Category: Pickups

Pickups: 139 – Broken Game Gear Bundle

I recently acquired this broken Sega Game Gear. It would display a black screen when powered on. So as I’ve done many times before, I recapped it, hoping that would fix the issue, as with about 99% of cases, it does. However after replacing all of the caps and powering on, it turns out that…


Pickups: 138 – Nintendo Game And Watch Pinball

The Nintendo Game And Watch Pinball is a handheld electronic game that was released by Nintendo in 1983. It is part of the Game and Watch series, which are portable devices that can play games and display the time and alarm. The Nintendo Game And Watch Pinball has two LCD screens that simulate a pinball…


Pickups 137 – Dreamcast VMUs

The Dreamcast VMU memory cards were innovative devices that allowed you to store game data, play mini-games, and interact with other VMUs. They were produced by Sega for the Dreamcast console, which was released in 1998 in Japan and 1999 in other regions. The VMU stands for Visual Memory Unit, and it was also called…


Pickups: 136 – Nintendo Pocket Camera

The Nintendo Pocket Camera is the Japanese version of the Game Boy Camera, which was an accessory for the Game Boy handheld game console. It was released in 1998 and allowed users to take, edit, and print grayscale photos using the Game Boy system. The camera had a swivel lens that could rotate 180 degrees,…


Pickups: 135 – Game Boy Clones

The game boy clone kf-2000 is a handheld console that was made in Hong Kong and resembles the original Nintendo Game Boy. It has a monochrome LCD screen. It also has a built-in speaker and a headphone jack. The kf-2000 uses four AA batteries or an AC adapter for power. It comes in various colours…


Pickups 134 – Game Boy Advance SP AGS-101

The Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP AGS-101 (also known as the GBA-101) is an upgraded version of the original Game Boy Advance SP that was released in 2005. It has a backlit LCD screen that can display up to 32,768 colours and has two brightness settings. The GBA-101 can play games from the Game Boy,…


Pickups: 133 – Magazines and GBA Games

Scooby-Doo And The Cyber Chase – Nintendo Game Boy Advance (2001) Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase is a video game based on the Warner Brothers film of the same name. The game was released for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance in 2001. The game follows Scooby-Doo and his friends as they are transported into cyberspace…


Pickups: 132 – Sega Stuff

A good lot of Sega goodness this time around, all bangers if you ask me. Micro Machines – Sega Mega Drive (1991) Micro Machines is a video game series based on the toy line of the same name. The game features miniature vehicles racing around various environments, such as kitchen tables, gardens, and school desks….


Pickups: 131 – Star Prime Metroid Wars

Star Wars Arcade – Sega 32X (1994) Star Wars Arcade is a 3D shoot ’em up game based on the original Star Wars trilogy. It was released in 1994 as a port of the arcade game Star Wars, which was released in 1993. The game lets you control either an X-wing or a Y-wing starfighter…


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)