Hey Retropals, what’s coming?

Hi guys, Those who are following our Facebook and Twitter page – if you don’t, please do so – noticed we had a good and busy retro gaming week. The original plan for me, AuronnBE, was to post about my Final Fantasy collection this week. I was planning to put it all together and tell you…

1Life RetroRun – Mega Man X (SNES)

This blog is becoming more and more of a Youtube channel, maybe that’s the way we’re going. Today I’m trying to get far in Mega Man X in the second 1Life RetroRun. One of my favorite games, ever! Let’s keep this short, as the video is clearly longer than the first one: Hope you enjoyed…

1Life RetroRun : Blue Shadow (NES)

While rearranging the collection closet with all the stuff that came in lately, I had to test my boxed NES at last. With all the stuff going on the last few weeks I haven’t found the time to do so. While I always test a newly arrived NES with a known to work game, I…

Controlling the Collecting Budget

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…

Our first award – The Liebster Award (AuronnBE)

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…

The Future of Retro Gaming

“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…