We write about videogames and we all have some opinion on just about any game out there. But how do we play them? Are we any good? Or do we stink? Well playing the games is where it is all about isn't it! Here's how I play.

Mark plays.... Sega Genesis - Virtua Racing 32x & Virtua Fighter 2 Genesis.

I went ahead and got myself the 32x extension to the megadrive and show it of with Virtua Racing 32x. Then I play Virtua Fighter 2 Genesis which is a regular Genesis/Megadrive cartridge. The latter being an excellent 2D fighting game.

I have owned a Sega Saturn from just about release day but a while ago I came across a pretty good deal - at least I thought I did. I paid € 150,- (euros) (about 100 pounds, $ 200,- US) for a console, an arcade stick, three original controllers, two big stacks of games.

In this part I show the system - which does feature an mpg cart allowing VCD playback. A memory expansion/action replay/region free bootloader cart. I hook it up to the telly and turn it on. Whilst at the same time making nonsensical comments about it all.

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I recently acquired a second hand NTSC (American) original xbox from an American collegue and it had some original Xbox Live Arcade games on it. The Xbox Live service in Europe (the Netherlands) on the original xbox never was huge compared to the 360 xblox live implementation.

The live Arcade games that this US xbox came with are amazingly similar to the games found on the xbox 360 service. The whole user experience is similar. Perhaps these games were widely used and purchased in the US and other parts of the world but they are pretty rare on this side of the Pond and Japan.

So here is a compilation of original xbox live arcade games running on an original xbox. I wasn't able to log into the Live system due to the fact that my current Live account doesn't support the original xbox and my friends login has long since expired. The games and the acquired keys are still on the harddrive so I have access to the full games. So all the video is from off-line games.

MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s. It was a Microsoft-led attempt to create a unified standard among computer companies. MSX-based machines were a rarity in the United States and Britain, but they were very popular in other parts of the world like Asia, Australia, Europe (especially the Netherlands and Belgium) and Brazil. - Read more to view video.

This video is 'part one the Wiz review prequel' and it just contains some quick caps of games and emulators running. All emulators - except for the original gameboy and sadly the Vice emulator - run full speed zero frameskip.

The first part truly shows of the OLED screen in full splendor. The latter part of the movie was taped in a rather dark environment with the camera in Macro so there is actually a moire effect visible and the image is over exposed. Ah well just a quick 'Mark plays'... Read more to view the video. Be sure to select HQ or HD to view the video in the best possible quality.

A new series of small videos, not really reviews but just some games I happen to really like. This is episodes 10 & 11.

Games: Various Magnavox Odyssey2 & 3, Philips Videopac G7000, G7400 games
Publisher: Philips / Magnavox
Platform: Magnavox Odyssey / Philips Videopac

The Philips Videopac+ G7400 console was a rare beast, it was released in very limited quantities in 1983 but only in Europa. An American release was planned named the Odyssey³ Command Center but it never saw the light of day.

The G7400 console could play all Videopac / Odyssey2 games out there. Three types of games exist. The original G7000 videogames, the plus versions sporting an additional high-resolution background which would only be visible on the G7400. And finally the special G7400 only games with high-resolution graphics very reminiscent of Teletext, BBC Micro or ZX Spectum.

Here I am playing the rare G7400 through my video-grabber with some of my favourite games whilst I comment on the gameplay, etc.

http://www.videopac.org/ - home of Philips Videopac / Magnavox Odyssey

We write about videogames and we all have some opinion on just about any game out there. But how do we play them? Are we any good? Or do we stink? Well playing the games is where it is all about isn't it! Here's how I play.

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