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.

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

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. 😀

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!

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.

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

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)

Jaws! Released in 1983 on the Dragon 32/64. I'm not entirely convinced this was an official movie tie-in.😂 The graphics are surprisingly good, all things considered though.

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.

Any fans of the ol' GameCube? I have a soft spot for this machine; this is my launch day box, and it has a lot of games that really appeal to me.

Japanese SHMUPS are the best... Guwange, Atlus, 1999... 😍😍

I thought I would play some Arcade games today, starting with Starblade. I remember seeing this in the arcades, back in the early '90s, and it blew my mind. I really liked this game.😍😍

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

Ah, the ol' hand-operated planar navigation peripheral by Atari - STM1. Cleaned it, greased it, and replaced the switches, and it's as adequate as the day it came from the factory. 🤣😍👍

Meanwhile...

My slightly scruffy, slightly pathetic, heavily curated to match my childhood favourite, Atari 2600 collection of games. 🤣😍

Tunnel Runner is one of three CBS games for the Atari 2600 with an additional 256 bytes of RAM in each cartridge, a feature promoted by CBS as "RAM Plus."

Tunnel Runner is a 3D maze game, developed for the Atari 2600 in 1983.