Making “TheC64 Retropie” complete guide for anyone

TheC64 called the “Maxi” was launched some weeks ago. I was one of the backers on the first campaign on IndieGoGo so I received the mini last year also.

The “Maxi” is O.K. for the casual gamer / nostalgia guy who wants to play some commodore 64 and Vic-20 games. I wanted to use my C64 everywhere so I decided to put a RaspberryPi inside using the “Retropie” software that supports VICE which just in christmas, released their 3.4 version.

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‘Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater,’ a video game that defined a generation, gets its own documentary

Tony Hawk’s reached one of the more enviable places in pop culture. Who wouldn’t want to be a pioneer in their field, amass a huge fortune, and still go unrecognized at the airport? Later this month, he’ll be in a public place where every person in the room should know his face: the Mammoth Film Festival. On Tuesday, Hawk announced on Instagram that Pretending I’m a Superman, a documentary about the immortal Tony Hawk Pro Skater video game series, will be premiering at the festival on February 29. He’ll be in attendance for a panel with Rodney Mullen and the filmmakers to discuss the film.

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Moto G7 Optimo Maxx Emulation Test – It’s Totally Worth $99

In this video, we take a look at the emulation performance of the Prepaid No Contract Moto G7 Optimo Maxx from straight talk. All in all if you can catch this on sale for $99 and if you are looking for a secondary emulation device it is definitely worth the price. I test out some Dreamcast using REDREAM, PSP using PPSSPP, Sega Saturn using Yaba Sansiro, Gamecube using Dolphin, N64 using Mupen64 Plus FZ and Naomi/Atomiswave using Tetrarch and the FlyCast Core

You Can Now Get An Insert Coin Arcade Key-Chain Or Belt Buckle That Actually Lights Up

There are two types of geeks in this world, those of which that are old enough to remember actually playing arcade games, and those that are not. For those people in the former group, this awesome Insert Coin Arcade key-chain will certainly hit some nostalgia cords! Not only is it an exact replica of the device you’d pop quarters into all day to keep playing your favorite arcade game, but it also lights up to make it even more realistic.

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The Mini Street Arcade Console – Pandora Treasure Box

In this video we take a look at the Mini Street Arcade also know as the pandoras treasure, Its basically a pandora’s box clone with no arcade stick attached it uses Use or wireless controller. Its supports Sega genesis,FBA,NeoGeo,MAME,CPS1,CPS2,CPs3 and PS1. Unfortunately, it’s overpriced for what you get and I just can’t recommend it to anyone. Powered by the Allwinner H3 quad-core CPU with 1GB of ram.