The Sega Mega Drive Mini came out around two months ago at the time I’m writing this. It’s been an unexpectedly interesting experience too. While I’ve snapped up and had a great time with the NES Classic and SNES Classic mini consoles, the Sega Mega Drive Mini has presented a unique experience both as a […]
Tag: Retro games
AVCon 2018 round-up
AVCon 2018 happened once again in July, and following on from the last few years’ coverage, Inferno and I were back in attendance to check things out, chat with vendors, take photos of all the amazing cosplay and generally nerd out! Like they do every year, AVCon presents a big mix of interesting nerdy stuff. […]
Video: SNES Mini – First Impressions
You know how the internet got all excited at the end of September about the SNES Mini? Well, we did too… except real life got in the way, so here’s a belated nerdtastic look at an hour of messing around with the Australian release of the SNES Mini! You can keep up with our YouTube […]
Video: Sonic Mania – First Impressions
I’m genuinely amazing we’ve had two amazing trips back to Sega’s glory years in 2017 – first Wonderboy, now Sonic. The result of an uber-collaboration between Christian Whitehead, Headcannon and PagodaWest Games, Sonic Mania is pure class – or at least the first 40 minutes of gameplay is! It’s so glorious we thought we’d share […]
Video: Smashing Hard Mode in WonderBoy: The Dragon’s Trap
So I’m a little obsessed with the WonderBoy: The Dragon’s Trap remake on the PS4 (I embarrassingly gushed over it in a previous video), so much so that I’ve put together a quick video going through my thoughts on how to work through the game’s Hard Mode if you’re a bit of an average gamer […]
AVCon 2017 round-up
It’s July and we’re in Adelaide which means – it’s AVCon time! Inferno and I were fortunate to attend Adelaide’s annual AVCon excitement last weekend and had a chance to chat with attendees, visit stalls, take photos and check out what was on show for this year’s convention. As the name implies, AVCon is all […]
Video: Let’s Play Wonderboy – The Dragon’s Trap (PS4)
We were originally hoping to have another magic girl-related video to follow up on the recent Sailor Moon Crystal LE unboxing we posted a few weeks back, but DotEmu were kind enough to unleash Wonderboy – The Dragon’s Trap, the highly anticipated Wonderboy 3 remake developed by Lizardcube, and I did a poor job of […]
Video: StarTech PEXHDCAP60L Review & Demo Reel
It’s video time again! Today we look at how we went with the StarTech PSXHDCAP60L video capture card. This is a rebadged Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI, also known as a SA7160. We run through the initial config and touch on a number of issues we had getting it up and running before following on with some hands-on […]
Video: Review of Goody Japan and pickups
Anime inferno is finally doing the video/YouTube thing! It’s been a while so we’re a little rusty, but we hope you enjoy it. For our first video we’ve reviewed Goody Japan, a Japan-based shipping agent that can allow you to order from Japanese stores and auction sites that don’t normally ship internationally. The second half […]
AVCon 2016 round-up
Adelaide’s favourite annual anime and gaming convention, AVCon, took over the Adelaide Convention Centre 15-17 July 2016, and we joined the fray on Sunday morning to check out some anime, buy some merch and play some games. This year’s guests included noted voice actress Caitlin Glass and ABC’s team from Good Game. The morning itself […]