The moment is finally here, the Xbox 360 turns 20 years old today. Without a shadow of a doubt, one of my favourite games consoles ever. HD, friends list, voice chat, achievements, Live Arcade, Kinect, and an industry defining controller. What a machine. #xbox360

Confirmation of this years charity stream! We're Live Dec 19th 2025 20:00PM GMT in support of Make A Wish Ireland Further details to be shared soon! Please spread word & hope to see you there! Please see the charities mission here 🔽 makeawish.ie

My original 2008 Xbox 360 Elite is back in business. Thermal paste replaced. Disc drive laser replaced and tuned. Disc drive belt replaced. Disc drive greased. Motherboard cleaned. Fans cleaned. Casing washed. A little daunting, but feels so good to have accomplished it 😊

Handheld class of 89-90. Lynx, Game Boy & Game Gear. We all picked a side back in the day, which did you choose? Would you pick differently now? I was a huge Game Boy fan, but I've developed a recent appreciation for the Lynx!

You've just picked up your new Saturn with some absolute classics. You have the video card installed and have grabbed some essential films. Pizza hut has arrived, you have permission to stay up late and there's no school tomorrow. It's 2025 and you're 42 years old. Life's good.

Random game of the day 🎮 Quake. Sega Saturn. 1997 An absolutely phenomenal port of a game that shouldnt exist on the Saturn. Developed by the talented Lobotomy Software. Sure concessions have been made, but it still plays like Quake, especially if used with the 3D controller.

A lot has changed in 7 years. More consoles, more shelves, more tat. Plus an older and taller daughter! But one thing that hasn't changed is our shared love of gaming. Old or new, indie or AAA, my wonderful daughter is there for it all.

So video game collectors, what are some of the more unusual items in your collection? Here are some of mine: Super Mario Barcode Battler cards. Tetris single on vinyl. Nintendo MP3 player. Virtual Boy headphones. #Nintendo

So video game collectors, what are some of the more unusual items in your collection? Here are some of mine: Super Mario Barcode Battler cards. Tetris single on vinyl. Nintendo MP3 player. Virtual Boy headphones. #Nintendo

The freedom in Super Mario 64. The scale of Hyrule Field in Ocarina of Time. The speed of F-Zero X. The sniper rifle in Goldeneye. The music of Banjo Kazooie. The Battle of Hoth in Shadows of the Empire. ...and the disappointing shortness of Yoshi's Story! Great times. How about you? #N64

I think we can all agree that G1 Transformers were some of the best toys to ever grace our shelves. 6 years from '84 to '90. Good times. Do you still have any of your childhood originals?

Have we seen the last of Star Fox and the team? I hope not, as it remains one of my favourite Nintendo franchises. Macbeth in SF64 is one of the best videogame levels ever conceived! And the Corneria theme from Starwing is a banger lol. #Nintendo #Starfox

In 1986 Nintendo introduced fax machines to stores to enable you send them your high scores to let you win prizes.

1999, what an exciting era of gaming to live through. What are you choosing from these pages? I'm having that N64 Goldeneye bundle for £95! And maybe the bootleg 2600, the Systema TV Boy. In fact I really should add one to the collection now lol.

When did you first go multi platform? Growing up it was very common to only have one console. That's the one your parents had bought you, and that's the one you were sticking to! For me it was 2004. I'd already bought a Gamecube, but decided to get an Xbox for university.

When did you first go multi platform? Growing up it was very common to only have one console. That's the one your parents had bought you, and that's the one you were sticking to! For me it was 2004. I'd already bought a Gamecube, but decided to get an Xbox for university.

Just hanging out with the Boys. Over 20 years of gaming greatness, but which are you picking? SP for me, all day long. #retrogaming #GameBoy

Systema, Grandstand, Nintendo, Hornby. The LCD era of the early 90s had so much beautiful variety.

Many people wont appreciate that until 1992 in the UK, there was no legal requirement for electrical equipment to come with a plug. Buying a NES? Great. Comes with 2 pads, a game & zapper... But no plug. Which youll need to wire up yourself. Also, got any fuses? #RETROGAMING

I know CDs and digital have huge benefits, but you just can't beat the tactile chunkiness of a cartridge. Am I right? #N64 #Retrogaming

Let's not forget those that dared to take the Game Boy on in battle. Some more successfully than others I will add! If you didn't have a Game Boy, what did you have? Game Gear? Lynx? .... Supervision?

