{"id":27272,"date":"2024-09-10T06:55:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T05:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/?page_id=27272"},"modified":"2024-09-12T07:27:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T06:27:34","slug":"retrospectives-investigations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/homepage\/games-articles\/retrospectives-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"Retrospectives\/Investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"typeSelector\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/homepage\/\" class=\"selectorLink\"> <button class=\"selectorBut\">Home<\/button><\/a><br \/><a class=\"selectorLink\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/homepage\/music-articles\/\"><button class=\"selectorBut\">Music Articles<\/button><\/a><br \/><a class=\"selectorLink\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/homepage\/blog-posts\/\"><button class=\"selectorBut\"> Blog Posts<\/button><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<script>\nlet headings = document.getElementsByClassName(\"entry-title\");\nheadings[0].style.display =\"none\"\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"butDivision\" style=\"margin-bottom:50px;\"><a class=\"codexLink\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/homepage\/games-articles\/game-history-articles\/\" style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 \"><button class=\"codexBut\"> Game History Articles<\/button><\/a><a class=\"codexLink\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/homepage\/games-articles\/game-reviews\/\" style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 \"> <button class=\"codexBut\">Game Reviews<\/button><\/a><a class=\"codexLink\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/homepage\/games-articles\/game-sound-articles\/\" style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 \"> <button class=\"codexBut\">Game Sound Articles<\/button><\/a><a class=\"codexLink\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/homepage\/games-articles\/retrospectives-investigations\/\" style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 \"><button class=\"codexBut\">Retrospectives<br \/>\/Investigations<\/button><\/a><a class=\"codexLink\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/homepage\/games-articles\/how-tos\/\" style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 \"><button class=\"codexBut\">How-Tos<\/button><\/a><a class=\"codexLink\"href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/homepage\/games-articles\/b-to-x-of-gx4000\/\" style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 \"> <button class=\"codexBut\">B to W of GX4000<\/button><\/a><a class=\"codexLink\"href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/homepage\/games-articles\/game-blog-posts\/\" style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 0 0\"> <button class=\"codexBut\" onclick=\"loadPage('')\">Games Blogs<\/button><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Retrospectives\/Investigations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-27606 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-game-reviews-games category-games category-games-retrospectives tag-game-review tag-retrospective tag-xbox-360\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2025\/02\/09\/import-tuner-challenge\/\" target=\"_self\" >Import Tuner Challenge<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2025\/02\/09\/import-tuner-challenge\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/198936-import-tuner-challenge_title-420x280.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail not-transparent wp-post-image\" alt=\"Import Tuner Challenge\" style=\"--dominant-color: #16120f;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/198936-import-tuner-challenge_title-420x280.png 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/198936-import-tuner-challenge_title-385x257.png 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"16120f\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">With the Xbox 360\u2019s 20th anniversary barreling towards at an unstoppable pace,&nbsp;I thought it\u2019d be fun to get ahead of the inevitable nostalgia wave and look at one of the interesting smaller releases from the early 360 era: Genki\u2019s Import Tuner Challenge. One of the<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2025\/02\/09\/import-tuner-challenge\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-02-09T15:36:26+00:00\">February 9, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-27594 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-game-history category-games category-games-blog-posts category-games-retrospectives tag-arcade tag-densha-de-go tag-games tag-taito\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2025\/01\/26\/trains-vs-zombies-a-surprising-arcade-showdown\/\" target=\"_self\" >Trains Vs Zombies: A Surprising Arcade Showdown<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2025\/01\/26\/trains-vs-zombies-a-surprising-arcade-showdown\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Features-420x280.webp\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail not-transparent wp-post-image\" alt=\"Trains Vs Zombies: A Surprising Arcade Showdown\" style=\"--dominant-color: #373029;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Features-420x280.webp 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Features-385x257.webp 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"373029\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">It\u2019s 1997 and we\u2019re at the AOU show in Japan, feasting our eyes on all of the exciting up-and-coming arcade attractions on display. Over at Namco, the imminently-released Tekken 3 is an obvious headliner, but there are plenty of other goodies too \u2014 not least<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2025\/01\/26\/trains-vs-zombies-a-surprising-arcade-showdown\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-01-26T14:14:27+00:00\">January 26, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-27486 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-game-reviews-games category-games category-games-retrospectives tag-game tag-pc-game tag-xbox-game\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2024\/10\/26\/deus-ex-invisible-war\/\" target=\"_self\" >Deus Ex: Invisible War<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2024\/10\/26\/deus-ex-invisible-war\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DeusExIW1-420x280.