Ms. Pacman Upright Lisbon CT

At the O'Neil movie theatre at Lisbon Landing, CT. Hello retro. Also, the had a nice note that had a code to change Ms. Pacman to Pacman! If I remember correctly, UP UP UP DOWN DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT (wait for pacman to turn pink) Then hit start. Cool right? May work on all the combo machines.

Playing Galaga on my Motorolla Droid

I was just sitting around trying to decide what to do and decided to fire up Galaga on my Motorola DROID X Android Phone using Nestoid. If you haven't tried out Nestoid on the Droid I highly recommend it. Unfortunately it is not available on the iPhone. If it were available I'd be playing some online NES action with Brian. We'll figure out something one of these days. I'm dying to play Double Dragon with him via the internet. I think I'm going to have to figure out a way to do that.

Retro Gaming Yardsale Adventures

It's that time of year again. We're getting deep into spring, the weather is nice and we've got a tiny bit of cash in our pockets. So we'll be on the hunt for gaming consoles. GAMES GAMES GAMES at deep dish discounts. Parents unloading kids electronics and kids who want to buy their next system and will sell me electronics super cheap. What will our finds be? Who knows! We'll be breaking out some serious fleamarket and tag sale stories in the upcoming episodes. Deals we got and deals we lost.

The top consoles on my list this year will be a Coleco Vision, Commodore 64c, Atari 2600 - Video Game Console, Atari 5200 - Video Game Console (System), Nintendo Virtual Boy - Video Game Console and some random handhelds. I'll also need new games for my new GBA as well as other consoles sitting in my collection.

If you are out and about and see crazy finds. Even if you don't buy them, share you story in the comments, on the forum or snap a pict with your phone and shoot us an email.

Retro Mint Box Storing Erasers

I bought these mints a long time ago just to get this awesome tin. The Nintendo Store in NYC has all sorts of cool items like this! I now usr it to store my awesome erasers. It is a head turner.

Neo Geo Handheld

16bits of glory! It's bad enough I didn't hav a NeoGeo as a child, but I didn't have the hand-held either. "The hand-held?" you say? That's right! I'm going to be on the look out for the hand-held version of this at the fleamarkets and tag sales. I'm dying to get my hands on the console or this portable beauty. A larger display than the GB AND 16bits of color!? How can you beat that? Well. With Mario, that's how. Chime in here or drop us a note in the forum and let us know if you had one, have one or want one.

Gameboy SP and Gameboy Advance Donations Arrive!!

Recently a friend asked me if I'd want two Gameboy systems. One is a standard GBA and the other is a GBA SP, which is amazing because it has a back lit screen. Today they both came in the mail. Other than being a little grubby from some tender game play, they are in fantastic shape! Not only did they send along the two systems, but three games as well! Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Namco Museum. I'm super excited about the Namco Museum. I'm going to play the heck out of that. Look forward to my excitement on the next episode of Cartridgecade on Secret Identity Podcast!

Replace your batteries on your Gameboys and other handhelds

A few years back I was very excited to find my Original Nintendo Game Boy, Gray at my parents house. I had all the original games and the original hard case. When I opened up the box I saw that Tetris was still in it. I thought I'd fire it up. Well it didn't fire up. I pulled at the cartridge and it didn't really want to come out. When I got it out I saw that it was coated in a blue patina. I had left the batteries in it. Not for very long either. Sadly when I opened up the unit, the cancer had spread throughout the circuit board and it was a lost cause. I still have it in case I need an extra body case etc... but I encourage all you retro gaming addicts to go to you closet, pull out your handhelds that you're not using and remove the batteries. NOW!

Pictured above: That's my childhood Gameboy. It was like watching my dog die before my eyes.