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A Word About Ali Express

aliexpress.com has been described as the Chinese eBay in that you can buy anything at a bargain price - the main difference is that Ali Express has a lot of "knock-off" or unlicensed products.  For example you can get this Famicom cart  for less than US$5 including shipping from hundreds of resellers though most of them…
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November – Multiplayer Meeting

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Saturn Bomberman - Wide[/caption] The November meeting had a theme of Multi-player.  We had a good turn out including a few new faces.  A few members paid their 2016 membership early to get one of the retro gifts from Julian - either a Game Theory Admiral Famiclone or a Pokemon Mini.…
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Arcade Gaming Night

[caption id="attachment_2287" align="alignnone" width="300"] Gauntlet II[/caption] A friend came over and we played Gauntlet II for hours followed by Raiden and 1943 for hours.  The shoulder of my firing hand was so sore the next day.  Infinite credits are helpful.
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Hideo Kojima Book

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="166"] A Hideo Kojima Book[/caption] Found this Bookazine in my local newsagent.  It has articles about Kojima, his history and his influences as well as a run down of all the Metal Gear Solid games and and attempt to place them on a time line.
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