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An Amazing Retro Gaming Donation

March 24, 2022 By ausretrogamer

When we first started ausretrogamer over a decade ago we never imagined that our little corner of nostalgia would capture the attention of people around Australia and around the world.

Over the years we have had readers contacting us to donate their wares, usually due to our genuine love of retro gaming and the preservation of classic games and consoles, plus no one wants to send stuff to landfill – it’s a win win!

A few weeks ago we were contacted by Mike, an avid reader of our site, who asked if we would be interested in his donation of classic consoles, computers and games. Mike sent us a photo of some of his goodies, and we must say, our eyes lit up at the vastness of the collection he was going to donate.

We finally met up with Mike late last week and the big surprise was that he had way more amazing stuff to donate than what was in the initial photos. We were pleasantly surprised and found it totally humbling that someone would generously give away their items to be preserved and enjoyed – which we will! The best part of this donation was meeting Mike and having a great conversation about games, systems and life in general – which is totally priceless.

We haven’t gone through all of the items Mike donated to ausretrogamer, but we thought we would share some photos of this amazing collection – scroll slowly to take in all the nostalgia!

Many thanks to Mike for his generosity, these will be cherished.

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Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Amiga, Amstrad NC-100, Amstrad notepad, Apple Newton, Armatron, atari lynx, ausretrogamer, C64, Dick Smith, Donation, Game Boy, Game Gear, GBA, iMAC, Intellivision, Macintosh SE30, Microbee, nintendo, Omnibot, Retro Computers, Retro Games, Retro Gaming donation, retro toys, Retrocomputing, retrogaming, Star Trek, VZ

GORF: The Great Oz Retro-Technology Festival

February 19, 2019 By ausretrogamer

Hey Retro Peeps, you can spend four days enjoying the company of other retro-technology enthusiasts at GORF: the Great Oz Retro-Technology Festival, at Urban Camp in Melbourne, from April 24th-28th 2019.

Modelled after the wildly-successful US KansasFest event, GORF is an ‘unconference’ that brings together 8 and 16-bit computer enthusiasts, classic console hackers and arcade collectors to celebrate a pivotal era in the development of modern electronics in a communal ‘stay and play’ environment where attendees sleep over at the venue.

Two keynotes will explore the history of the Australian MicroBee computer (with designer Owen Hill) and the local video-game development scene of the 1980s (with Doctor Melanie Swalwell), followed by presentations given by attendees (hopefully including you!) on a variety of subjects regarding a variety of computing and video-gaming platforms.

There’s also an event-long hackathon (coined the GORF-a-thon) where participants will compete to create the most intriguing retro-related project, a game competition night and a documentary screening. Meals will be provided, except Saturday night when attendees will go out on the town to visit Melbourne’s retro-gaming bars.

GORF: it’s a summer camp for retro-geeks. Go and join in!

Ticket sales close April 1st. For more information or to book visit GORF.

 

 

Filed Under: Announcements, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: 16-bit, 8-bit, GORF, GORF-a-thon, Great Australian Retro-Technology Festival, hackathon, KansasFest, micro computing, Microbee, Owen Hill, retro computing, Retro Gaming, retrogaming, Teaching Electronics and Computing History Inc., Tech, The Great Oz Retro Fest, The Great Oz Retro-Tech Festival, The Great Oz Retro-Technology Festival, Unconference, Urban Camp

Kung Fury: Spot the Retro Gaming Goodness

June 7, 2015 By ausretrogamer

KungFury_titleSurely you have all watched Laser Unicorns’ Kung Fury movie by now? If you haven’t, then please do yourself a favour and watch it! For those of you that have already feasted on this visual awesomeness, how many of you spotted the retrogaming gear within the movie? The most obvious of retrogaming items was the venerable Power Glove, worn by Hackerman. Here are a few more:

Golden Age Arcade Machines represent!
KF_Arcade

Hackerman’s Retro Computer Lair. Is that a Macintosh?
KF_Hackerman_ComputerLair

Oh, it’s so bad!
KF_Hackerman_PowerGlove

The Aussie made Microbee!
KF_Microbee

The venerable ZX Speccy! Sir Clive would be so proud.
KF_ZXSpeccy

Hanging ten on the Microbee Model II
KF_Microbee_Surf

I spy some tapes!
KF_SpeccyTape

source: Laser Unicorns – Kung Fury

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Kung Fury, Microbee, Pop culture, Retro Gamer, Retro Gaming, retrogaming, zx spectrum

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