This is one of those posts i’ve wanted to do for a long time and finally got around to. If you had to put on paper your top ten retrogames what would they be? Harder to come up with than you’d think. First, I put some rules on it, I had to own the computer/console and it was pre super nintendo. The idea for me is not so much the best games or consoles in terms of gameplay, but more in terms of impact to my thinking about games. (more…)

Every once in a while a restoration comes along that has it all, a tremendous resurrection of an extremely rare machine designed by my favorite game designer..  In this case, SUNDANCE.  This is the story of an extremely rare Vectorbeam Sundance that a fellow collector purchased from Ebay. Apparently this machine sat out in a field under a tarp for years before hitting ebay. This has been my most extreme restoration attempt to date. (more…)

If you’ve not joined the community at Coinopspace.com now’s the time. There’s an interactive chat scheduled for feb 4, 2009 with none other than the creator of my Screw Loose game, Tim Skelly! Join the fun!

Through the years almost every classic gamer finds a particular game designer whose games they find universally enjoyable whether they realize it or not.   A few years into collecting I realized that many of my favorite games were really written by two designers (well 3).  Tim Skelly (Warrior, Star Castle, Reactor) and the team of Owen Rubin and Mark Czerny (Major Havoc and Marble Madness).  That short list of designers comprise 50% of my all time favorite games.  Through the course of collecting without even realizing that Tim Skelly wrote them, I managed to collect Warrior, Star Castle, Reactor, Starhawk and Rip Off.  I also did an extremely extensive restoration of a very very rare Sundance cabinet, a very little known Skelly creation.  (more…)