So it would seem I own several versions of Link's Awakening, but have still yet to finish it! A crime I know. I got a fair way on the Switch but cannot recall why I stopped. My last save was 2019! I think I need to start again.

An Intellivision. For no other reason than we just don't see enough of them on Twitter. Who experienced one as a child? Being born in 1983 i missed this generation. Were there Intellivision/Colecovision/Atari playground wars?

Now this is a tower of power! I love the original Xbox. It was the first non Nintendo console I owned and opened me up to a whole other world of games. So many great titles that showcase the power of the machine, with Half-Life 2 being a personal standout. Any fans out there?

Oh my, this would be spectacular, especially with Night dive at the helm. They do love their source material and it shows.

My Nintendo 90s. This sums up everything that was awesome for me in that era. I turned 16 in 1999, had I been a bit older I may have been lured by the coolness that was the Playstation. As it was, I loved being in my Nintendo bubble. How about you?! #retrogaming #Nintendo

13 hours into Atomfall and I'm having a great time. An interesting area to explore with lots of environmental story telling. Enjoy finding the leads to different quests, rather than just following a waypoint. I did crank the difficulty down though lol, not enough time to grind.

Currently staying in a hotel in Cologne, and the lounge is chock full of coffee table books. This particular title caught my eye! If only I had a coffee table!

Gladiators!!!

I'm absolutely here for this!

I've received some nice cardboard, courtesy of my accrued Nintendo Platinum points!

Happy 30th birthday to the Virtual Boy! I doubt many will care, including Nintendo, but I do. Happy birthday you absolute maverick.

Here's a collage I put together using the original #SuperMario Land (1989) character art. #gamehistory

This is what video gaming looked like during the summer I was born, and how awesome it looked. A little sad I didn't experience this first hand, but glad it was still within my life time. When were you born? I'll see if I can post a gaming catalogue photo!

Variety is the spice of life! It's also high maintenance lol.

Newly scanned from us: an ad from the trade magazine Videogame Advisor (November 1995), which has Sega vainly telling retailers not to support PlayStation, right after the PS1 famously undercut the Sega Saturn Basically the game industry version of "please don't put in the newspaper that I got mad"

Spotted this rather lovely BMW 635 CSi at work today.

Some would say my Neo Geo Pocket collection is small. I just call it concise. Any fans? Show me yours! #Neogeo #Retrogaming

Sad state of affairs.

Pick one! Just joking, we all know the TMNT win everything! #snes #retrogaming

Another Saturday working. At least I can do it from home in the "office". Not too many distractions in here! 🤣 Pretty quiet day so far. Help me pass them time. If you see anything you want to know about, see more of, see close up or see in side, just let me know! #RETROGAMING #SaturdayShelves

Sim City 3D!

A fun little gaming memento. These Sega Pirate stickers date from 1993 when Sega sponsored the Williams F1 racing team. These were added to the drivers' rear wing for every race that they won. Suzuka is interesting as it wasn't a race that Williams won, therefore the sticker was never used.

Does anyone collect anything other than videogames? I have a bit of a thing for the 1979 BMW M1.

With the Game Boy celebrating its 36th birthday recently, let's not forget those that dared to take it on in battle. Some more successfully than others I will add! If you didn't have a Game Boy, what did you have? Game Gear? Lynx? .... Supervision?

Lynx Fun Fact Mondays. (It's a thing okay?) The Lynx had 3 distinct cartridge designs. First (not pictured) had raised dots on the edge to help removal. When these proved insufficient two tabs were added (left).However these couldn't stack so a new curved design was introduced.

I genuinely lament the death of the gaming magazine. None more so than GamesTM. The perfect balance of easily digestible yet well written reviews and articles. I respected the opinions of the writers a great deal and it shaped my 00's gaming a great deal. It's closure in 2018 was a very sad event

I enjoyed this. Very much.

What's an obscure game you own that you're pretty sure no one has ever heard of? I give you Titanic Mystery Ao no Senritsu. A port of the C64 game Titanic: The Recovery Mission. You explore the wreck, find artifacts, give press conferences and secure investors. It also includes aliens lol.

Saying it now, I love the N64. It seems to be the cool console to hate these days. Whether it's the "unusable" controller or "unplayable" games. Whilst nostalgia may play a part in my appreciation of the machine, and it's certainly not flawless, it's still bloody great fun!