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail not-transparent wp-post-image\" alt=\"Deus Ex: Invisible War\" style=\"--dominant-color: #24588d;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DeusExIW1-420x280.png 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DeusExIW1-385x257.png 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"24588d\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I like Gog.com. Not only does it have a massive library of old games available in\u00a0 DRM-free\u00a0 packages which will play nicely with modern machines (even, generally, those running Linux); but their sales often remind me about games I haven&#8217;t played in years &#8211; generally<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2024\/10\/26\/deus-ex-invisible-war\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-10-26T07:22:51+01:00\">October 26, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-26846 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-game-reviews-games category-games category-games-retrospectives tag-games tag-retrospective tag-review\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2023\/10\/31\/ooky-spooky-muppets-haunted-house-adventure\/\" target=\"_self\" >Ooky Spooky: Muppets Haunted House Adventure<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2023\/10\/31\/ooky-spooky-muppets-haunted-house-adventure\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/MHHA-420x280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ooky Spooky: Muppets Haunted House Adventure\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/MHHA-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/MHHA-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Its Halloween! The time when our attention inevitably turns to oOky sPOoky titles. For this Halloween, let\u2019s look at one that lays a little bit outside the usual. With an FGPA Core, a truckload of podcast coverage and the sudden discovery of the immense breadth<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2023\/10\/31\/ooky-spooky-muppets-haunted-house-adventure\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-10-31T16:25:58+00:00\">October 31, 2023<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-26001 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-game-history category-games category-games-retrospectives tag-article tag-disney tag-games tag-retrospective tag-sega\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2022\/05\/28\/a-hedgehog-and-a-mouse-sega-disney-and-a-surprising-attempt-to-become-an-amusement-giant\/\" target=\"_self\" >A Hedgehog and a Mouse: Sega,  Disney and a Surprising Attempt to become an Amusement Giant<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2022\/05\/28\/a-hedgehog-and-a-mouse-sega-disney-and-a-surprising-attempt-to-become-an-amusement-giant\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Segawor4ld-rocket-esculator-420x280.webp\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A Hedgehog and a Mouse: Sega,  Disney and a Surprising Attempt to become an Amusement Giant\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Segawor4ld-rocket-esculator-420x280.webp 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Segawor4ld-rocket-esculator-385x257.webp 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">On social media, old pictures from London&#8217;s Sega World are an easy way to harvest some quick engagement. Post the image, chuck in your &#8216;remember that time when Sega ran a theme park?&#8217; caption then sit back and wait for the likes numbers to rise.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2022\/05\/28\/a-hedgehog-and-a-mouse-sega-disney-and-a-surprising-attempt-to-become-an-amusement-giant\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-05-28T11:21:41+01:00\">May 28, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-25578 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-game-history category-games category-games-blog-posts category-games-retrospectives tag-article tag-games tag-history tag-retrospective\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2021\/09\/25\/complete-carnage-32-bit-console-hardware-and-the-reshaping-of-the-industry\/\" target=\"_self\" >Complete Carnage: 32-bit Console hardware and the reshaping of the industry<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2021\/09\/25\/complete-carnage-32-bit-console-hardware-and-the-reshaping-of-the-industry\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Carnage-420x280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Complete Carnage: 32-bit Console hardware and the reshaping of the industry\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Carnage-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Carnage-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Recently we looked at the Sega Saturn and whether it was killed too prematurely by Sega. Though these days the Saturn&#8217;s renewed popularity means we regularly ask what could have made the console a success, there&#8217;s one question that should probably ask first: Could the<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2021\/09\/25\/complete-carnage-32-bit-console-hardware-and-the-reshaping-of-the-industry\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-09-25T09:49:10+01:00\">September 25, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-25459 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-game-history category-games category-games-retrospectives tag-article tag-games tag-history tag-investigation\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2021\/05\/12\/the-saturn-is-not-our-future-sales-costs-and-the-demise-of-the-sega-saturn\/\" target=\"_self\" >&#8220;The Saturn is not our future&#8221; Sales, Costs and the Demise of the Sega Saturn<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2021\/05\/12\/the-saturn-is-not-our-future-sales-costs-and-the-demise-of-the-sega-saturn\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Six-Year-Summary-Sega-420x280.