This year I have been catching up on some new release systems I didn't know about until recently!
Today I wanted to take a look at the Playdate, a very interesting portable handheld system from a company called Panic. It has a greyscale screen, and a unique crank that can be used to control the system.
Thank you for your patience during my extended absence from this blog.
I hope you understand that this past 2 months since the sudden and unexpected death of my younger brother has been an incredibly tough time for me personally and my family. I have had a lot to deal with, and it has been hard. Really hard.
I got away from things for two weeks to Japan in April, for a trip already pre-arranged almost a year ago.
I am pleased to say I received my two Checkmate displays this week from the UK, one black and one cream coloured. Let's take a closer look!
This will be part one of a two part blog series as there is a lot to look at and a lot of systems to try them out on!
In the post xmas sales rush here in Australia, one deal that got my attention was from Jaycar, who was offering the Retro Arcade Game console for $50 on clearance! Since it is normally $250, I thought it worth picking one up and quickly checking it out!
Welcome to my first blog post of 2025. I hope you and your family had a great Xmas and new year period and got some much needed rest and relaxation.
I had planned that also, but it didn't quite turn out the way I had hoped...but it started out well enough, with a planned train trip just after Xmas 2024 to Melbourne on the Overland train to see family.
I am finally finished with work for the year, and so this weekend I am finally able to finish some 2024 blog posts I had been working on, but never had time until now to complete!
So for regular readers, you will get a bunch of posts all at once! Hope it makes up for being a bit too quiet this year because of my workload..
There is an interesting yearly tradition in the country town of Strathlbyn, a short drive from Adelaide. It is called the Great Duck Race. I haven't never seen it before now, despite living in Adelaide since 1994!
At the beginning of this year I bought the new Atari 2600+ console, looking forward to using my homebrew and old Atari 2600 carts in it.
Sadly I was disappointed, as per my blog post here - a lot of titles didn't work at all.
Fast forward to December 2024, and they have now released the Atari 7800+ console. Does it work any better? Let's find out!
