Category: Pickups

Pickups: 082 – A Super Odyssey

Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo Switch Join Mario on a massive, globe-trotting 3D adventure and use his incredible abilities to collect Moons so you can power up your airship, the Odyssey, and rescue Princess Peach from Bowser’s wedding plans. This 3D Mario adventure is packed with secrets and surprises, and with Mario’s moves like cap…


Pickups: 081 – Oil Panic

Nintendo Game & Watch – Oil Panic Oil Panic is a dual-screen Game & Watch game released as part of the Multi Screen series in 1982. It was the first game in the Multi Screen series. The game is set in a gas station where a leaky pipe is dripping oil. The Station Helper must…


Pickups: 080 – Arkham Addition

Batman: Arkham City Armoured Edition – Nintendo Wii U Batman: Arkham City is the sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum and once again stars the masked superhero Batman as the protagonist. The game takes place a year and a half after the events of the original game. After Joker was stopped from taking over the asylum,…


Pickups: 079 – After Burner III – Sega Mega CD (1992)

The third in Sega’s arcade flight sim series, After Burner III takes you back to the cockpit of the F-14 Tomcat in order to take on as many terrorist airplanes as you can with your arsenal of sidewinder missiles and your trusty vulcan cannon.The title is actually a port of SEGA’s arcade fight-sim Strike Fighter,…


Pickups 078 – Boom Box Boy

The Boom Box Boy, or the Game Boy FM Radio, is an accessory for the Game Boy Pocket or Game Boy Color which allows gamers to listen to FM radio broadcasts.The Boom Box Boy/Game Boy Radio is simple to use. You switch your Gameboy on, and it delivers power to the radio – Just plug…


Pickups 077 – Monthly Gaming Box

Another month, another personalised gaming box. Lets dive in. Mario Kart – Pull Back Racers Blind Bag Nintendo licensed Mario Kart racers, with a pull back and go mechanism. Collect 10 of your favourite characters and have the best races with your friends. Features:• Race along with your favourite Mario pals.• Fan favourite Mario Kart…


Pickups 076 – Dreamcast Lightgun

The Dreamcast Gun has an unusual history due to the events of the Columbine High School massacre in the US. As a result, the peripheral was not sold in this region due to fears of bad press, and was therefore only available in Japan and PAL regions. The Dreamcast Gun is completely compatible with a…


Pickups 075 – Effective Fear

Fear Effect – Sony Playstation (2000) It starts as a simple assignment for the three mercenaries – the beautiful, mysterious Hana, the former army officer Glas, and the ruthless killer Deke. Somewhere in the futuristic Hong-Kong, full of huge corporations, flying cars and helicopters, home for the famous Triad mafia, they have to find the…


Christmas 2022

Here’s the retro gaming themed gifts I received this year from my nearest and dearest Tiny Arcade Ms. Pac-Man Miniature Arcade Game Play the classic 80’s video game Ms. Pac-Man on an awesome Miniature Arcade Game from Tiny Arcade.Avoid the ghosts and solve the mazes in this true to original, multi-level gameplay complete with light…


Pickups: 074 – A Link To The Past

The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past – SNES (1992) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is a top-down action game with puzzle-solving elements (similar to the original Legend of Zelda). Players assume the role of Link, and their goal is to rescue Princess Zelda and save the land of…