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I have a Commodore P500 I bought at a bootsale for £4 many years ago, had no idea what it was, it switches on but I don't have a lead to connect it to a TV/Monitor so never fully tried it. It's quite a low serial number (964 I think!) Anyone who knows about these, knows their scarcity and therefore ...

Bought a PS1 Classic from a work colleague for £40, seemed bit of a bargain, not tried it yet though Bought a Wii U for £40 from Facebook marketplace, needs the AC adaptors which I found cheap on eBay, so looking forward to Mario kart 8 when its up and running! Its a 32gb one as well and came with a...

I think I have 3 FZ-1's and an FZ-10, all bought cheap from eBay when nobody wanted them. Road Rash is definitely the stand-out game, though Need For Speed is pretty good too. I remember seeing a demo unit in a sweet/computer shop back when I was at school, seemed impressive until I saw the price-tag!

Been gifted another console, Xbox 360S, not sure what to do with it though!

Not bought (yet, but may be gifted to me anyway!) PS2 Phat with 3rd party controller, horizontal stand with 4-way multi-tap, a power cable that has nothing to do with the console, and an AV cable that also has nothing to do with the console. And a purple Gameboy Advance with a Gameboy cartridge in t...

Trip into Croydon this weekend left me £40 lighter! I found a nice Atari Lynx carry case, a Philips CD-I FMV cartridge, so now all my CD-I's have a one, and the Domark Star Wars games on the Atari St.

None of mine is set-up for the time being as I don't have anywhere to put it! But in my stash I have: NAD 3020 Amp (vintage) Technics SJ-V300 Amp Spendor SA-1 Mini Monitor speakers Tecnhics ST-X302L tuner Technics SL-PJ44 Cd Player Pioneer CDL-D515 Laser Disc Player Sony MDS-S9 Mini Disc Player/reco...

You could try this guy

https://www.deadpanrobot.co.uk/game-boy-dmg

He seems to have a lot of Gameboy spares and upgrades available

Not being a mega-fan of the X-Box, the only game I spent anytime on was Project Gotham. A mate and me would challenge each other with lap times and just normal racing, got quite intense at times!

I believe the people who owned the shop increased the rent and they simply couldn't cover their overheads. Sad, but that's how the high street is these days.

Nice post! I can confirm that Retro Game Base has now closed down (sadly!) Heart Of Gaming in Croydon is turn-up, pay £10 per person, and all machines/consoles are on freeplay for as long as they are open. The owner/proprietor is a top guy, it's very much a work-in-progress kinda place at the moment...

Dynablaster for the Gameboy for £5 and Bomberman Land 2 for the DS for £10, not tried either yet, but as usual they will be cracking little games, and my lack of skill/dexterity will be the ultimate fail!

Could you not have claimed on your house insurance? I know its a bit dishonest, but a small accident whilst moving it downstairs and the money for a new tv! (disclaimer: I have NEVER done this myself but I do know people who have!)

I can't stand games like World Of Warcraft, mostly because I'm rubbish at them. I'm also crap at games like Populus, I just can't get myself into them.

First school was a BBC Micro, with the monitor on a stand on wheels. If we were good in class, we'd play Grannie's Garden as a class effort. I don't remember even touching a computer in middle school, in Secondary, they had BBC Master with Interword embedded. Always remember having to type '*IW.' at...