The 1980s and 90s were a golden age of licensing cool kid junk. If it was a TV show for kids, you’d be able to find everything from video games…
Bootleg Gaming : The K5 500-in-1 Retro Portable
The quest for garbage gaming continues, but it’s mostly just more of the same in an even funkier package. From the seedier depths of eBay and AliExpress comes the K5…
TV Games Plug & Play Showcase : Marvel Madness
Were you to ask someone completely unfamiliar with pop culture which member of the animal kingdom had inspired the most expansive and successful superhero franchise of all time, they probably…
TV Games Plug & Play Showcase : Star Weirds
Behold the the Plug ‘n’ Play : small consoles, usually completely contained with in a single controller, which included four or five simple games. Pop in some batteries, plug it into the A/V ports in your TV, and you’re set.
Bootleg Gaming : Datafrog Mini Retro 89-in-1
Part of an endless quest for self-imposed miseries to distract from the even-more-crushing miseries of real life is my constant pursuit of terrible little retro video game systems, because there’s…
Virtual Collecting : Marvel Collect by Topps
What the heck is a virtual trading card? And why do you care?
Bootleg Gaming : The Unreliable PXP3
There are many versions of the PXP3… and this one totally sucks.
Animal Contest : The Worst Video Game Ever
Is Animal Contest the worst video game ever? Probably… if it’s even a game.
Bootleg Nintendo : Coolbaby RS-20
It’s difficult to ignore the novelty of playing all of the dorky Nintendo games you grew up with on a pocket-sized, full-color device, and it’s something that Nintendo only kind…
