My name is Heidi and I’ve always loved video games, but when I was a kid I never got any =(
This has probably been the cause of my current addiction and obsession with collecting everything I never had as a kid.
On this blog I will share my interest in games and also review some of the games i play ^_^
Enjoy!
If you wanna reach me you can find me on Twitter, Youtube, Tumblr, Google+, Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram
If there’s anything you wanna know feel free to ask ^_^
I can also be found on Xbox 360 when I’m not gaming retro ;D
Hi there.
I’m founder of http://www.walkedthru.com – which is actually a blog community. We’re currently recruiting bloggers, of all subjects and professions to contribute.
I think your blog, Retro Video Gaming, is a fantastic example of what we are looking for – it is fun, specific, informative, and well written, with great imagery.
I think that our video game enthusiasts would really enjoy you blog, and also feel that it would be a fantastic addition to our other gaming blog, Huttstuff.
So with that I would love to invite you to visit our community, and to ask you if you would like us to list your blog under WalkedThru Retro Video Gaming perhaps?
Regards
Luke ‘SkyWalker’ Connelly
luke.connelly@hotmail.co.uk
http://www.walkedthru.com
Hi Luke,
I’m happy you like my blog ^_^
You are welcome to list it if you’d like. Does it require anything from my part?
/mE
Hi again
First of all – so sorry about the delay in reply!
Our email didn’t notify us when you replied.
We think your blog is fantastic, and know it would be a great addition to our other Gaming Walker: Huttstuff.
All we ask of you is: a profile picture, a quick summary of yourself, and for you to add our logo to your blog.
Once you have provided this info, we can then begin the process of displaying you on our WalkedThru community!
For your summary or short bio, just explain a little about you, and why your the person to Walk our readers through Retro Gaming.
We found with the picture, that if you could send us something representative of retro gaming, and then if possible an image of yourself, that really works.
For example we’ll use the retro picture for the main WT feed, to show our readers what your blogs essentially about.
And we can then use your personal picture on our Walker Profile as to provide reputability to your blog.
Here’s the link for our logo – http://bit.ly/MoWXMC – If you could attach this to your sidebar that would be fantastic.
If you have any problems at all regarding the info we’ve asked for, just let me know
We look forward to the possibility of you being part of our community as our Retro Gaming Walker!
Kind Regards
Luke
Will you just fetch my blog posts from here and post them on your site as well? Or will I have to write new material only for your site? Cause I’m not sure I will have time to do that ;D
The other parts are no problem ^_^
/mE
Hi.
No not at all, there’s no need to create new content especially for us, as we recognise people hardly enough time to update their own blog, never mind someone else’s!
We’re essentially a blog directory, and the info we ask of you is for us to create your Walker profile, which acts as a link to your blog.
I hope that helps!
Luke
Ok! Then no problem! :D I’m in ^_^
Will put together a profile for you today
/mE
Oh BTW! Where do I send the pictures and information and stuff? Do you have an email? ^_^
/mE
Fantastic!
My email address is luke.connelly@hotmail.co.uk.
We look forward to introducing you blog to our community!
Hi,
I love oldschool games to!
Nice collection and blog!
Look at mine:
http://www.twin-carts.pl
Greetings from Poland
Thanks! Your site is really cool too ^_^ Is there a lot of retro stores in Poland? I’ve been there a few times but never looked around for retro games.
Great blog! And thank you for following me on Twitter. I’ve subsequently added you on Google+ and YouTube as well! :)
I’ll be looking forward to reading more of your fun updates, and may also perhaps link to you on my own site! :)
Thanks! :D I’ve added you everywhere too!! You are welcome to link to my site, if you do so I would of course link back ^_^
Consider it done then! I’ll put up a link right after I finish writing this response!
I’d love to talk with you sometime as you and I seem to have very similar interests, but of course being half a world a part might make coordinating that a bit tricky – though email can help with that I am sure! :)
Definitely! ^_^ Add me on Skype? (stop_whispering) and my email is heidi.ekstrand(at)gmail.com ^_^
Time differences can always be overcome :D
/mE
Oh! I think I’ll also post up an RSS feed for your blog on mine! :)
You’re welcome to do that too ^_^
/mE
Wow, I wish I kept all of my Master System games now. I am supremely jealous of your Sega collection.
