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  • Top 10 Arcade Archives Games I’d Love To See

    Pete puts together a list of coin-ops that he’d love to see hit the Arcade Archives.

  • Q&A #2: What’s Up With You And Old Sports Games?

    It’s been no secret that I’m a big fan of collecting older sports video games. If you’ve checked out my Collector’s Logs so far, you’ve seen that there’s a definite trend towards the genre as I’ve been upgrading my library of them with better-condition copies. Most collectors absolutely avoid these games, as they often have…

  • Q&A #1: Why Do You Buy Sealed Games?

    I get asked questions from time to time, and Q&A attempts to answer those questions. First up: Why do I buy sealed games?

  • Collector’s Log #4: Breaking the Seal

    The first wave of Thanksgiving Weekend purchases has arrived! As with other recent collection additions, many of these are upgrades to games I already had– but now the discs and cases are in far better shape. For example… This is a factory-sealed copy of NFL Xtreme 2 from 1999. That means, yes… this game has…

  • Collector’s Log #3: Calm Before The Incoming Storm

    So… I went a little bit overboard when it came to Thanksgiving Weekend. Promotions at both J2Games and eStarland hooked me, and a few other games elsewhere caught my attention. This means that I’m going to need multiple Collector’s Log entries to break down the arrivals, so that I don’t write a novel-length post with…

  • Collector’s Log #2: What’s Old is New Again

    It’s time for another edition of Collector’s Log. What did Pete get this time around?

  • Re-Pete: Guide-ing Light

    Strategy guides are, to me, a special part of my “retro library”. With my recent acquisition of a guide to complete a set, it set off inspiration to write a little about them.

  • Collector’s Log #1: The PlayStation Journey Continues

    Collector’s Logs shed some light on games added to my library, including personal observations, motivation for buying, and more.

  • Flashback Friday: Arcades

    Friday nights used to be Just Fun nights for me, and I’ve never stopped thinking about that place some 20+ years after it was closed.

  • A Reindeer Game Worth Joining

    GameMill’s take on Rudolph is a reindeer game worth joining.