🕹️ Retro Gaming Guy 🎮

Time to dig out the Stadia controller!

The moment is finally here, the Xbox 360 turns 20 years old today.

Without a shadow of a doubt, one of my favourite games consoles ever.

HD, friends list, voice chat, achievements, Live Arcade, Kinect, and an industry defining controller.

What a machine.

#xbox360

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Thank you, really pleased with how the refurb went 😊

I can tell you, after 2 years of not reading discs, it won't know what hit it!

But first, Waterworld on HD-DVD lol.

My original 2008 Xbox 360 Elite is back in business.

Thermal paste replaced.
Disc drive laser replaced and tuned.
Disc drive belt replaced.
Disc drive greased.
Motherboard cleaned.
Fans cleaned.
Casing washed.

A little daunting, but feels so good to have accomplished it 😊

A big fan of Warbirds. A 3D WW1 flight sim on a handheld in 1991? Phenomenal.

Also can't go wrong with Chip's Challenge.

Handheld class of 89-90.
Lynx, Game Boy & Game Gear.

We all picked a side back in the day, which did you choose? Would you pick differently now?

I was a huge Game Boy fan, but I've developed a recent appreciation for the Lynx!

You've just picked up your new Saturn with some absolute classics. You have the video card installed and have grabbed some essential films. Pizza hut has arrived, you have permission to stay up late and there's no school tomorrow.

It's 2025 and you're 42 years old. Life's good.

Random game of the day 🎮

Quake. Sega Saturn. 1997

An absolutely phenomenal port of a game that shouldnt exist on the Saturn. Developed by the talented Lobotomy Software.

Sure concessions have been made, but it still plays like Quake, especially if used with the 3D controller.

Working from home. But at least this is my office lol.

That's great. I know many people moan about some of the accessibility options, but my daughter started enjoying MK8 because of the steering assist, auto acceleration etc.

She now trounces me without them lol

A lot has changed in 7 years. More consoles, more shelves, more tat. Plus an older and taller daughter!

But one thing that hasn't changed is our shared love of gaming. Old or new, indie or AAA, my wonderful daughter is there for it all.

I agree with everything, even if the collect-a-thon that is DK64 still gives me palpitations.

So video game collectors, what are some of the more unusual items in your collection?

Here are some of mine:

Super Mario Barcode Battler cards.
Tetris single on vinyl.
Nintendo MP3 player.
Virtual Boy headphones.

#Nintendo

Wonderswen made me chortle lol.

So video game collectors, what are some of the more unusual items in your collection?

Here are some of mine:

Super Mario Barcode Battler cards.
Tetris single on vinyl.
Nintendo MP3 player.
Virtual Boy headphones.

#Nintendo

As much as I agree, I can live without the crushing disappointment of trying to rent the Jurassic Park VHS on my birthday only to find they'd all been taken out.

Deep breaths, deep breaths.

Love that!

I've not had the pleasure of all of those, but my god I want to lol.

Ah they were no fun lol. I didn't have anything particularly wild, just a few silver Samsung clamshells. Did like the swivel camera though.

It was downhill when phones stopped looking like this.

The freedom in Super Mario 64.
The scale of Hyrule Field in Ocarina of Time.
The speed of F-Zero X.
The sniper rifle in Goldeneye.
The music of Banjo Kazooie.
The Battle of Hoth in Shadows of the Empire.

...and the disappointing shortness of Yoshi's Story!

Great times. How about you?

#N64

That last line made me snort lol.

Lovely collection. Would love a Jetfire!

Ah that's a shame. Hopefully some happy memories.

Ah that's a shame, have they long gone? Which did you have?

What year would you say is the best?

Excellent! Yes I forget it carried on here a little longer.

I think we can all agree that G1 Transformers were some of the best toys to ever grace our shelves.

6 years from '84 to '90. Good times.

Do you still have any of your childhood originals?