by The Skeptical Geek
Something my customers are always asking me for is joystick controllers, especially fans of classic arcade games. There is something about the feel of real arcade style controllers that a gamepad, no matter how good, cannot duplicate. Now the best joystick on the...
by The Skeptical Geek
The Intellivision was a terrific system at the time, with visuals far better than other consoles on the market, and a remarkably good sound chip. The controller, however was very confusing with a number pad that does not translate well to modern game pads. There do...
by The Skeptical Geek
I have never been a huge fan of the plastic cases that I currently use for the Retro Box. However, when I started this business, they were the best I could get, for the budget I had, and I could get them reliably wholesale. In the past few months, the price of some of...
by The Skeptical Geek
A lost of people ask me about joystick controllers for their retro box. The ones I offer on the website are a good value for the price, but there are many other available. I have been experimenting with two of them, and I am here to give you my impressions. The first...
by The Skeptical Geek
The other day, I, The Skeptical Geek, did the unthinkable. I took a day off. I had a day to kill in the Bay Area, before I had to drive to Portland, so I took a Caltrain into SF, and spent the day in one of my favorite cities. Had lunch at one of my favorite...
by The Skeptical Geek
I am in the process of going through the Nintendo 64 games, all of them, and creating a spreadsheet. As you may or may not know, the N64 is a very difficult system to emulate, and as of now, it is not really all there. There are several N64 emulators on the Retro Box,...
