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Yeah, apart from getting it out to turn the engine over every couple of weeks it permanently stays in the garage this time of year. 😔 I do keep it taxed and insured all year 'round though, so it's always there as a backup car if there's a problem with my daily driver.

Yep something along those lines from what I've read. 👍

Yep! Not that it gets much use in the winter when there's salt on the roads...

It was far smaller than I expected...

A boxed copy of Bakushō Jinsei 64: Mezase! Resort Ō for the Nintendo 64; the front of the box.

A boxed copy of Bakushō Jinsei 64: Mezase! Resort Ō for the Nintendo 64; the rear of the box, being held up by a Bulborb plushie.

The contents of a boxed copy of Bakushō Jinsei 64: Mezase! Resort Ō for the Nintendo 64; beside a Bulborb plushie.

New N64 pickup!

Bakushō Jinsei 64: Mezase! Resort Ō, a boardgame for the N64. Supposedly it's unplayable unless you understand Japanese, but it was cheap and I had to get it for the box-art alone!

Sent from Japan in nothing more than a padded envelope, lucky it arrived undamaged.

#Nintendo64 #N64

Well I suppose not much time is better than no time at all!

Hey Pete! 👋 I'll try to get back to being a bit more active on here. 😅

Unlocking the "Granny's Boy" medal in Hyrule Warriors on Wii U.

Hyrule Warriors. The game I'm still unlocking stuff in 12 years down the line...

#WiiU #HyruleWarriors

I'm just grateful it's not one per TV, otherwise I'd have to downsize my CRT collection... 😅

A flatscreen TV showing a still from Taylor Swift's Opalite music video.

Not enough people are talking about the fact that there's an Amstrad PC in Taylor Swift's latest music video.

Morning. 👋

Yeah not having to control multiple Links makes it easier in that sense, but you have to co-ordinate your actions with the other players and that can get a bit chaotic - especially if they're not all that familiar with Zelda games.

You're all fighting each other to collect the most force gems too!

This game is such a lot of fun with the full compliment of four players. Unfortunately I've only had that opportunity once in the years since it originally came out.

A screencap of the cover issue of our zine for this month, with its pink-palette PC-98 artwork of a 90s desktop PC on a busy looking desk with draws and pencils and a mouse and mousemat, converted to Mega Drive's resolution/palette.

A new issue of our digi-zine, Between the Scanlines, is now out!

This issue: features on Jerry Lawson, 2000AD games on microcomputer, and the early days of id!

betweenthescanlines.itch.io/issue-thirty...

As much as we can spare from sales will be donated to the Black History Foundation.

A boxed Japanese copy of Top Gear Rally for the Nintendo 64.

My collecting goal for 2026? N64 games with Minis! 🚗

Sophie Rose Writing music to fight anxiety & depression and to help others do the same.

It’s Bandcamp Friday apparently.. here’s my musical noises.. 🎵🎹

sophie-rose.bandcamp.com

An Analogue 3D console, £350 in a branch of CeX.

My first time spotting an Analogue 3D in the wild. Someone traded this in pretty quickly...

I already have multiple, modded N64s, so not feeling at all tempted by this.

You mean you can replace the battery without having to take a hacksaw to the RTC chip like you do with a Philips CDi? These Mac people think of everything don't they! 😅

Boxed copies of Choro Q 64 and Super Bowling for the Nintendo 64 on a green carpet.

My first retro pickups of year!

My 2025 was all about the Sega Saturn, so for 2026 my plan is to focus on the Nintendo 64. I need to correct the injustice that I own more physical games for the PS3 than any other system...

So, of course, that's the one I chose to play through...

Always gotta go for the underdog. 😅

A copy of Pac-Man World Rally for the Nintendo GameCube being held up in front of a TV displaying a scene from the game.

Ahh, well have you tried Pac-Man World Rally on GameCube/PS2? It's a pretty bad kart racer, but in its favour it actually has a Katamari-themed course and The Prince is one of the playable characters. 😁

"Katamari Burnout"... 🤔 There's a crossover I didn't know I needed until now! 😆

Nice. 😀 I downloaded the Switch version when it was on sale recently but I doubt it'll be getting to the top of my playlist anytime soon, especially as I'm still replaying Beautiful Katamari right now!

Yeah, I remember struggling with it for ages. I'd perfected my path around the level, but still couldn't get a good score. Then I discovered a high-up area with loads of toilet rolls and battery multipacks, and combined with all that practice I'd put in it sent my score through the roof! 😅

An orange Pikachu N64 and controller on a table, with a boxed copy of Dr. Mario 64 next to it. A large-screen TV in the background is displaying the games, with player 2 having just won a game.

My local Evri guy's genuinely really good, unfortunately he's just the one good link at the end of a very weak chain...

Top game though! 👍

One of my favourite versions of Dr. Mario.

Space Station Leaderboards #45 Lilock 2556 items

Nearly 18 years later and one of my Beautiful Katamari high scores is still sat in the top 50 of the leaderboards. 🤯

Well done for hanging in there all these years Foomin. 🫡

#BeautifulKatamari #Xbox360

a couple of video game characters standing next to each other holding a sword . ALT: a couple of video game characters standing next to each other holding a sword .

They say "start as you mean to go on", so I saw in 2026 whilst playing Hyrule Warriors on Wii U. 😎

I'm not planning a full-time return to socials anytime soon, but will wish everyone here a Happy New Year. 🎇

Stay safe. 🙂

A the contents of Tetris Worlds for PS2 laid out on a table: disc, manual and box. Translucent Tetriminos are scattered around the scene, and in the background a large TV is displaying a scene from the game.

Tetris Worlds (PS2)

The beginnings of the Tetris Guidelines and the standardisation of all Tetris games...

Some nice modes here, it controls well and looks the part, but it falls flat for me because there's no proper endless mode and everything is against the clock. ⏱️🙁

#RetroGaming #Tetris #PS2

I doubt I'll have any free time for gaming unfortunately. 😅

This is an era of NFS that I've not had a lot of experience with - I really need to give it a proper go. I picked up the PS2 versions of both Underground games from CeX a few years back, although I'll probably favour the NTSC versions via OPL when I do get around to playing them.