A Klingon Challenge – Star Trek: TNG VCR Board Game

The lid of the Star Trek: A Klingon Challenge box depicting the Enterprise 1701D flying through a star system with the face 'Kavok', the Klingon who takes the Enterprise, on the right hand side.

Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive VCR Board Game - A Klingon Challenge...

... or just "A Klingon Challenge" is one of those Atmosfear style video based games from the 1990s. A Klingon Challenge was released in 1993 and is for 3-6 players aged 8 years upwards. With the brilliant Star Trek Picard debuting this week it seemed a fitting time to drag "A Klingon Challenge" out for an airing. For those unfamiliar with Atmosfear then it's basically a board…

Royal Mail Video Games stamps

An above view of the various mounts for the video game stamps along with the presentation tin. Included game depictions are: -Micro Machines, Sensible soccer, Wipeout, Lemmings, Worms, Populous, Elite and Dizzy.

My Royal Mail "Video Games" stamps arrived this morning

Some weeks back Royal Mail announced they would publish a range of stamps celebrating classic UK-designed video games. I ordered the "Video Games Limited Edition Gamer Collectors Pack" because, quite frankly, I need that presentation case (it's really a tin so I'm going to call it a tin from now on). Well today it arrived... Straight away I knew it had to be the stamps. It said "DO NOT BEND" on…

Grandstand Invader from Space LED Game

Invader from Space: Image shows the bottom right section of the unit containing the power switch, a level selection button and the start button. Toward the centre is the fire button and directly underneath a left/right toggle switch for movement of the player's ship.

I spotted this Grandstand "Invader from Space" game

Grandstand "Invader from Space" is a tabletop LED game dating back 40 years to 1980. Four 'AA' batteries power the unit or, alternatively, the Grandstand 5. 5V@300mA power adapter (or an equivalent power pack) sold separately. The game, licensed to Grandstand, is a copy of Epoch's "Invader from Space"

Musical quirks and some more T-Shirts

Super Mario Tee: A t-shirt depicting a black and white picture of Mario holding his hands in the air. Above is the text 'Legend' in white caps.

In musical terms, it's been a strange few months

There's usually a variety of musical offerings on my iPhone. Legendary artists such as Pink Floyd, Queen and Bob Marley are usually constants. Lately, the usual playlists haven't been doing it for me and instead I've been craving something different. I've been wanting to listen to some of those mismatched rave compilation CDs* from my youth. *I usually had the cassette tape versions back then so I could listen to them…

Philips CDi and a little confusion from the internet

Philips CD-i

I got my hands on a Philips CDi

While browsing a local charity shop a couple of weeks back, amongst the Hi-Fi equipment, something caught my eye. A Philips CDi 210/45. A price label was just about visible as I leaned over some TVs to the shelving the CDi was sitting on. I pulled the unit closer and the price label had "£20 -no remote" written on it. I bought it anyway figuring I can get a remote…