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Hotel Mario: Philips CD-i May Review
Hotel Mario: May featured game
Mario's first outing on the Philips CD-i comes in the shape of Hotel Mario. I've seen Hotel Mario slated on many occasions. As a Mario game I can understand the dislike but I prefer to look at Hotel Mario as an ode to the Golden Age arcade era. If you strip away the Mario-ness of it all and look at Hotel Mario for what it is then there's a game akin to the likes of…Vectrex Overlay Config File Creation Tedium
A less time consuming way of creating Vectrex Overlay config files for RetroArch
It turns out Vectrex overlay Config creation pisses me off. I've been setting up IAGL (Internet Archive Games Launcher) on my computer (see previous post) and decided I'd like it set up on my Windows installation also. I installed KODI, installed and configured the RetroArch basics then added IAGL into the mix all without much fuss. Painstakingly, I went through all of the emulators making sure everything…The Transformers Comic Book Memories
Transformers comic: More... Much more than meets the eye
During my childhood Saturday mornings were great. No school, sleep-in, wake up to some of the best cartoons of the time, but nothing gave me quite as much enjoyment as getting my latest Transformers comic arrive through the letterbox to read while I ate my cereal. More than just a range of toys, The Transformers comic told one epic story ranging from their origins on their homeworld Cybertron, to their arrival…Astro Blaster: Sinclair ZX Spectrum April Review
