Retro Go! Go!

Some would say there's no point in buying and keeping old consoles since these games can be purchased online or can be played through emulators. I got their point. But emulators are not perfect. There are glitches, lags, incompatible games, sound distortions and other inaccuracies only retro gamers would understand.

Super Mario

Remakes on the hand are not bad. We'll get improved HD graphics, surround sound and so forth but there is nothing more fun than playing Super Mario Brothers on a conventional TV in all its pixel glory!

You're an 80-90's gamer if you have blown a cartridge or two to fix loading issues which will eventually work 80% of the time, but all the while unknowingly it was actually making things worse.  

Image taken from thairetro.com

Speaking of cartridges, sure it eats up space like there's no tomorrow. Just look at the big chuck of plastic on the bottom right, it's about the same size of a Nintendo Wii! But there's nothing more beautiful than looking at your cabinet with stacks of games

When it comes to games, Dark Souls is considered a difficult one in this present generation. But it pales in comparison to NES' Battletoads, Castlevania, and Ninja Gaiden. Games those days really put you up to the challenge with its limited lives and continues, the insanely long passwords, the jump-back collision detection, the awful jump physics and many others. That's what makes it so special.

So why am I keeping my ancient consoles? There you go...

My 2nd Blogapalooza --- now as a real blogger!!!

Hey hey hey!!! The most awaited blogger event of all time is back!

Let's save the date! Oct 25, 2015!!!! 

Blogapalooza will be held at One Esplanade, near the Mall of Asia. 

Last year I attended this event but as a +1. This year I would like to attend as a participant.

Those who attended before will need to sign up again, even if you have already signed up this year. This is so they can keep track of how many people are attending again this year. 

Please re-share the poster and info about Blogapalooza. 

Info on http://Blogapalooza.ph

Am inviting my friends, too.

See y'all!

"Old school" Never Grows Old!

It was year 2008 when I bought my very first CRT TV. Despite owning a Smart TV, I have no plans of selling it. Why? Simply because of these... 

Image from spreadshirt.com

When I was a kid, my very first home console was an Atari clone, which I saw in a newspaper ad. Ads those days? They didn't have pictures. I came to see the seller out of curiosity. I didn't really want to buy it even after seeing it in actual. But since I just can't say "no", I still bought it for 10 GBP.

Growing up in the Nintendo-Sega era, I somehow had fun playing it for atleast 5-10 minutes before shoving it on the shelves to collect dust --- or what modern day gamers refer to as "dust collector". Imagine playing this, I bet you'd do the same.   


I then had an Atari 2600 which was a Christmas present from my mom. I was so excited knowing that Atari was a strong console competitor in the market those days.

Christmas day year 1990, mom bought me a NES Deluxe set. A few years later, the Sega Megadrive was launched, followed by the Super Nes. I was envious of my friends who owned them. Since I just couldn't afford one, I had to settle in reading video game magazines. That's my way of atleast feeling like I was playing it. 

Few years after, mom got me a Sega Megadrive. Despite being a Nintendo fan, I honestly enjoyed it. Not knowing the essence of retro gaming that time, I traded my Megadrive for a PlayStation. Wrong move!

Retro gaming was introduced to me by my friend Dodi. Since then, I started to buy the consoles that I drooled over when I was a child. 

As to why am I keeping my "ancient" consoles, you'll know more about it on my next blogs. So stay tuned!