Awesome blog! Would you consider hosting a link to us, and we’ll do the same for you? We’re very nice people who like to write about gaming and eat cookies and everything else right with the world.
I’m going to have to check out your site too!
Would you mind tossing me a quick note on my own gaming site so that I might link to you guys as well?:
allahweh.wordpress.com
Thanks ^_^ I’m happy you enjoy it!
I wouldn’t mind exchanging links, just send me whatever logo you want me to use ^_^
and here’s one you could use for my site if you’d like: http://stopxwhispering.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/retro-video-gaming-mail1.jpg
/ME
Wow, what an awesome site. I can only hope to scrape a fraction of what you’ve done so far with mine and I shall use yours among others as inspiration to continue to forge ahead. If intrested, I’m on a “quest” to review every NES game in order of release date. I’m still on the original 18 but the project is relatively new and I don’t see myself ever losing intrest. It can be seen at nesquester.blogspot.com and I hope you get one iota of enjoyment out of it as I have through yours. Thanks for sharing and playing!
Thanks Mike! I’m happy you enjoy it ^_^ I’m just trying to share my passion for retro video game nostalgia :D
You have an aspiring site as well! I hope you will finish your quest in reviewing every NES game out there! :D I’ve started following your site through blogger ^^ (Since it’s not on wordpress..)
Do you actually own a copy of Action 52 or have you played it through ROMs?
/mE
….wow you’re also the only other person I’ve EVER seen with 1750/1750 Borderlands. Gamertag = EnygmaMW. 2 is on it’s way in September. =)
Haha wow! really? I worked hard on that one though ;D I know one more who has it, my best friend Becky who played through the whole game together with me ^_^
Add me on xbox if you’d like ^^ Then perhaps we could play Borderlands 2 together ;D
/mE
I gave my XBox gamertag but you didn’t give yours for me to add you lol. I do plan on moving everything to WordPress soon enough but still trying to learn all the nuances of this little blogging world as I’m very new to it and don’t believe in “leveling up” before I’m ready. :) As for your question regarding Action 52 I admitted around game 9, whichever ‘Alfred & The Fettucini’ was that I used an emulator, marking only the second time I’ve had to in my reviews. Hogan’s Alley, the Zapper went wonky on me and when I got R.O.B., I figured out the problem was that alot of the old NES accesories only work with a CRT (cathode ray tube) television and if attempted with a plasma or HDTV, they just go insane, so Hogan’s was one and Action 52 was another because I made a deal with a guy that if he gave me a plug on his pretty popular site, I’d review it for him and couldn’t land a copy anywhere in time to review. Soon enough, I’ll snatch one of those unicorns up and take a pic of it amongst the rest of my collection though!
Oh. Wow. I can be stupid when I haven’t had any sleep LOL. How could I know you had 1750 Borderlands acheivement points if I’d never found your XBox gtag? Ugh, disregard that previous part of the post haha *hangs head in shame*
A pretty lady that loves retro games, actually collects retro consoles and runs a kickass retro-gaming blog??? C’mon, you don’t exist! :P Love your site and your collection!
Haha I sure do hope I exist, who is gonna feed my cats tonight otherwise?! haha
Thanks though! I’m glad you enjoy my blog ^_^
/mE
I’ve played some really old games that were largely forgotten. You should really check out Mole Mania for the Game Boy. It’s a fun puzzle game from 1996 created by Shigiru Miyamoto (the same guy who created Super Mario Bros. and the Legend of Zelda).
Awesome! I actually just started bidding on that game yesterday! Now I’ll definitely make sure to win it ;D
I love puzzle games ^_^
You’ll have your hands full with this one. It’s super tough: especially Level 7. If you want more information about it, I wrote about the game on my Awesome Classic Video-Games!!! blog.
