Category: Pickups

Pickups: 092 – GBA

Nintendo Game Boy Advance – Blue I purchased this as a replacement for my discoloured loose blue GBA. This one is in a much better condition than that one was.


Pickups: 091 – DSi

Nintendo DSi – Red For more info on the Nintendo DSi please visit here My console is missing the red stylus, instead having a white one, I will need to be on the lookout for one in the future.


Pickups: 090 – Mario 3 Upgrade

Super Mario Bros 3 – Nintendo Entertainment System (1990) Bowser is back, and along with the Bowser kids, he’s out to spoil Mario’s day once again.This time, along with nabbing the Princess, the Bowser crew have also taken the magic wands from the Kings of each land and turned them into creatures. It’s up to…


Pickups: 089 – Donkey Kong Upgrade

Donkey Kong Country – Super Nintendo Entertainment System King K. Rool has stolen Donkey Kong’s banana stash, and Donkey Kong needs your help to get them back. In search of K. Rool, the Kremling horde impedes your progress. Kremlings, crocodile-like creatures, include Kritters (they succumb to a simple jump on the head), Krushas (they are…


Pickups: 088 – Losing Control

Nintendo 64 Controller I purchased this because I wanted a boxed controller for my collection. Now the eagle-eyed among you will have noticed the problem here, yes that’s right, IT’S THE WRONG COLOUR!! I didn’t pay attention to this when I ordered this, and I already have a yellow controller in my collection, so I…


Pickups: 087 – Ebay Top 10

I decided that this time I would tick off a few of my Top 10 games at once, so I fired up eBay and got to work. Philips Videopac #34: Satellite Attack – Philips G7000 (1981) Commanding of one of Earth Federation’s robot-controlled battle cruisers, the player must protect Earth from an invasion of unidentified…


Pickups: 086 – Atari Haul

Another example of why working in a pawn shop really pays off. We had a customer trade in an Atari 7800 along with loads of boxed games. So naturally, I bought pretty much everything I didn’t already have. Amazingly, quite a few of the games traded in were part of my top 10 quest. Happy…


Pickups: 085 – Switch Swap

Nintendo Switch OLED The Nintendo Switch (OLED Model) is the third model in the Nintendo Switch line. It was launched worldwide on October 8, 2021, The OLED model’s main new feature is the 7-inch OLED screen. The screen is larger than the original model, with reduced bezels. The OLED screen producing higher quality than the…


Pickups: 084 – The Last Gaming Box

Sadly, this will be the last monthly gaming box. The missus has decided that she doesn’t want to continue looking and buying things for me, maybe the pressure was too much, or maybe she just doesn’t love me anymore, who knows. But I think we can all agree that she has done a stellar job…


Pickups: 083 – A Space Age Discovery

Philips Discoverer CRT TV The Philips Discoverer or the ‘Space Helmet TV, is a limited edition 14″ Colour TV model 14GR1220. It was designed by Honson Lee and was introduced in 1983 to celebrate NASA’s first space shuttle launch in 1981.The TV resembles an astronauts space helmet with tinted screen shield that can be brought…