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Hardware: PC Engine IFU-30A “Briefcase” CD Addon NEC released a bewildering array of PC Engine models, but it also released a fair number of CD options. We take a look at the IFU-30A interface unit, nick-named "Briefcase".

Hardware: PC Engine IFU-30A “Briefcase” CD Addon

NEC released a bewildering array of PC Engine models, but it also released a fair number of CD options. We take a look at the IFU-30A interface unit, nick-named "Briefcase".

Let’s Play: Tama & Friends on the Famicom Disk System Let's play the Anime game, Tama & Friends on the Famicom Disk System.

Let’s Play: Tama & Friends on the Famicom Disk System

Let's play the Anime game, Tama & Friends on the Famicom Disk System.

Let’s Play: Elevator Fight on the Epoch Super Cassette Vision We play Elevator Fight on the Super Cassette Vision from Epoch.

Let’s Play: Elevator Fight on the Epoch Super Cassette Vision

We play Elevator Fight on the Super Cassette Vision from Epoch.

Let’s Play: Fantasy Zone on the PC Engine We play a classic shoot-em-up on the PC Engine, Fantasy Zone.

Let’s Play: Fantasy Zone on the PC Engine

We play a classic shoot-em-up on the PC Engine, Fantasy Zone.

Let’s Play: Roger Rabbit on the Famicom Disk System We play the worst of the Roger Rabbit games on the Famicom.

Let’s Play: Roger Rabbit on the Famicom Disk System

We play the worst of the Roger Rabbit games on the Famicom.

Let’s Play: SeaQuest DSV on the Sega Megadrive For some reason SeaQuest DSV did not like being recorded, still - it was boring anyway.

Let’s Play: SeaQuest DSV on the Sega Megadrive

For some reason SeaQuest DSV did not like being recorded, still - it was boring anyway.

Let’s Play: Shockman on the PC Engine We take a look at Shockman on NEC's over-looked third player in the 3rd / 4th generation console war.

Let’s Play: Shockman on the PC Engine

We take a look at Shockman on NEC's over-looked third player in the 3rd / 4th generation console war.

Let’s Play: Patlabor Mobile Police We play Patlabor, the weirdly named Anime game conversion on the Famicom Disk System.

Let’s Play: Patlabor Mobile Police

We play Patlabor, the weirdly named Anime game conversion on the Famicom Disk System.

Let’s Play: Monty on the Run on the Famicom Disk System One of the by-products of the 8 bit computer developers transitioning to the new Japanese consoles was some fairly strange IP licensing. This was possibly one of the strangest. On the 8 bit computers Monty was a mole, one the Famicom he was an escaped prisoner. Still, Monty on the Run still fit as a title.

Let’s Play: Monty on the Run on the Famicom Disk System

One of the by-products of the 8 bit computer developers transitioning to the new Japanese consoles was some fairly strange IP licensing. This was possibly one of the strangest. On the 8 bit computers Monty was a mole, one the Famicom he was…

Let’s Play: Destruction Derby 64 on the Nintendo 64 We take a look at a classic car mangling simulator, Destruction Derby 64 on the Nintendo 64.

Let’s Play: Destruction Derby 64 on the Nintendo 64

We take a look at a classic car mangling simulator, Destruction Derby 64 on the Nintendo 64.

Let’s test that BBC Micro

We take a look at the BBC Micro we received in a previous Unboxing. Will it work?

Unboxing: Beebing Couriers Another Unboxing, this time from the UK and fraught with courier issues

Unboxing: Beebing Couriers

Another Unboxing, this time from the UK and fraught with courier issues

Lets Play: Choro Q Park We take a look at the quirky relay race, Choro Q Park on the Sega Saturn

Lets Play: Choro Q Park

We take a look at the quirky relay race, Choro Q Park on the Sega Saturn

Lets Watch: Knights of God We take a look at the TV show featuring, murder, revolution, fascism and more murder that was aimed at Children, Knights of God.

Lets Watch: Knights of God

We take a look at the TV show featuring, murder, revolution, fascism and more murder that was aimed at Children, Knights of God.

Unboxing: I wanna hold your hand(held) Another unboxing from Japan via Buyee.com.

Unboxing: I wanna hold your hand(held)

Another unboxing from Japan via Buyee.com.

