3DO, PS1 & Atari Will

🎮 Real hardware. Obscure systems. Bad takes.
📼 Last of the 3DO Fanboys.
“A misunderstood genius of poor purchasing decisions.”

[3DO, PS1 & Atari Will @ste_mega]

I collect ‘70s, ‘80s & ‘90s consoles.
I’m terrible at games, good at hoarding, and apparently allergic to modern hardware. I have more money than sense (£3.87), and I mostly potter about in retro gaming with no real talent or plan.

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Rebel Assault was eagerly anticipated. 3DO version shown. 😃😃

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@LillyBeenyc Thank you! Nice to be back. Work though😕

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A quite like the Sega 32X, and while this game (Star Wars Arcade) didn't thrill me in the arcades, not as much as Starblade anyway, I still find it fun. 😀

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@royalmailhelp I had a feetopay, paid it, nominated a day for it's arrival. It never turned up. Any help appreciated!

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So, after several attempts, Gran Turismo 7 isn't for me. But GT4 is. Getting back into it after 20 years, and it's so good!

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@LillyBeenyc Me too. It's hard (clues in the name), but it's addictive once you're familiar with it.

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I very much remember loving this game in the early 1990s, despite 2 stone-cold facts.
1. It was bloody expensive. I want to say £1 per go.
2. It was bloody hard.

Hard Drivin' by Atari Games.

[3DO, PS1 & Atari Will @ste_mega]

@LillyBeenyc Being Sinclair's attempt at a 'proper' business computer. A missing the mark... LOL

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Sinclair QL is a weird machine. It's not compatible with the Speccy; it has an 8-bit 68008 CPU (yes, 8-bit), networking built in, and two (count 'em) not hugely popular Microdrives. Looks good though

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I’ve got my Atari ST talking over a serial modem link to an AI that’s pretending to be the WOPR system from the 1983 film WarGames.
It thinks it’s sitting inside NORAD, happily offering games of Tic-Tac-Toe… and Global Thermonuclear War.

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@greayson2532 Wow!

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@LillyBeenyc @lippyent I blame these guys. Bloody Martians. 🤣

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@ColonelFalcon Just struck me that calling it 'Out Run' would have made a lot of sense...

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@dfilskov Yes. I think. 🤣

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I assure you that 'stuff' on the keys in the second picture is Cream Peroxide. 🫤

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@Seasidescriber No comment. LOL

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Fancy Retro Influences do "Trash to Treasure", therefore I'm promoting my own budget version, which is "Trash to likely Landfill". Exhibit A. (wish me luck)

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@Vanamonde_Dpan I don't think you can get new ones, but there's a steady supply of used ones on eBay usually.

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@ReviPCMR Thank you. The case seems 'ok', the keyboard is off colour, but more troublingly, there is a rattle, a heavy one, inside the case. So, we'll see... 😉

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@ReviPCMR Interesting. They were pretty uncommon when I was a kid. I think I knew one person with a CPC (and that was the 464) Hopefully, I can make this one go again!

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@SeasonDeeper "Six White Boomers" Rolf Harris. I'm not even joking.