Just visited it ^^ Sounds like a great game! I hope it won’t make a difference that I’m buying the Japanese version.. o_O
/mE
Cool, Finally a hot girl who likes retrovideogames +1up .
I’m glad we have more retro gamers in the scene. I hope your blog the best! I totally love it! Also, the fact that you are a Famicom collectors as well! That’s amazing!! We have to share some Fami-info sometime :p
Thanks! :D Definitely ^_^ I’m still quite new to the Famicom scene, I have just been collecting for a bit less than a year.. but I’m in love with the system ^_^
Great Site! I am also a retrogame addict. I also run a site you might be interested in where you can play remakes of classics online. Have a look here http://www.gamesbasis.com/spiele-klassiker.html and http://www.gamesbasis.com/spiele-klassiker-2.html.
The site is actually German but the games are mostly English anyway. If you like my site as well, maybe we can link each other? I am also still looking for people who want to host a classic game or two on their own site (e.g. astro panic, centipede, Commander Keen, Jetpac, Phoenix,…). I would help embeding and provide the files. It would be all legal! I just limit the number of games I host myself but I would like to link to them anyway. Maybe you are interested?
Game On!
Hey, thanks! I’m happy you like my site ^_^
The reason your comments didn’t post immediately is because I had to approve them first.
I will check out your site as well, and I understand German ;D
As long as it’s retro gaming related I don’t mind sharing links ^_^
Sound greats. How can I conntact you? My Email is info -at- gamesbasis dot com.
mine is RetroVideoGaming(at)gmail(dot)com just email me ^_^
How can I leave a Post? I am too stupid because my first attempt did not work :-(
Great site you have here! My name is Jesse. I just recently started a blog of my own, just about a month ago in fact. Something I realize now that I’m doing it that I should have stared years ago. My own blog doesn’t just cover retro gaming, but it’s in the same neighborhood, as I’ve pretty much set myself up with the cushy position “talk about anything I want, so long as it’s retro”.
One of my main focuses is classic film and animation, because that is something I’m hugely passionate about. But something else I’m hugely passionate about is retro gaming, and I’ve already written two entries that deal just with gaming subjects, and another that touches upon it as a tie-in to an awesome toy line (ever hear of Monster in my Pocket?).
But anywho, what you’re doing here is pretty awesome. I’ve already added you to my own links, as I’ve done with several others, and I’m always looking to introduce myself around and network as much as possible. No sense in doing this if you don’t do it all the way, right?
I’d love for you to check out my own blog sometime:
http:www.retrorevelations.com
Hey Jesse, thanks ^_^ I’m happy you enjoy my blog. Keep up the good work with you’re blog as well! :D
Monster in my Pocket is a really fun game :D I didn’t know there were toys as well though..
I subscribed to your blog through bloglovin ^^ That’s were I keep up with blogs that aren’t on wordpress ;D
Hello! Could you email us please we would like to talk to you more about your blog. We love it!
Poucas pessoas tem um gosto bom assim para games, parabéns!
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Hi,
Your blog is awesome! I’ve also started collecting Famicom cartridges as well. I have also subscribed to you on Youtube (I’m PuppyDogToons on youtube). I was wondering, where did you get your copy of Doki! Doki! Yuuenchi? I’m really trying to get my hands on a copy. You’re so lucky that you have one!
Hi! Thanks ^_^ I think I found Doki! Doki! Yuuenchi when I was in Japan, at a store called Super Potato, but I might also have bought it on Ebay.. not sure. I have so many various sources of finding Famicom cartridges that it’s hard to keep track of where they all came from ;D
You know, if you somehow find a copy of Fire Emblem 1 and Gaiden for the Famicom, and you also happen to have an extra Famicom, feel free to send it to me…I’ll put to use somehow, even though I won’t understand anything ;_; xD
Hehe well I need the Famicom’s I have, I only have 2 ;D
I’ve seen Fire Emblem games many times but haven’t felt the need to get them yet since I don’t really enjoy RPG’s >-< I did however have a friend who sold Fire Emblem 1 for the Famicom but in English, they had modded the cart ^_^
RATS! FOILED AGAIN!!! xD Oh well :D