classicgaming.com

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~ ~ I wonder how many of you remember the days before the PC, when the only way you could play games was on the old games consoles like the Sinclair, Atari, and Commodore. My first ever introduction to the “home computer” was back in the 1980’s, when I picked up an old Sinclair (it wasn’t even a 48K!!) in a second-hand shop in Portobello, Edinburgh for about £20, and then went running around everybody I knew to copy their ...
...ever got truly hooked on was an adaptation of “The Hobbit”, from the book by Tolkein. You had to type in commands, and try to find your way through different levels, until you finally solved the game. By today’s standards its graphics and game play would be almost laughable, but at the time it was great fun. I even spent a tenner buying a book on exactly how to solve the game, as I couldn’t for the life of me get it out on ... Read review

Advantages: Takes me take to the old classics, and lets me play old games on my PC without having to dig out old consoles
Disadvantages: A bit of technical know-how is useful

As I was browsing various gaming sites checking out the latest and greatest I saw a banner ad for www.classicgaming.com. I clicked on it and I was presented with a world of nostalgia. Ever wondered what happened to those old gaming classics that you used to play? Well there's a good chance that most of them have ended up being emulated and are available from this site. Ok, so I thought to my self why not check some of these games out? I download ...
...search the site for some NeoGeo games (known as ROMs). After I found them I checked a couple out. There is plenty of information about most of the games, as well as the emulators that are used to play them. The only real downside is that the ROMs can be very large, up to 35MB, which I know is very large, but in my opinion it's worth the download. This site not only has info on the NeoGeo, but all other old consoles and Arcade machines. There are ... Read review

Advantages: Nostalgia
Disadvantages: Not enough updates for my liking!

Do you like games? Do you like old games? Then this sites for you! Classic Gaming is a site that I visit at least once a week to read the weekly mailbag, and see what the 'Game of the Week' is. I find both of these sections rather funny, and they rarely fail to bring good memories flooding back. The choices for game of the week range from arcade games to commodore games, Atari games to Megadrive games. They also sometimes include games that you ...
...of Sonic the Hedgehog ported over to the NES, with Sonic replaced my Mario! (the game's called SOMARIO). Also on the site are a number of console and arcade emulators which you can download to relive the old memories. However there are some legal aspects to downloading the ROMS(games) to play on these emulators. You can download any ROM, but it must be deleted within 24 hours if you do not own an original copy of the game. So it's a fun site, and ... Read review