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&#8220;The Saturn is not our future&#8221; Sales, Costs and the Demise of the Sega Saturn\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Six-Year-Summary-Sega-420x280.png 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Six-Year-Summary-Sega-385x257.png 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">2023 Update: The recent (and highly dramatic) leak of documents and emails surrounding Sega of America&#8217;s 1997FY marketing plan adds some important context to the question of how much the Saturn cost Sega. One particularly juicy little nugget is this snapshot of Sega of America&#8217;s<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2021\/05\/12\/the-saturn-is-not-our-future-sales-costs-and-the-demise-of-the-sega-saturn\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-05-12T17:25:00+01:00\">May 12, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-25066 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-game-history category-games category-games-blog-posts category-games-retrospectives category-retro-games tag-games tag-retrospective tag-sharable tag-zx-spectrum\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2020\/10\/29\/180-free-games-analysis-of-a-cover-tape-collection\/\" target=\"_self\" >180 Free games: Analysis of a Cover Tape Collection<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2020\/10\/29\/180-free-games-analysis-of-a-cover-tape-collection\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Loose-Tape.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"180 Free games: Analysis of a Cover Tape Collection\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Loose-Tape.png 1280w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Loose-Tape-320x205.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">It just so happened that a few weeks ago I had to move my original Zx Spectrum collection out of storage. Faced with a huge plastic crate filled to the brim with cassettes, it suddenly struck me how ridiculous it was that we had some<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2020\/10\/29\/180-free-games-analysis-of-a-cover-tape-collection\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2020-10-29T18:00:21+00:00\">October 29, 2020<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-24923 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-games category-games-retrospectives category-retro-games tag-article tag-raspberry-pie tag-retrogaming tag-sharable\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2020\/08\/01\/lol-get-a-raspberry-pi\/\" target=\"_self\" >&#8220;Lol, Get a Raspberry PI&#8221;<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2020\/08\/01\/lol-get-a-raspberry-pi\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pi3-420x280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&#8220;Lol, Get a Raspberry PI&#8221;\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pi3-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pi3-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pi3-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Whenever one of those fancy retro mini consoles is announced there&#8217;s always an inevitable comment someone posts in response: Why Don&#8217;t You Just get a Raspberry Pi and emulate on that? Some dude on the internet But what happens when you listen to this advice?<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2020\/08\/01\/lol-get-a-raspberry-pi\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2020-08-01T08:00:41+01:00\">August 1, 2020<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-22642 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-game-history category-game-sound category-games category-games-retrospectives tag-games tag-game-sound-history tag-ps1 tag-saturn tag-sharable\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2020\/04\/07\/32-bit-audio-fight-club-the-saturn-the-playstation-and-the-end-of-the-chiptune-era\/\" target=\"_self\" >32-bit Audio Fight Club: The Saturn, the PlayStation and the End of the Chiptune Era<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2020\/04\/07\/32-bit-audio-fight-club-the-saturn-the-playstation-and-the-end-of-the-chiptune-era\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SatVsPs-420x280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"32-bit Audio Fight Club: The Saturn, the PlayStation and the End of the Chiptune Era\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SatVsPs-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SatVsPs-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The first rule of 32-bit Audio Fight Club is that you don&#8217;t talk about 32-bit Audio Fight Club. Actually, that&#8217;s not quite true: the first rule of 32-bit Audio Fight Club is that&#8230;well&#8230;you probably wouldn&#8217;t even think to talk about 32-bit Audio Fight Club. Or<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2020\/04\/07\/32-bit-audio-fight-club-the-saturn-the-playstation-and-the-end-of-the-chiptune-era\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2020-04-07T19:00:00+01:00\">April 7, 2020<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-22695 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-game-history category-games category-games-retrospectives tag-arcade tag-games tag-megadrive tag-ps1 tag-retrogames tag-retrospective tag-sharable tag-strider tag-zx-spectrum\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2020\/02\/14\/strider-the-unfortunate-mr-hiryu\/\" target=\"_self\" >Strider: The Unfortunate Mr Hiryu<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2020\/02\/14\/strider-the-unfortunate-mr-hiryu\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Strider-Manga-420x280.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Strider: The Unfortunate Mr Hiryu\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Strider-Manga-420x280.png 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Strider-Manga-385x257.png 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In gaming there are the origin stories we all know \u2013 like the origins of Mario and Sonic the hedgehog \u2013 but there are many more characters who remain relatively obscure &#8211; like the stars of most microcomputer budget games or Japanese cassette titles. More<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2020\/02\/14\/strider-the-unfortunate-mr-hiryu\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2020-02-14T16:40:16+00:00\">February 14, 2020<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-22676 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-games category-games-retrospectives tag-dreamcast tag-games tag-retrospective tag-sega tag-sharable\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/12\/22\/retrospective-headhunter\/\" target=\"_self\" >Retrospective: Headhunter<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/12\/22\/retrospective-headhunter\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/HeadHunter-Box-420x280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Retrospective: Headhunter\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/HeadHunter-Box-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/HeadHunter-Box-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Uh oh, Christmas is inevitably a time for misty-eyed nostalgia isn&#8217;t it? Oh well &#8211; at least its the perfect time to look back 18 years to the festivities of 2001, back to the first time I played Headhunter on the Sega Dreamcast. The back-half<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/12\/22\/retrospective-headhunter\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2019-12-22T15:41:35+00:00\">December 22, 2019<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-22594 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-games category-games-retrospectives tag-blog tag-dreamcast tag-games tag-retrospective tag-sharable\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/10\/15\/i-wasnt-enamored-with-the-sega-dreamcast\/\" target=\"_self\" >I wasn&#8217;t enamored with the Sega Dreamcast<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/10\/15\/i-wasnt-enamored-with-the-sega-dreamcast\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CreationOfDReamcast-420x280.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"I wasn&#8217;t enamored with the Sega Dreamcast\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CreationOfDReamcast-420x280.png 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CreationOfDReamcast-320x213.png 320w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CreationOfDReamcast-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CreationOfDReamcast-480x320.png 480w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CreationOfDReamcast-385x257.png 385w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CreationOfDReamcast.png 561w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Originally, I wasn&#8217;t enamored with the Sega Dreamcast. In fact, it&#8217;s a bit strange I even remember my first encounter, really: While my first encounters with new hardware generations were generally outlook-changing, my first look at the Dreamcast was a bit of a damp squib.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/10\/15\/i-wasnt-enamored-with-the-sega-dreamcast\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2019-10-15T12:00:57+01:00\">October 15, 2019<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-22558 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-game-history category-games category-games-blog-posts category-games-retrospectives tag-article tag-games tag-pc tag-retrospective tag-sharable tag-switch tag-untitled-goose-game tag-zx-spectrum\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/10\/10\/nothing-new-in-the-villlage-the-35-year-old-ancestors-of-untitled-goose-game\/\" target=\"_self\" >Nothing New in the Villlage: The 35 Year Old Ancestors of Untitled Goose Game<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/10\/10\/nothing-new-in-the-villlage-the-35-year-old-ancestors-of-untitled-goose-game\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ss_6c0fa7da01f010b3de476cd3de9369687256de44-420x280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nothing New in the Villlage: The 35 Year Old Ancestors of Untitled Goose Game\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ss_6c0fa7da01f010b3de476cd3de9369687256de44-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ss_6c0fa7da01f010b3de476cd3de9369687256de44-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Everyone loves the Untitled Goose Game. I love the Untitled Goose Game. If you haven&#8217;t played the untitled Goose Game, you should play the Untitled Goose Game: A stealth game that follows in the footsteps of Metal Gear Solid and Hitman, Goose Game&#8217;s masterstroke is<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/10\/10\/nothing-new-in-the-villlage-the-35-year-old-ancestors-of-untitled-goose-game\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2019-10-10T13:48:33+01:00\">October 10, 2019<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-22465 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-game-history category-games-retrospectives tag-article tag-games tag-history tag-sharable\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/09\/12\/joystick-wagglers-were-left-handed-control-sticks-an-industry-conspiracy\/\" target=\"_self\" >Joystick Wagglers: Were Left Handed Control Sticks an Industry Conspiracy?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/09\/12\/joystick-wagglers-were-left-handed-control-sticks-an-industry-conspiracy\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DK_Cab-420x280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Joystick Wagglers: Were Left Handed Control Sticks an Industry Conspiracy?\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DK_Cab-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DK_Cab-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Have you ever wondered why arcade control sticks were always placed to the the left of the buttons? To be honest I&#8217;d never given it much thought until I saw this tweet the other day: Have you ever noticed that no matter what arcade game<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/09\/12\/joystick-wagglers-were-left-handed-control-sticks-an-industry-conspiracy\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2019-09-12T17:20:10+01:00\">September 12, 2019<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-22093 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-game-history category-games category-games-blog-posts category-games-retrospectives tag-article tag-games tag-history tag-horace tag-sharable tag-zx-spectrum\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/08\/16\/the-surprisingly-modern-cult-of-horace\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Surprisingly Modern Cult of Horace<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/08\/16\/the-surprisingly-modern-cult-of-horace\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Horace-Ad-1984-420x280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Surprisingly Modern Cult of Horace\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Horace-Ad-1984-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Horace-Ad-1984-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">All good things come to an end. In my case this turned out to be the relatively