Saturday, June 17, 2023

A Floppy Disk In The Hand Is Worth 100 In The Cloud

I know, it’s been a while since I posted to the blog. Been occupied with the spring seeding season, as well as other hobbies that I’ve been focusing on over the past few months. But, today I thought I’d post an article about good ol’ physical media over digital…

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Saturday, October 29, 2022

Sixteen years old and the GP2X still entertains

When I first saw this little open source handheld console, back in 2006, I just knew that there was something special about it. Here it is sixteen years later and I’m still getting a lot of enjoyment out of this video gaming marvel.

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Sunday, October 9, 2022

Good thing those control pads are metal!

It’s thanksgiving weekend, here in Canada. Today I didn’t have much planned, other than doing a bit of tidying up, getting ready for wood stove season. While I was moving some things around, I happened across the old Intellivision and just couldn’t pass up the chance to give it a test drive.

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

New A/V Cable for the Sega Genesis

I’ve been looking at my Sega Genesis Model 1 sitting on it’s shelf and wondered how difficult it would be for me to upgrade the video output. I’d like to be able to play it on our LCD T.V., like all the other consoles I have in the media cabinet. So, I set out to learn how to make my own composite A/V cable.

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