Hardware page added

I added a static page for my current hardware here (on the upper right corner). Hopefully you'll find it inspiring :)

It's happening again...

I could not help myself... I ordered the following items last week:

-XGA Box
-Turbografx-16 PAL (has an additional Sony Video encoder)
-Turbotap
-Additional controller for Turbografx-16

The shipments should be safely home by Tuesday, so watch this space for initial impressions :)

Ocean loaders in all their glory

I have fond memories about loading tape versions of Commodore 64 games published by Ocean Software. The loaders (music and the slowly emerging loading screen) have done some irreversible damage to my brain :) I think especially the 2 first versions of the Ocean loader music by Martin Galway are just plain brilliant! The melody sticks in your head forever once you've heard it. Don't believe me? Ok, go on and test it yourself then. I uploaded all the 5 versions of the Ocean loader to Youtube with cycle-exact graphics. Loaders can be seen and especially heard here Have fun!

This blog is alive!

Finally I made it! I thought that I should document my adventures in the "retro universe", so here I am. You'll see some interesting posts concerning retro gaming and vintage (gaming) hardware. You've been warned! ;)