My name is Matt and I review retro games. Like most of you, I’m a huge fan of the Angry Video Game Nerd and he’s one of my biggest influences. Unlike a number of his followers, I enjoy most of the turds he rips apart, and that is why I now don the moniker of… […]
Tag: retro
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So you just bought one of your favorite older games and booted it up, excited to see how your favorite modern controller might make the experience feel fresh or revitalized. But when it loads your controller does nothing. You check your config and it’s set up perfectly for being used as a gamepad. Using your […]
– You can buy old mountain bikes for not a lot of money now. Like this old downhill bike, you can get this for a couple hundred pounds, or dollars, off something like Ebay, or a friend. Maybe it’s been lying in his shed for 15 years. This is how to check over an old […]
– The latest Shimano XTR group set in transmission represents the absolute pinnacle of design right now. It’s a phenomenal setup with so much tech, but ever since I made the video over on GMBN Tech last year all about it, I’ve been thinking we needed to do something else, just to show how relevant […]
Hi, I’m Linus Sebastian There’s no greater source of joy in this world than a personal computer. But everyday, elderly devices, like this one, find themselves without a home. Discarded, Abandoned, Forgotten. So I’m here today to ask you, not for a donation, But just for a moment of your time to listen as we […]
– Whilst visiting Wilier, I overheard a conversation. They’ve got a few special edition bikes kicking around, so I thought I’d go in and try and find them, but before I do that, make sure that you subscribe to the GCN Tech channel, and also click the little notification bell, so you get alerted each […]
[sheepytina intro jingle] Hey everyone, Tina here. Here’s a question for you. Have you ever looked at Steam’s ever bloated games library and thought to yourself “gee, this sure could use more obscure PlayStation games.” Well if you’re one of like 5 people who did, guess what! You’re in luck! This is the story of […]
[Eastern music] [typing] In 1983, Doug Smith’s Lode Runner was released by Brøderbund Software for the Apple II. In Lode Runner, you played a stick figure running away from other stick figures, navigating the platforms, shooting holes into the ground and trying to collect gold without getting caught. It also is one of the first […]
– Okay a bit more of an unusual one this week. You might notice this fine specimen of a bike in front of me here. This is a 1993 Diamond Back Sorento. Why have I got this? Well, this week is our freak week. Doing a whole bunch of weird and wonderful things. But the […]