Category Archives: video games

Pac-Man at 39

Posted on May 26, 2019 by Reverend

I mentioned as much on Instagram a few days ago, but May 22nd marked the 39th birthday of Pac-Man, which was released on that day in Japan but would not hit North American until October of 1980. What’s wild is … Continue reading →

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Reclaim Arcade: Free Play All Day!

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Reverend

That’s right, it has gotten to a point where we can soon start referring to our growing collection of cabinet video games as a bonafide arcade thanks to Tim’s weekend binge collector’s road trip. We have 11 operational cabinets at … Continue reading →

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VR or, how Tommaso became Beat Saber Boy

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Reverend

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvRGmbelZUY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link A couple of years back now—Christmas 2016 to be precise—we got the Virtual Reality headset for the PS4. I was pretty fired up about the idea of a new form of gaming coming to the living room (kinda like … Continue reading →

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Joust: Thy Game has Just Begun!

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Reverend

While I was back in the States Tim surprised me with a recent purchase for Reclaim Video’s growing arcade. One of my very favorite stand-up arcade games of the early 80s: Joust (1982). It’s SO BEAUTIFUL!!! And despite what Downes … Continue reading →

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Building a Line Wobbler Clone with Twang

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Reverend

In my previous post I wrote about being transfixed by the Line Wobbler at the Video Games exhibit that runs through February at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.  In this follow-up I’m going to try and document how Tim, … Continue reading →

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DIY Video Games at the V&A

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Reverend

Last weekend the whole family spent a few days in London and it was a blast. I’ve been to London a few times over the last two years, and I’m a big fan. We did a bunch of things, but … Continue reading →

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Centipede Reclaimed

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Reverend

Not only did I achieve on of my life goals by helping to run a Video Rental Store while back in Fredericksburg last week, but I also checked off another bucket list item: owning a classic 80s video game cabinet. … Continue reading →

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“Damn, those alien bastards are gonna pay for shooting up my ride”

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Reverend

I love the smell of Duke Nukem 3D in the morning, smells like….the 90s! I’ve been continuing to play with the Homebrew 3DS exploits and hacks for Ninetendo’s 3Ds, and it’s been fun. I was working on Portal and Doom … Continue reading →

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Bypassing Region Lock for 3DS Games

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Reverend

Update 3/19/17:  If you are looking for a more recent hack that works well, check out Soundhax.  As of writing this, the 3dsbrowserhax exploit only works up to firmware 11.1. I had a bit of fun early this morning before mushroom … Continue reading →

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Conan Cracking Nostalgia

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Reverend

One of my favorite C64 games from “back in the day” was Datasoft’s Conan: Hall of Volta (1984). I went looking for it as soon as I got my ZoomFloppy up and running, and it was as good as I remembered. But … Continue reading →

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