The Grand Emperor's Retro Video Gaming Blog

With the stressful Monday morning meeting I mentioned last week past, the remaining week got strange whereby the remaining stressful event seemed to fall off my calendar, sadly delaying themselves for the next week. Of course that sounds pleasant, but in reality it’s another week spent dreading the next.  With that said though Friday worked out oddly as well, as the day started a bit earlier than normal, leading to the rest of the day running a bit ahead of schedule much to my surprise. That in itself translated into the work day being over early, and even dinner being done early.  This also meant I got to some gaming early as well, but not to my backlog or current plays but rather playing two hours of STO Friday evening and spending an hour playing my Air Combat arcade machine after that before finally getting to two of my “This weekend's plays”. This Weeks Buys: To say this least I went a little crazy this week and ordered far too many games No Mans Sky (PS4) - ...

In the world of consumer electronics the years of 1991-1996 where a time of tremendous innovation and change, and the impact of those five years can still be felt today. Intel introduced its first Pentium microprocessors, Microsoft introduced Windows 95', the first DVD players came out, audio tapes disappeared from stores as CDs took over and CD-Roms claimed their title from 3.5 in. disks, all while Internet and electronic media became a new way of life.  This is also the era of the Sega-CD, Atari Jaguar CD and super cartridge systems like the Jaguar, 32x, and NeoGeo AES.  The world of video games was on the verge of great changes and "multimedia" became the buzzword of the day, as CD-ROMS took center stage. The dream of internet connectivity was also interwoven into that, as was the concept of the "set-top box" a device with similar features to modern DVRs, smart TV's, and gaming consoles. It was no surprise then that with the changes in technology to...

I'll openly admit pushing through 29 games on one platform in less then 48 hours is pretty taxing. But with my Atari 7800 collection now checked in and cataloged I've come to realize I'm about 10 games away from completing the collection of original releases (home brews are a different story). Of course there are a few financial ball-busters in there like Tank Commander  and Mean 18 just to name two out of the five titles with high price tags on them. As for this weekend my goal is to hammer out all of my backlogged GoG titles, and maybe with some luck get to another system or to as well.  This Weeks Buy's: So basically as I knock down one backlog list I'm building another, well hopefully not. It's been a good week for bargains though and most of what I've picked up has been for less then $5.  Medal of Honor: Rising Sun  (PS2) - This was basically a thrift shop find this week, at $4 and in great condition I picked it up. GTA: San Andreas...