[Editorial] Guess what’s next on I ❤ Old Games! – 30/07/17


Hello guys, During the last weeks I developed a sort of interest in electronics, which is something that I’ve never studied and in which I’m a complete newbie. I don’t know exactly how a circuit work, or how an IC a chip or a transistor work, but I’d like to go more in depth on…

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[Happy Birthday!] Double Dragon


Hello old games lovers, Do you remember the first beat’em up you’ve played? Well, if you are “old” enough probably it was Double Dragon. I have bad (not so bad actually) news for you. You’re old for real! We celebrate this month the 25th anniversary of this wonderful game, released in July of 1987 for…

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Freshly delivered! Retro Gamer Issue #169


Hello guys, A few days ago has arrived in my office the new issue of Retro Gamer. This month the cover is dedicated to Virtua Fighter which actually is not a game I’m particularily fond of but there will be two interesting pieced on Double Dragon, a game I’ve recently purchased for the NES and…

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[Editorial] Guess what’s next on I ❤ Old Games! – 23/07/17


Hello guys, Another week spent looking for good games and waiting for something I’ve bought on eBay. Since I want to repair a console I’ve bought (and I don’t want to spoil which one is until is fixed 🙂 ) I’ve ordered one of those screwdrivers made just for the strange screws you can find…

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[Happy Birthday!] Joust


Hello old games lovers, Sometimes I happen to be a bit late on the celebration and this is the case. A few days ago, precisely on July 16th, it was the 25th anniversary of a huge arcade success, later ported on console, Joust, released in 1982. This game, source of inspiration for another success, NES’…

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[Shut up and take my money!] Ataribox, the King is back!


Hello guys! You may have noticed that in the few days a lot of rumors came out about the new Atari console, the Ataribox. This time it looks like the former King of video games industry will come back for real. After a teaser shown on 2017 E3, the Ataribox is set to be released…

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[Editorial] Guess what’s next on I ❤ Old Games! – 16/07/17


Hello guys, Unfortunately this week I was quite poor because I haven’t got the wi-fi connection for 3-4 days. I’ve been out of town for several days and, even though I had my laptop with me I’ve been very busy and I haven’t written anything; I trust next week would be way more proficient 🙂…

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[Restoring] My first mod: a region-free NES


Hello guys, If someone last year had told me that in summer 2017 I would have mod a console, I would have considered him a fool. My only console back then was my old NES and I thought I’ve lost it somewhere since I’ve found it again in my basement. Then I started to creater…

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[Happy Birthday!] Metal Gear


Hello old games lovers, Back in the late 90s when the PlayStation became the most popular console, I remember playing a lot with Metal Gear Solid, a great game that was quite a success back them. What I did not know was that that game was only one of the games of the Metal Gear…

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