Importing - Gaming Retro

Brace for Import: Dreamcast at 25

On: December 9, 2023

John Bowe recalls the announcement and release of the Sega Dreamcast and explains why he waited for Sega’s greatest console. On May 21st 1998, Sega held their New Challenge Conference, an all-in-one boutique of apologies for their recent priors and a promise for the future. To stamp the point theyRead More →

Chips with Everything: Open Sourcing PlayStation in the ‘90s

By: John Bowe

On: March 7, 2023

In: Features, Retro Consoles, Retro Gear

With: 0 Comments

In the last breaths of the 90s, a liminal space appeared, through which an illicit opportunity presented itself. At least for me, back when I was renting PlayStation games and getting my brother to burn them for me on his state-of-the-moment home computer. They called them PCs, or “Personal Computers.”Read More →