After taking a quick trip to the Goodwill Outlet store I found the final piece of the puzzle. Yes, I finally found the last Radica Sega Genesis Plug n Play for my collection, unless I find out they made more. This one varies from all the rest in a few ways, but in more functional ways than the OutRun 2019 I reviewed last time. Firstly you will notice the two controllers sticking out of the system, instead of just one, as well as the Street Fighter II logo adorning both controllers. Radica ...

Yet again I found a Radica Plug n Play system, but this one is different in 2 respects. Firstly this one is a dedicated system, as it only has OutRun 2019 built in, as where the previous two had six games each. Secondly, and most notably, instead of a normal Genesis controller this one offers a pseudo steering wheel. [caption id="attachment_2191" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The system looks the same, but that controller is WILD![/caption] Now I said pseudo steering wheel because from the look and feel of it one may assume the wheel is analog, ...

We're all familiar with the unique design of the Nintendo 64 controller and it's much more modern usage as a shell for Chinese Famiclones. We're also quite familiar with the fact that the N64 controller's joystick has a tendency to become loose and work poorly, or stop working entirely. So when our favorite controller decides to give up the ghost, what choices do we have in a more reliable controller for our beloved N64? For the past few years I've noticed a slew of reproduction N64 controllers that look identical to the real thing, as I haven't had the chance to ...

Lagoon is an RPG for the SNES, in much the same ilk of Ys, Willow and Crystalis, although much more basic. Lagoon was published by Kemco, a company mostly known for giving us the Top Gear series and a whole lot of Game Boy games, only a few of which slightly resemble RPGs. So what could we expect from a company who published a little but of everything? Now I need to be perfectly honest, when I started playing the game for this article I fully expected to make a gleaming review ...

Shopping at the Goodwill Outlet store I have to contend with a lot of resellers, who ignorantly hope to strike it rich with the vintage games I go there to find. Yesterday I happened to find something that made me realize one of the most vital tactics a hunter can use is their ability to know what you're looking for, no matter how hard that may be sometimes. Not everything is branded, for one reason or another, and you sometimes take visual cues as to what the item is for, but yesterday I had very little to go on and ...

Along my thrift outings I've ran across a handful of old Sega Game Gear bags. I've only managed to find one with the insert to hold my Game Gear and it's accessories, with being the only one I've found it took that job by default. But what do I do with the other bags without the inserts? Being a, self proclaimed, MacGuyver of retro gaming items, I feel as though I've found a solution to my problem! I can't just leave a Sega Game Gear sitting in such a large bag without ...

Lately I've been picking up a lot of modern made, yet vintage themed, gaming systems, and since they have vintage video games on them I feel the need to review them and let the readers know what some of our beloved vintage video games are up to these days. The newest system I've bought is something called the AtGames Sega Genesis Arcade Motion that I picked up at the thrift store, this is a system I was aware of yet never really gave much thought to, based heavily on the fact that it looks like one of the many Nintendo ...