Monthly archives: October, 2023

Pickups: 130 – T Shirts

I ordered a couple of new T-shirts from the Teepublic website, I think this will become a semi-regular thing so I can build up my gaming shirt collection This one has the American Vectrex logo (can be purchased here) This shirt has the OutRun logo from the Commodore 64 game (can be purchased here)


Pickups: 129 – Powkiddy RGB20S

Powkiddy RGB20S is a 3.5-inch gaming handheld based on the Rockchip RK3326. It is powerful enough to emulate Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation games. Additionally, Powkiddy RGB20S has a 3.5-inch display that operates at 640 x 480 pixels and a 3,500 mAh battery which delivers 8 hours of playtime. Powkiddy RGB20S gaming handheld has…


Pickups: 128 – Metal Gear Upgrade

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Playstation 3 (2008) Metal Gear Solid 4 is the fourth major game in the Metal Gear Solid series developed by Hideo Kojima. It ties up all of the loose plot points of the previous games while bringing back a number of characters from the earlier games…


Pickups: 127 – Big Box Starfox

Lylat Wars (Star Fox 64) – Nintendo 64 (1997) Fox McCloud returns to once again rid evil from the Lylat System in this 64-bit remake of the SNES hit.The main aim of the game is to fly your Arwing through many levels of deadly enemies and huge end bosses with three wingmen (Slippy Toad, Peppy…


Pickups: 126 – Playing it loud

In March, 1995, Nintendo released several special edition Game Boy models with coloured cases, advertising them in the “Play It Loud!” campaign. Play It Loud! units were manufactured in green, red, white, black, yellow, blue, and clear (transparent), or sometimes called X-Ray in the UK. Most common are the yellow, red, clear and black. Green…


Pickups: 125 – The Old Vic

Commodore Vic-20 The VIC-20 is an 8-bit home computer was released in 1981 by Commodore. The VIC-20 was Commodore’s first colour home computer and was the year’s best-selling home computer. For more info please visit here This was the state of the computer when I first got my hands on it. You can see how…