Seattle Retro Gamer

Long time ... So I found this in the wild the last day of 2017. It was offered to me as a non working machine with the purchase of a II+. Took it to Bainbridge Island to get it fixed, there w...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2019/02/apple-ii-2068-rev0-all-original.html

Went to Seattle Retro Gaming Expo 2017, but as often it was very disappointing because of its size. There are a dozen vendors, all from the area, so really nothing new to be seen. Some cool folk...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2017/06/srge-2017.html

Homemade soap and beer openers at SRGE 2017.  Too far ?

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2017/06/srge-jumped-shark.html

Sometimes I wonder what is the story of the items found at Goodwill. How come a game that is at best 1 month old for the latest console can end up donated at GWill ? Also, is this a good sign ...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2017/04/zelda-nintendo-switch-already-at.html

A first for this new Activision patch, I used an Intellivision game. I couldn't find another Atari game to beat (there must be some somewhere in my mess, but nothing easily spotable), so I looked...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2016/11/dreadnaught-factor-intv-is-activision.html

I wrote about heavy Sixers before, and the even rarer Chess boxes. Here is a new one on eBay. the console seems fine, but it missed one switch, probably an easy fix. $99 + shipping at this t...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2016/10/chess-box-atari-heavysixer-on-ebay.html

Since getting my Apple //c in June 1984 , I have been a huge fan of this machines, and I regularly browse Craigslist for machines to rescue. I now have 6 machines of various kinds in my garage,...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2016/10/fixing-apple-iis.html

I finally went back to my quest of Activision patches. For whatever reason, I was not able to get my heavy sixer to show on the TV, so I dug out a Coleco with its Atari adapter. Just adding some ...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2016/10/decathlon-activision-patch-16.html

Last week end was the Seattle Retro Gaming Expo. It seems that it was marginally better this year than last, but it is still years behind the Portland Expo. The usual vendors were on site, and ...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2016/07/seattle-retro-gaming-expo-2016-again.html

So I went to the SRGE 2016 last week end, and I saw the Nintendo PlayStation. It can play Super Famicom games very well for now.

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2016/07/seattle-retro-gaming-expo.html

Found a year or so ago, the Nintendo-Sony PlayStation prototype is still quite unknown because o some failed attempt to monetize this discovery. This week, Ben Heck is tearing it down and attem...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2016/07/teardown-of-nintendo-sony-playstation.html

Shootout to a game that was unknown in the US, but that was huge huge HUGE in Europe in the early 90's. Kick Off and Kick Off 2 from Dino Dini. Here is 2 part interview with the developer ht...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2016/05/dino-dini-interview.html

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2016/03/still-lot-of-xboxes-reoc.html

I got one that had it's stickers removed just as a curiosity. What did the previous owner installed ??

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2015/12/new-low-xboxes-are-now-499-at-goodwill.html

I read back an old issue of RetroGamer and got interested in the Top 25 psx games. Next to the usual (FFVII and such) was a few gems that I did not know about. I picked them up (eBay gets you a...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2015/08/crazy-game-of-week-incredible-crisis.html

I knew I would not have a chance, but it is fun to see the numbers. Link to the item Apple-1 sells for $236k on ebay. Time to dig in your garage for granpa's computer

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2015/04/well-that-escalated-quickly.html

I have seen one of these for sale on eBay for a long time, they usually end up at Sotheby's nowadays.  $55.100 right now, more than 6 days to go. Apple 1 on eBay EARLY 1976 APPLE-1 COMPU...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2015/04/early-1976-apple-1-computer-from-garage.html

... Most people would say the modern arcade game business started with the creation of Atari and the release of Pong in 1972, but as with most things, most people are wrong. The first commercial...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2015/03/my-old-boss-fixing-computer-space.html

Tell all your friends, I am now at 15 Activision patches. Sky Jinks 36.86, Activision patch #14 Because Space Shuttle is too damn hard, I made a run at the Sky Jinks patch score and beat i...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2014/10/i-am-at-15-activision-patches.html

Busy for work but with a couple of hours to kill, I stopped by the bug Goodwill on Dearborn, and found a lot of interesting things. Including Sony PVM monitors, and many consoles. Goodwill Ga...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2014/10/seattle-trip-goodwill-and-repcibm-pc-jr.html

Beating Ice Hockey patch score (beat the computer) was very easy, did it on my second try. Again I am really surprised how easy it is to get these patches, I am not bragging, I know I am not a go...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2014/09/in-other-news-i-passes-activision-patch.html

I was waiting to play this one, but I had forgotten how painful it was for my hands. I must be so stressed piloting that airplane that my hands get cramps and there is no way for me to make it...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2014/09/river-raid-classic-for-my-patch-11.html

I never really heard of this game, and would have a bad impression about it, but it was recommended, and I have no other Activision game I could beat around, so I tried it. And my guts were tota...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2014/08/i-am-at-10-megamania-activision-patch-10.html

Quick post to show my progress towards the 10 patches mark, I beat the tennis score yesterday (beat the "computer", 1 set). The game looks good in comparison of Pong and other racket games fro...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2014/08/activision-tennis-patch-9.html

Another great Activision game, well described in RetroGaming Round up #75  that is actually based on Activision games, a good podcast for long drives. Somehow the game is familiar to me (and I a...

http://www.seattleretrogamer.com/2014/08/chopper-command-i-am-cadet-patch-8.html