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More sprites by my little geeks
Back in November, my kids had their first taste of computer programming when they designed their first sprites on the Commodore 64. With the weather being absolutely splendid this weekend, I decided to bring my SX-64 out on the terrace and play some games. I had just put in the 1st floppy when my kids [...]
Thrift stores and hidden gems
Two years ago, on our way to the Belgian coast, we stopped at “Flanders Expo” in Ghent, where a big retro fair was being held by the thrift stores of Flanders. Last year we missed it, but this year, it was marked on our calendars as “the” date in March for bargain hunting. The event [...]
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My oldest daughter’s first retro gaming fair
Having been to quite a few retro gaming fairs, this month’s second Classic & Retro Gaming fair in Belgium was high on the agenda as it’s the ideal place to meet up with some fellow collectors and grab some retro goodness bargains. For this year, the organizers moved to a different venue that promised to [...]
Teaching my kids how to make sprites
Most of the time, when my kids walk into the office they gaze at the computers and ask me what all the code on the screens means. It reminded me of what I felt when I looked at a listing of a simple program when I was a kid and what happened when I typed in [...]
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The best April fool!
The April fool’s joke that Google played on everyone today is perhaps one of the best, geekiest and most original I’ve seen in a long while. Basically, in a video (see the video on the right of this artice) that was put online yesterday, Google talks about putting Google maps on one of the classic retro consoles, [...]
Lego in space!
As a kid, Lego definitely was one of my favorite toys. I especially liked the whole Lego space theme with the old designs, the blue and grey space ships, the lunar base plates, the little spacemen… Never did I think one of those Lego characters would actually go into real space, but that changed recently, [...]
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Retro Game Fair, The Netherlands
After last month’s Retrogaming Fair in Belgium, it was this time of to the Netherlands I went, accompanied by good friend and retro enthusiast Sven to the We arrived shortly after the opening and it was already a full-house. One main hall and three smaller halls awaited us with boxes full of retro gaming goodies. A lot [...]
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A Merry Christmas!
Wishing all my friends a Merry (Commodore) Christmas. What better way to say it than with a song about Christmas and Commodore. I just recently discovered this band, The Saturnettes, who have made the perfect Christmas song. Enjoy! I remember that day it was cold and it rained it was there in its box with [...]
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Classic & Retrogaming Fair, Belgium
When it comes to classic computing systems and arcade machines, I don’t mind driving hundreds of kilometers to attend a retro computing fair. This time however, one was taking place just 20 minutes from where I live: “The Classic & Retrogaming Fair” in Duffel (Belgium). I knew there would be some classics on display (hence [...]
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The Great Giana Sisters on Android
Who doesn’t remember “The Great Giana Sisters” on the classic C64? It was one of those classics that many people for many is the quintessential game for the breadbox, and boy, it sure was great. It was even so good that Nintendo took legal action against the distributor Rainbow Arts when it saw the game [...]