RX-78 Cartridge Information The RX-78 cartridges contain two TMM2764D EEProms, they are pin linked, except for the OE and CE pins. The edge connector has 20 pins on the front (EEProms up) and 17 on the back Pins are counted from the left Front Edge Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 EEProm Pin +5V +5V +5V A8 A9 A12 A7 A6 A5 A4 A2 A0 O0 O2 O7 O5 CE (IC1) GND GND GND Back

RX-78 Cartridge Information

The RX-78 cartridges contain two TMM2764D EEProms, they are pin linked, except for the OE and CE pins. The edge connector has 20 pins on the front (EEProms up) and 17 on the back Pins are counted from the left Front Edge Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18…

Unboxing: Deliver us from Couriers This was supposed to be an unboxing of a BBC Micro, unfortunately Fed-Ex had different ideas.

Unboxing: Deliver us from Couriers

This was supposed to be an unboxing of a BBC Micro, unfortunately Fed-Ex had different ideas.

Lets Play: Samurai Sword on the Famicom Disk System We take a look at Samurai Sword on the Famicom Disk System, an adventure game that is far too reliant on Japanese text for us to get anywhere.

Lets Play: Samurai Sword on the Famicom Disk System

We take a look at Samurai Sword on the Famicom Disk System, an adventure game that is far too reliant on Japanese text for us to get anywhere.

Lets Play: Super Lode Runner on the Famicom Disk System We take a look at Super Lode Runner, the Famicom Disk System port of the classic Lode Runner game.

Lets Play: Super Lode Runner on the Famicom Disk System

We take a look at Super Lode Runner, the Famicom Disk System port of the classic Lode Runner game.

Lets Play: Spy Vs Spy on the Sega SG-1000 Mk 3 We take a look at the conversion on the popular MAD magazine comic, Spy Vs Spy, on the precursor to the Sega Mastersystem.

Lets Play: Spy Vs Spy on the Sega SG-1000 Mk 3

We take a look at the conversion on the popular MAD magazine comic, Spy Vs Spy, on the precursor to the Sega Mastersystem.

Lets Play: Knight Lore on the Famicom Disk System One of the odd side-effects of Ultimate ditching their name, and the 8 bit UK computer market, to become Rare was the sudden access to Japanese manufacturers and some free IP. So this is a weird conversion of Knight Lore by Jaleco.

Lets Play: Knight Lore on the Famicom Disk System

One of the odd side-effects of Ultimate ditching their name, and the 8 bit UK computer market, to become Rare was the sudden access to Japanese manufacturers and some free IP. So this is a weird conversion of Knight Lore by Jaleco.

Unboxing: Educating Famicoms Another package from Japan, another eclectic mix of stuff that we don't actually need.

Unboxing: Educating Famicoms

Another package from Japan, another eclectic mix of stuff that we don't actually need.

MiniDoc: A very British Industry In association with UKIEs 30 Years of Play campaign we bring you a Mini documentary about the start of the games industry on the UK and how those bedroom coders impacted the modern gaming industry.

MiniDoc: A very British Industry

In association with UKIEs 30 Years of Play campaign we bring you a Mini documentary about the start of the games industry on the UK and how those bedroom coders impacted the modern gaming industry.

Lets Play: Mr Heli The PC Engine is known for some cracking arcade conversions and even better shoot-em-ups, we take a look at Mr Heli, a game that ticks both those boxes.

Lets Play: Mr Heli

The PC Engine is known for some cracking arcade conversions and even better shoot-em-ups, we take a look at Mr Heli, a game that ticks both those boxes.

YouTube video by Re:Enthused Advancing the Art: The Fujitsu FM77AV #RetroComputing

Our latest video where we take a look the the last of Fujitsu’s 8-bit computer lines, the FM77AV
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Lets Play: BMX Simulator We take a look at one of Codemasters (many) simulator branded budget games, BMX Simulator.

Lets Play: BMX Simulator

We take a look at one of Codemasters (many) simulator branded budget games, BMX Simulator.

Lets Play: Days of Thunder We take a look at the game licensed from Top Gear on Wheels, Days of Thunder on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Lets Play: Days of Thunder

We take a look at the game licensed from Top Gear on Wheels, Days of Thunder on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

The Dynovisor: The Jaguar VR that wasn’t

When Atari released the Jaguar they threw a lot of ideas with it to try and push their new console. One of those ideas was a VR headset, so they partnered with Virtuality a company that was at the forefront of the industry at that time. In the end, despite…