I first gazed upon these glorious PC accessories in a February 1996 issue of PC Zone, and finally I have acquired them.
Join me, and explore these wonderfully 90s items, designed to turn your PC in ...
2018-01-20 21:10:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Another game from my youth, and one that is fondly remembered. This is the 2nd game in the RAC Rally series, and it's an interesting one.
Caught in that era before full 3D games, but yet making the ...
2018-01-16 21:52:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Seen as I've covered that Chinese Fei Hao Mega Drive clone, it seemed only fair to take a look at the officially licenced AT Games machine.
I've heard terrible things about this, but I wanted to tak...
2018-01-06 15:06:12 +0000 UTC View PostEvening all.
Just a quick note to say THANK YOU immensely for your continued support over this year.
I literally wouldn't be able to keep doing this without your help, and for me it's been the...
2017-12-31 16:57:11 +0000 UTC View Post
I was hoping to post this here earlier, but editing took longer than I'd imagined.
Anyway, here's my annual look at some Christmas catalogues. This time I thought it would be nice to do a comparison...
2017-12-23 14:58:17 +0000 UTC View Post
A few updates and tweaks to the HD Mega Drive Video, including a good point raised by Matteusbeus; that Scart upscalers sometimes don't push RGB... a fact which became evident whilst I was shopping fo...
2017-12-21 16:51:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Another very late night for me.
Please enjoy this fleeting moment of earliness regarding the HD Mega Drive clone.
2017-12-21 02:44:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A quick look at the Crash 2018 annual.
For those of you unaware, Crash was a monthly ZX Spectrum gaming magazine which ran from 1984 to 1992.
Probably my 2nd favourite Spectrum mag befor...
2017-12-13 11:12:48 +0000 UTC View Post
A few tweaks and updates for the Media Mega Drive Video. Mainly to clarify a few points and incorporate Hikari's comments about the batch numbers potentially being dates.. which makes perfect sense in...
2017-12-11 13:04:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Gooood evening everyone,
Well, I say evening, it's just gone past midnight here, so technically it's morning, and I'm running late once again.
Anyhow, I present my next video regarding an obsc...
2017-12-10 00:03:20 +0000 UTC View Post
This is only a day early, but here's tomorrow's video for your viewing assessment.
Essentially, I was enticed by a Wish.com banner and bought a handheld console for £7. It's not actually that bad.<...
2017-12-05 16:29:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a quick video to express my sincere gratitude for your continuing support. I've now hit my overall Patreon goal which is incredibly pleasing & humbling (I'd better set a new one!).
The fact...
2017-11-25 18:01:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening/morning all,
Apologies for the sparse last couple of weeks, or indeed, if I haven't yet replied to messages you've sent me.
I've been intensely busy and working on a couple of thi...
2017-11-16 01:12:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon friends,
I hope your weekend is so far acceptable.
I have bagged a copy of Ashen's new book, "Attack of the Flickering Skeletons", which contains a section written by my v...
2017-10-29 12:14:24 +0000 UTC View Post
For those of you, like myself, who tend to be around at a late hour, here is tomorrow's (or should I say, today's) video for your viewing discretion.
It's essentially a quick review of Operati...
2017-10-11 00:32:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Terrible audio I know, but here's Saturday's panel.
This is when we knew what we were doing even less. We were the first stage appearance of the weekend, and it shows.
I think some of the audi...
2017-10-10 11:34:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the Youtube panel from Norcon 7 with myself, Caddicarus and the guys from Did You Know Gaming. This was Sunday's panel at 10am (far too early).
Unfortunately we had to grab an extra chair so ...
2017-10-10 10:04:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Early access for tomorrow's video comparing the SNES Classic Mini controller to the original SNES controller.
But not the externals... oh no. This is all about the internals.
2017-10-05 19:10:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm actually ahead of schedule this week, so here's Friday's video as another ad-free early access.
For this video I decided to explore the Sega Light Phaser and it's connection to a "Zillion" laser...
2017-09-28 00:35:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Early access to Wednesday's video covering the Jurassic Park Visitor Centre cover by Jeff Lindsay.
He's managed to re-create the visitor centre from the SNES version of Jurassic Park within Unity, a...
2017-09-26 16:33:45 +0000 UTC View Post
An early access Bad Influence episode for your viewing pleasure/displeasure.
I remember this episode from 23rd September 1993 well, mainly because it had a load of cutting edge consoles to salivate ...
2017-09-25 16:20:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening/morning friends,
Just a reminder that as a Patron, you get access to join the chat on my Discord server. Just clink the link above to jump on board.
I'll be hanging around i...
2017-09-25 00:20:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon friends.
I've got an early release of GBR Thrifts Episode #8 for your viewing pleasure/displeasure.
I was fortunate to stumble on some particularly pleasing finds this time arou...
2017-09-04 12:04:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening fellow people,
New Byte Size video if it takes your fancy. This time, I'm exploring the fabled land of IRQ levels, DMA channels and I/O ports.
I'm sure many of you, like me, assoc...
2017-07-23 21:28:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning my good fellows of Patreon.
I thought I'd dish out an exclusive video this morning; I've recently ~somehow~ managed to get my hands on an Oculus Rift, and I wanted to share my first exp...
2017-07-15 09:29:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Bit of sneak - late night - early access for my next video, currently entitled.... VHS Time Capsule.... You can probably get the gist of the contents from that.
(if you can't, then feel free t...
2017-07-10 22:52:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening my fellow peoples,
I wanted to let you know that I've updated some of the Patreon reward tiers.
I've added some new rewards to existing tiers and also created some brand new rewar...
2017-06-06 19:04:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening land of Patreon!
Bit of sneaky early access for you in the shape of a Bad Influence commentary video.
Episode 12, series 1.
Featuring Super Star Wars, Ariel the Mermai...
2017-05-15 17:43:28 +0000 UTC View Post
I thought you guys might appreciate seeing this. It's MY FACE, taken from my Youtube header and created by @Horsenburger, found at htt...
2017-04-27 19:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A new ad-free, early access for Byte Size fans. Today I'm looking at disk geometry. What exactly are heads, tracks, cylinders and sectors?