Living in the Retro Arcade

I give a Life Update and 5 reasons why retro games are better.

Today I share some of the memories I had of playing my first PC game, Space Quest and about Sierra OnLine which at one time was the top company making PC games.

Metal Jesus Rocks Sierra Reunion;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxW1IK0fDJs

Metal Jesus Rocks We Worked at Sierra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmNCFtAlYN0&t=1s

Before we had games like Space Invaders we had electro mechanical games like Ride Motorcycle. These were games that did not have CPUs or CRTs but motors and lights. Today we talk about games like Motorcycle, Pinball and Varisty as well as the Tomy Classics Digital Derby, Baseball and Blip where were all electro mechanical games.

https://www.arcade-museum.com/Arcade/motorcycle

https://rctoymemories.com/2012/11/16/tomy-digital-derby-auto-raceway-1978/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_(console)

https://handheldmuseum.com/Tomy/Diamond.htm

Today I talkabout the 2024 version of CORGSCON! The Central Ohio Retro Gaming Society Convention! Be there in 2025!

Not a top 5 list but just some racing games I think are cool.

From Journey, to Aerosmith and even Van Halen bands and video games go hand in hand since the very beginning.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Band-centric_video_games

Call it copy protection or DRM. No doubts about it...it is killing our games.

Today I am talking about the pack in Game that was likely everyone's very first video game at home.

If you had a SNES or N64 you probably always wondered what the EXT port was. Today I talk about the usually unused expansion ports on many Nintendo systems and a little on the cancelled in the US N64DD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b64Bx0WKh7M&t=668s

Atari CX-40

Atari Proline Joystick

Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro

Nintendo 64 Controller

Nintendo Gamecube Controller

Sega Genesis Controller

Wii Mote

Wico Command Control

Super NES Controller

Nintendo Switch Pro Controller