cushy storage solution i had for all of my old Spectrum gear. Still, silver linings and all that: One of the big advantages of having to get your<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/08\/16\/the-surprisingly-modern-cult-of-horace\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2019-08-16T17:20:53+01:00\">August 16, 2019<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-22155 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-game-reviews-games category-games category-games-blog-posts category-games-retrospectives category-reviews tag-article tag-games tag-getaway tag-playstation-2 tag-retrospective tag-review tag-sharable tag-sony tag-the-getaway\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/07\/23\/a-walk-down-memory-lane-returning-to-the-getaways-free-roam-mode\/\" target=\"_self\" >Carjacking down Memory Lane: Returning to The Getaway&#8217;s Digital London in 2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/07\/23\/a-walk-down-memory-lane-returning-to-the-getaways-free-roam-mode\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/The-Getaway-Featured-image-800x800-420x280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Carjacking down Memory Lane: Returning to The Getaway&#8217;s Digital London in 2019\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/The-Getaway-Featured-image-800x800-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/The-Getaway-Featured-image-800x800-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This article was originally posted over at https:\/\/www.gametripper.co.uk. Why not head over there and see what lovely articles they have ready for you to read right now? (well, after you&#8217;ve read this one obviously) When is a game not a game? The usual response to<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/07\/23\/a-walk-down-memory-lane-returning-to-the-getaways-free-roam-mode\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2019-07-23T14:03:59+01:00\">July 23, 2019<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-21780 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-game-history category-games category-games-retrospectives tag-article tag-games tag-history tag-investigation tag-long-form tag-magazines tag-media tag-sharable\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/07\/03\/8-bit-showdown-how-popular-were-the-master-system-and-the-nes-in-the-uk\/\" target=\"_self\" >8-Bit Showdown: How popular were the Master System and the NES in the UK?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/07\/03\/8-bit-showdown-how-popular-were-the-master-system-and-the-nes-in-the-uk\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Versus-Header_fin4-1-420x280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"8-Bit Showdown: How popular were the Master System and the NES in the UK?\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Versus-Header_fin4-1-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Versus-Header_fin4-1-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">When it isn&#8217;t doing is it&#8217;s upmost to sabotage Western democracy, one thing that can be said for Facebook is that it does have some of the friendliest retro communities on the internet. A few weeks ago one particular discussion caught my eye: how popular<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/07\/03\/8-bit-showdown-how-popular-were-the-master-system-and-the-nes-in-the-uk\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2019-07-03T17:19:05+01:00\">July 3, 2019<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-21427 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-game-history category-games category-games-retrospectives tag-article tag-classification tag-long-read tag-megadrive tag-ps3 tag-sharable tag-snes tag-xbox\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/03\/09\/the-xbox-360-will-never-be-retro-a-tedious-classification-post\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Xbox 360 Will Never be Retro (a tedious classification post)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/03\/09\/the-xbox-360-will-never-be-retro-a-tedious-classification-post\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CreationofModernGaming-420x280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Xbox 360 Will Never be Retro (a tedious classification post)\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CreationofModernGaming-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CreationofModernGaming-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Ok, I&#8217;ll have to admit it &#8211; as someone who fits in the relatively uncommon venn diagram between history and retrogaming, I probably let myself ponder the question of what exactly retrogaming IS a little too much. Why does it matter? after all, it&#8217;s just<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2019\/03\/09\/the-xbox-360-will-never-be-retro-a-tedious-classification-post\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2019-03-09T09:00:31+00:00\">March 9, 2019<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-5412 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogposts category-game-reviews-games category-games category-games-retrospectives category-reviews tag-article tag-game-review tag-retrospective tag-review tag-zx-spectrum\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2018\/11\/20\/retro-review-chase-hq-zx-spectrum\/\" target=\"_self\" >Retro Review: Chase HQ (Zx Spectrum)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2018\/11\/20\/retro-review-chase-hq-zx-spectrum\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Chase-HQ-ZX-Spectrum-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Retro Review: Chase HQ (Zx Spectrum)\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Chase-HQ-ZX-Spectrum-1.png 3840w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Chase-HQ-ZX-Spectrum-1-320x245.png 320w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Chase-HQ-ZX-Spectrum-1-150x115.png 150w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Chase-HQ-ZX-Spectrum-1-470x360.png 470w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Chase-HQ-ZX-Spectrum-1-768x589.png 768w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Chase-HQ-ZX-Spectrum-1-1024x785.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">On reflection, it\u2019s probably a minor miracle that the world ever persuaded us that \u00a340 to \u00a350 cartridge games were the way to go. 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