Ocarina of Tom

The Summer of Retro Storage

Well, I have run into the inevitable problem with the Summer of Retro. What am I gonna do with all of these consoles? You see, I don’t just want to own these units, I want them all hooked up and functional. This is not a highly elaborate game of Pokemon to me where my end goal is to just “catch ‘em all”. I want to be able to use them …

Summer of Retro, Weekend of Sega

Oh goodness, folks, what a week it was in the Summer of Retro. When you last left your hero, who I am assuming is me, I had found the XBox and had some interesting prospects and leads. Almost the second after I hit “publish” on the last blog, things started getting nuts. First, my father texted me to let me know that he had found his Game Boy Advance SP. …

The Summer of Retro Continues

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ryumu

Before I start this post, I want to say thank you. The first Summer of Retro post was super popular. It got shared and I got comments and emails. You guys Tweeted me, responded on Facebook and G+. It really blessed my heart, I have to say. So, thank you all for that. How about an update for you good folks?

My first hit was from @orangecheetos on …

The Summer of Retro

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bochalla

Yesterday, I rolled out of bed at 10:30am to a text message from a friend. I decided to call him and he told me that he was having a garage sale. One of the items he had for sale was a Sega Genesis for $5. I got over there as fast as my car would carry me and picked up the Genesis plus Sonic 2, Ecco the Dolphin, …