead one!  The closest we seem to have is the plethora of dancing and driving games at the local bowling alley. However on my recent trip to New Zealand I found several throwbacks to the Arcades of the early 90's, the best of the bunch being just before I left the country, at Christchurch airport...

Arcade
A bit too bright and shiny, but it still has that classic Arcade feel to it.

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Import Gaming on the Cheap - Nintendo SNES

by witchfinder @ 20 Jun. 2008 - 13:14:27

Next up in my series covering the best way to play those weird Japanese (and US) games without having to remortgage your house is Nintendo’s 16-bit marvel - the SNES, or Super Famicom as it was known in Japan...

SNES

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Competition Winners

by witchfinder @ 12 Jun. 2008 - 13:23:37

Congratulations to Retro Gamer forum regulars Felgekarp, Randall Flagg and The Master, who won my competition by virtue of being the only people that entered! Strange considering I was averaging around 5-10 visitors a day throughout May...  Anyway, they get some free retro gaming goodies.

In case you were interested, the answers to the questions were:

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