The Sharp X68000: the Legend, the Tribute, the Games
For years, the Sharp X68000 was a machine I knew mostly as a rumour. A black twin-tower monolith from Japan. Arcade-perfect conversions. Huge 5.25-inch…
Nagoya-chū Denkiyasan: A Haunted Text Adventure
There’s an electronics shop in Nagoya-chū Denkiyasan. Dusty shelves, dead monitors, a counter scarred by decades of small transactions. You wake up on its…
Street Fighter II: the game that made me sell my console. Twice.
Between 1991 and 1993, as a child, I wanted one game at home more than anything else in the world. And the machine under…
X68000Z Mini: Unboxing Japan Game Haul with JPFans
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The Toshiba Libretto: Lost Treasures, Victorian Mysteries and Uncharted Galaxies
Some machines earn their place in history by being powerful. The Toshiba Libretto earned it by being brave.In 1996, Toshiba asked a question that…
Sega’s Forgotten Computer: The SC-3000H & the SG-1000
Published alongside the RetroAffaire video. If you haven’t watched it yet, consider treating it as a companion that fills in a few gaps the…
My Anime OST Collection: Vinyl & Cassette from the Golden Age
I grew up in Italy in the 1980s. And like most Italian children of that decade, my afternoons belonged to Japan. Nobody planned it,…
Championship Manager in the 90s: Peak Football Era on Amiga & PC
Introduction If you experienced football from the mid-80s to the mid-00s, you already know the truth: the 90s were arguably the sport’s highest peak.…
The WonderSwan, the song of a creative genius
The great Gunpei Yokoi, Gunpei-sensei. We talked about him in the article (and video) about the Game Boy, as he was the co-creator of…
Hail to the King. Game Boy part II: Games & Super Game Boy
This second part is about the Game Boy games I played and the ones I found later. Part I covers the handheld itself. Here…