Skip to content

Video Game Stuff

Video gaming projects and general musings

Month: January 2015

Dick Smith Wizzard/ Creativision Games Score

January 22, 2015 roxbury Leave a comment

Lately one of my goals has been to collect some of the less common computers and consoles from the early 1980s. Recently I picked up a boxed Dick Smith Wizzard/ Creativision console. The box was a bit beat up, but inside the console itself was in excellent condition. I didn’t manage to

Continue reading

Spectravideo bits

January 11, 2015 roxbury Leave a comment

A fellow retro enthusiast picked up a whole bunch of stuff recently, and in it were some Spectravideo bits and pieces. I am looking for this type of gear, so took it off his hands. Unfortunately no computers or games themselves, but a 903 Tape drive, RF modulator, 318 user

Continue reading

Transfer Atari ST images from PC to Atari ST using floppy disks

January 10, 2015 roxbury 8 comments

There are many very good options to transfer Atari ST images to an actual Atari ST using devices like a HXC Floppy Disk Emulator or an Ultrasatan. However I wanted to transfer a few games to floppy disk using items I had on hand. This post explains how I achieved this.

Continue reading

Tandy 128K Color Computer RGB Cable

January 5, 2015 roxbury Leave a comment

Almost obsessively I try to ensure that I can get the best output from all of my micro computers & consoles. More often than not this involves an RGB connection. The CoCo3 has an RGB output via a connector, although some effort is required to use it. As indicated, the

Continue reading

BBC Micro Flash MMC Drive – Housing & Master Compact Mod

January 1, 2015 roxbury Leave a comment

I recently picked up a BBC Micro to go along with my BBC Master Compact. The success rate for working floppy disks was quite low, so a much better modern option is the use of a flash drive. A seller on eBay, ctorwy31 sells some MMC Flash drive kit on eBay.

Continue reading

Recent Posts

  • Sony 2730QM Pickup and H-STAT repair
  • Neo Geo 4 Slot EL Panel Replacement
  • Outrun Restore Part 1 – Teardown
  • LAI Space Invaders Restore Project Complete (Part 5)
  • LAI Space Invaders Restore Monitor Replacement (Part 4)

Recent Comments

  • Geoff Barnard on A few old computers
  • roxbury on A few old computers
  • Geoff Barnard on A few old computers
  • roxbury on Hantarex MGG 28 Tate
  • James on Hantarex MGG 28 Tate

Archives

  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • January 2020
  • August 2019
  • May 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • December 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • July 2016
  • December 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014

Categories

  • Acorn
  • Amiga
  • Amstrad
  • Apple
  • Arcade
  • Atari ST
  • Atari XE
  • BBC
  • Chase HQ
  • Commodore 64
  • Creativision
  • Dick Smith Wizzard
  • Hantarex MGG28
  • HX-20
  • Intellivision
  • Megadrive
  • MSX
  • Neo Geo
  • Nintendo
  • Outrun
  • PVM
  • RGB
  • Sega
  • Space Invaders
  • Spectrum
  • T2 Arcade
  • TI99
  • TRS-80
  • Uncategorized
  • Virtual Boy

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
WordPress Theme: Treville by ThemeZee.