Nintendo Game & Watch: Donkey Kong Jr (1982) The Nintendo Game & Watch: Donkey Kong Jr. is a landmark entry in the “New Wide Screen” series, celebrated for its significant impact on handheld gaming history. Its design featured a distinctive maroon housing and a wider LCD than its predecessors, but it is most famous for…
Pickups: 310 – Random Bundle
Game And Watch Gallery 3 – Nintendo Game Boy (1999) Released for the Game Boy in 1999 (and specifically enhanced for the Game Boy Color), Game & Watch Gallery 3 is a nostalgic compilation that preserves and reimagines Nintendo’s earliest handheld history. The game lacks a traditional narrative, instead featuring a “Museum” or “Gallery Corner”…
Pickups: 309 – Ever The Alpha
Evercade Alpha – Taito Edition (2025) The Evercade Alpha – Taito Edition is a premium bartop arcade cabinet designed to bring an authentic, officially licensed coin-op experience to a desktop or counter. It features a vibrant 8-inch high-resolution IPS display with a 4:3 aspect ratio, paired with “competition-grade” arcade controls. The cabinet is aesthetically modelled…
Pickups: 308 – No Fate
Terminator 2D: No Fate (Day One Edition) – Nintendo Switch (2025) Terminator 2D: No Fate is a retro-styled action platformer developed by Bitmap Bureau and released for the Nintendo Switch in late 2025. Designed as a “love letter” to 16-bit arcade classics like Contra and Metal Slug, the game retells the events of Terminator 2:…
Pickups: 307 – Altered Beast Console Heroes
Wilder Console Heroes Altered Beast Diorama (2025) The Wilder Console Heroes: Altered Beast Graveyard Diorama is a nostalgic, officially licensed collectible that reimagines the classic SEGA Genesis experience as a 3D miniature playset. Housed in a plastic shell that replicates the look and size of an original 16-bit game cartridge – complete with authentic-style cover…
Pickups: 306 – Stray
Stray – Nintendo Switch (2024) Stray on the Nintendo Switch is a captivating third-person adventure that places you in the paws of a ginger tabby cat lost in a decaying, neon-lit cybercity. The story follows the feline protagonist as it falls into a walled underground metropolis inhabited only by sentient robots and dangerous, flesh-eating bacteria…
Pickups: 305 – Nintendogs DS
Nintendo DS Nintendogs Pak (2005) The Nintendo DS Nintendogs Pak is a special-edition bundle released in late 2005 to celebrate the launch of the Nintendogs franchise. In Europe, this specific “Blue” pak featured a Blue original Nintendo DS console (the “Phat” model) paired with the Labrador & Friends version of the game. It was released…
Pickups: 303 – Crash Team Racing
Crash Team Racing – Sony Playstation (1999) Crash Team Racing is a highly acclaimed kart racer for the PlayStation, developed by Naughty Dog, that successfully challenged the genre’s titans. The story centres on the efforts of Crash Bandicoot, Dr. Neo Cortex, and other iconic series characters who must race against the egomaniacal alien, Nitros Oxide….
Pickups: 302 – SNES Bundle
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles IV: Turtles In Time – Super Nintendo (1992) Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles IV: Turtles In Time, released in 1992 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, is a highly regarded beat-’em-up that serves as a port and enhanced version of the 1991 arcade game. The plot is a classic cartoon caper: the…
Pickups: 301 – Plucky
The Plucky Squire – Nintendo Switch (2024) The Plucky Squire is a charming 2024 action-adventure platformer that centres on Jot, the hero of a children’s storybook, whose world is turned upside down when the villainous Humgrump realizes he’s trapped in a losing narrative and kicks Jot out of the pages. The core gameplay revolves around…