Games
[ Dec 23 2024 ]
Rediscovering: Hagane
Hagane is a weird game. When it was new, I had a copy and I thought it was staggeringly cool. It couldn’t be more Japanese if it crammed wasabi down your throat, and it was so fucking difficult that’s more or less what it felt like to play it.
Games
[ Dec 12 2024 ]
PSP Launch Review
This is a re-post from 16th December, 2004 – 20 years ago, when the PSP was launched. I’d stood in line for mine, played it once, and flipped it online rather than be stuck with – as you’ll see – a system I didn’t like much. I bought another one soon after, for reasons that […]
Games
[ Nov 22 2024 ]
The Buttercade Bullet Xtra Knob
The Buttercade Bullet Xtra joystick knob is six times more expensive and comes with one third the mass. It’s weird, and I like it.
Games
[ Oct 3 2024 ]
3D Printing Sega Keys
One of my arcade machines has only one key, so I tried to 3D print a duplicate. It worked! With some real caveats.
Games
[ Aug 22 2024 ]
The Joys of Retro Gaming
A prospective buyer on Ebay asked if one of my games actually worked. Well, I don’t know, let’s test it! How much effort could that possibly take?
Games
[ Jul 17 2024 ]
Seimitsu’s Alutimo Buttons
Seimitsu’s new Alutimo buttons are the best I’ve ever used. The caveats only come into play when one swaps out the Cherry MX switch inside the button.
Games
[ Jul 11 2024 ]
Old Post: Ai Cho Aniki
While preparing a this review, back in the 90s, someone said to me “Its just called LOVE SUPER BROTHER, and it has semi naked man flying around, doing gay gestures. No way its a gay game, oh no.” You definitely want to read more.
Games
[ Jul 9 2024 ]
Joystick Modding: Hori Fighting Stick SS
I love me some joysticks. I’ve got a large collection of the silly things, and I like to poke at their guts, tinker with the setup, and swap parts when the urge strikes. This time I put new Seimitsu parts in a 1994 Hori Fighting Stick SS.
Games
[ Jun 21 2024 ]
Rediscovering: Old joysticks
In 2024, joystick maker Seimitsu’s catalogue starts at part number LS-32. In the 80s, they made a rotating ‘loop lever’ joystick, used in SNK’s Ikari Warriors arcade games, which was the LS-30. But I recently found a joystick that has a lower part number than that, and it doesn’t seem like it exists on the internet. Which is interesting!
Games
[ Jun 5 2024 ]
Rediscovering: Plok
Plok! was a Super NES game that didn’t make much of a splash when it was released in 1993. But how did it fare in 2012? This repost of a lost forum review will tell all!
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