The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Home Computer was an 8-bit machine that was released to us in the UK back in 1982 by Sinclair Research. It was Clive Sinclair, an Oxford born gentelman from Cambridge who founded the company in 1980 when he released the first of his computers the ZX80. It was later in life that due to Clives great achievements… Read More »Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K
The Videosport MKII games console was an early PONG style games machine made from 1974 to 1977 by acompany called ‘Henry’s’ who was a British retailer of televisions and Hi-Fi’s. Two versions of this console was made, the first being the more rarer version that had gold lettering and later version did not, I believe this was done purely as… Read More »The Videosport MKII . . . A Real Rarity
In 1979 Mattel Electronics released its first video gaming console, the Intellivision. Mattel Electronics was a subsidiary of Mattel and was formed expressly for the development of electronic games. In its first year Mattel sold 175,000 Intellivision consoles and the library grew from a mere 4 game cartridges which the console was initially released with and to 35 cartridges. Throughout… Read More »Mattel Electronics Intellivision console
The Sega Saturn was a 32-bit CD based video gaming console that graced our stores on 8th of July 1995 priced at $399.99 and was to be in direct competition with the likes of Sony’s Playstation and the Nintendo 64. Unfortunately the Sega Saturn was not one of Sega’s best consoles and with the commercial failure caused Sega to lose… Read More »The Sega Saturn
The Amstrad GX4000 is a third generation cartridge based console that was released in 1990. The GX4000 was Amstrad’s only attempt at a cartridge based games system for the console market. The system retailed at 99 GBP and included the game cartridge ‘Burning Rubber’. Basically the Amstrad GX4000 was nothing more than a modified Amstrad CPC6128 plus that allowed the… Read More »Amstrad GX4000 gaming console
The Commodore Amiga 500 was a fantastic 16-bit computer that was just one from a large family of Amiga computers. The Amiga 500 reached us in 1985 and basically was a cheaper version of the A1000 (the A1000 being Commodores first Amiga to be released) that was aimed at the home market. Eventually the 500 became the leading home computer… Read More »The Commodore Amiga 500 & the various models
The Nintendo Entertainment System or NES as it was also known was a cartridge based console that graced our stores in 1985. Later the NES was released in the US where its name was changed to Famicom (Family Computer) as Nintendo though it would suit the market better in the US. The NES system was welcomed by many as it… Read More »The Nindendo Entertainment System – NES
Well what can i say about purchasing a HMD Dynovisor! lol. These headsets were renown for being rubbish and make no mistake the rumors are true, but when one turned up a while back and having obviously hardly been used, it was another ageing classic that i had to have for my retro collection. In 1994, Atari teamed up with… Read More »Takara HMD Dynovisor
The Atari 7800 or the Atari 7800 ProSystem as it was also known, reached our stores in 1986 and was to be the successor to atari’s flop, the Atari 5200. The project was originally to be called the Atari 3600, but it was later thought its designation needed higher than that of the 5200 so before its release it was … Read More »Atari 7800 – ProSystem
The Philips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive) player was a 16-bit CD ROM based system that was released to us in 1991 priced $699.00. In March 1986, the first public announcement was made of a new product – Compact Disc Interactive in the first industry conference in the US to promote CD-ROM. Because of this a provisional standard called The Green… Read More »Philips CD-i & Magnavox CD-i Interactive Players.