Damn, that title says it all… any readers left? The plan today was to write a blog to warn all of you collectors that a deal is only complete when you have the goods in your hands. Until that moment there’s always a chance the deal is off or someone scammed you. I had 2…
Any retro video game collector who’s browsing the internet daily, goes to a flea market each weekend or visits every retro video game convention there is, knows that you can spend all your money in the blink of an eye. If there’s 10 things you want right now, go to EBay and pay whatever the…
Paul Michael Egan, a fellow blogger made us one of his 11 nominees for the Liebster Award. An award I’ve never heard of, but any award is good, no? Positive or negative, it’s a way to gain some well needed public in the big pool of blogs spread across the world wide web. The Liebster…
Awaiting the blog I’m writing for Wednesday, I’d like to share some finds of this week with you in the meantime. None of the finds were in the top 5 of my want list post from a couple of weeks ago, but still, I had been on the lookout for these for some time. The first one arrived in the mail…
One of the most important goals when playing retro PC games is that I like to run it on the hardware that existed the period the games were released. I not only like to play the games, but I grew up with the fact that the hardware could be upgraded, tweaked, changed… to have that…
AuronnBE & Vulturius visited the 1st retro game convention in Wetteren (Belgium) on September 22nd 2013. The convention was organized by Retrogamingfun (page in Dutch) and was an instant hit. The room was packed, a lot of visitors, many sellers, and some with really good prices. It was an enjoyable day, we met some fellow…
Well, not that you can’t find any flea market till next spring/summer, but the big outdoor flea markets have come and gone here in Europe. A busy period every year again for everyone with a retro heart, cause where do you find the biggest hauls at the lowest prices? Although it must be said that…
Hi all, Today there was a fleamarket @AuronBE’s homeplace in Desselgem (Belgium), just 1 street long and these were my retrofinds : An AZERTY Keyboard (1 euro). PC Big Box Command & Conquer Aftermath (2 euro). PC Big Box Mortal Kombat 3 (2 euro). 2 Game & Watches (15 euro). What are your finds of…
“Future vs Retro, isn’t that the total opposite?” We, at Retropals, couldn’t agree less and would like to show you that the future looks bright for the community we all have in our hearts, retro video games. As you may have noticed retro gaming is on the rise and blogs, youtube channels and podcasts keep…
In retro gaming, there aren’t much things more wanted than the Game&Watch systems. A system with clear user marks, but with an intact battery lit and serial number is being sold easy for 25/30 euros. If the box is present and in mint condition the value skyrockets. It’s no surprise that for casual collectors these…