The Grand Emperor's Retro Video Gaming Blog

Sometimes things work out so that allow you to get things done. For me this weekend spelled a lot of housework, and home projects being worked on, as well as ample time for games. For me that meant 25 games I was able to get though and log in, including 10 that have been collecting dust for a long time. This also meant pulling one system out of mothballs to make sure its working since I haven't had a chance to play it since I moved in mid-2015, and hooking up an unplayed system that I bought nearly nine months ago. This Weeks Buys: None to speak of although I do have my hands in a few auctions. The Play Throughs: Front Line (Atari 2600) -. Anyway, as stated as previously stated this is a kind of  Commando/Ikari Warriors top down shooter, right down to the jumping into tanks and things. It’s an ok game, but the element of shooting in itself is tricky, and the player hit detection is a bit off since my character sprite seemed to get stuck on tree’s while the ...

It's been a while since I've done an 8-bit Friday, and even longer since I've done a backlog posting. To be honest the end of 2016 left me with a large load of unplayed games, despite not buying much in December. Again as before with previous backlogs the games span multiple systems, and multiple months, not only still encompassing some of the unplayed games from previous backlogs but buys that occurred after as far back as late August. To say the least a light schedule and three day weekend during which some cold, rainy and icey weather occured helped bolster my chances of getting to many of these games, although there are still more than a few I didn't get to. This Weeks Buys: It's been a long time since I bought additional games due to the old pocketbook still recovering from Christmas Front Line  (Atari 2600) - My only buy this week is an obscure Atari 2600 title, but one of two on the system with this name since there was a later game called Frontline. I...