Because I like retro gaming, preserving and enhancing the experience of playing on original hardware is something I enjoy. My Atari 2600, though charming in its vintage aesthetic, wasn’t delivering the crisp visuals I wanted on my current setup. It always had lots of interference on screen which made playing […]
Trading Nostalgia for a NES and Atari 2600
Recently, I decided to shake up my collection by trading in some Dukes of Hazzard collector items that had been tucked away in my attic for years. In return, I scored something that had been on my retro gaming radar for a while: a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and an […]
Getting curious about retro consoles
As a fan of retro computers like the Commodore 64 and Amiga 500, I’ve recently found my interest expanding to classic gaming consoles. The idea of picking up an NES, SNES, or even an Atari 2600 has crossed my mind more than once. The old-school charm of these consoles is […]
40 years later
Last year, I turned 50, and one of my friends suggested we visit the Bonami Computer and Video Game Museum in Zwolle, the Netherlands. Upon arrival, we found ourselves in a vast hall filled with an impressive array of computers and game consoles. The collection featured everything from 1940s computers […]