Rob from Green Hill Zone

Learning Sciences and Vintage Gaming Person. I also dig classical music and rock. Geology rocks and space is my jam. Star Trek rules. Semi-retired game collector.

Retro Game Living Room: https://youtube.com/@RetroGameLivingRoom
Retro Gaming Network: https://discord.gg/retrogamingnetwork

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2026-05-24 16:34:06 UTC

In 1972 Magnavox was releasing the world's first game console. They wanted to sell a light gun too. They invented one, but needed it to look cool too. So, they reached out to a Japanese toy company that was little known in the West. That little company was Nintendo, and their toy rifle became the world's first light gun for Magnavox Odyssey.
I'm so happy to have added this back to my collection.
#retrogaming #gaming
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2026-05-18 17:56:47 UTC

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What a great use of a church.

2026-05-15 16:36:53 UTC

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what are the advantages of HDDVD?

2026-04-21 12:25:21 UTC

A guest is playing the Coleco Telstar Arcade at my Retro Game Living Room booth at the Game On Expo in 2016. #retrogaming
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2026-04-14 20:47:11 UTC

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Sega brought online gaming even sooner than that to North America!
I grew up with a Sega Saturn Net Link modem.
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2026-04-03 16:26:03 UTC

Blaze the Cat giving a high five for feeling better.
A high five to you all for your kindness through his close call.
#cats #catsofmastodon #caturdayeveryday
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2026-04-03 16:21:46 UTC

Took a stab at one of those "top 25" favorite games. These are in no particular order. Maybe it's a way to know me a little better.
#retrogaming
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2026-03-27 03:35:07 UTC

Is this or is this not some of the most intense shooting action you've ever seen in a vintage video game?
This is from my Retro Game Living Room booth at Game On Expo 2017.
#gaming #retrogaming #throwbackthursday
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2026-03-25 00:29:16 UTC

Mortal Kombat II for 3DO.
Shao Kahn goes down!
This is a visually impressive port!
#retrogaming
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2026-03-05 06:22:46 UTC

When you think "legendary arcade company, what name comes to mind first?
(If you like this #poll, please share for visibility.)
#gaming #retrogaming #arcade

2026-01-20 22:09:38 UTC

Have you ever played the absolutely WILD bonus stages in the SATURN version of Sonic 3D Blast?
The game is worth it just for this content, imo.
#retrogaming #Sonic #sonicthehedgehog
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2026-01-20 22:07:13 UTC

Recommendation:
If you haven't played IS: Internal Section for PlayStation, if you've never even heard of it, you owe it to yourself to peep this clip!
(The game is a lot like Tempest.)
#retrogaming
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2025-12-12 07:58:20 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@richardtroupe/115705518238186638
Anyone good with #vectrex repairs? #retrogaming
#note1p3n…ajh0

2025-08-05 22:19:55 UTC

Quark is franchising on Earth now. #startrek
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2025-06-27 18:05:53 UTC

Demonstration of how easy it is to cheat on this Coleco Telstar Arcade racing game. lol
#retrogaming
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2025-04-16 19:14:19 UTC

Here is an old gif I made. I call it "Fireballs on Four Worlds."
#retrogaming #nintendo #mario
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2025-02-15 14:32:46 UTC

Blaze the Cat lookin' at 'cha!
#cats #caturday #catsofmastodon
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2024-12-27 15:18:09 UTC

The bathroom of this retro game store is wallpapered with old video game posters.
#retrogaming
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2024-12-25 15:10:29 UTC

What a wonderful Christmas!
#retrogaming
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2024-12-25 14:27:08 UTC

Sonic the Hedgehog Into Dreams
#retrogaming
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2024-12-25 04:23:59 UTC

It is time...
#retrogaming
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2024-12-23 18:47:35 UTC

Pac-Man Christmas tree spotted.
#retrogaming #christmas
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2024-12-21 16:01:14 UTC

🤫 Blaze the Cat is a sleepy boy.
#cats #caturday #catsofmastodon
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2024-12-20 14:59:50 UTC

I was gifted a Sega Dreamcast ornament this #Christmas. #retrogaming
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2024-12-19 19:14:27 UTC

Hallmark #SonicTheHedgehog ornament! Watch him go! #retrogaming
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2024-12-19 12:28:25 UTC

This is my old 1979 #Nintendo Color TV-Game Block Kuzushi, which contains six variants of Breakout type games. #retrogaming
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2024-12-15 15:49:21 UTC

The Palmtex Super Micro is a 1984 LCD handheld with interchangeable cartridges and it used color overlays. It's also the worst console I've ever played, and I've played almost all of them. #retrogaming #shareyourgames
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2024-12-14 19:08:57 UTC

IT'S NOT A TRAP! Blaze the Cat says to touch his belly to hear him purr.
#cats #caturday #catsofmastodon
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2024-12-14 16:58:02 UTC

Top: Space Zap (Arcade, 1980)
Center: Space Fortress (Astrocade, 1981)
Bottom: Super Excidium Event (SNES, 2024)
#retrogaming
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2024-12-14 13:56:02 UTC

Blaze the Cat's impersonation of a banana.
#cats #caturday #catsofmastodon
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2024-12-13 22:11:08 UTC

Super Excidium Event is an all new physical release for your Super Nintendo!
#retrogaming #snes #nintendo #shareyourgames
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2024-12-12 19:34:12 UTC

Every time I think about the excellent #3DO game, Killing Time, I get the #Metallica cover of a song by the same name stuck in my head.
Killing time
Your life’s on the line
Killing time
Your turn to kill
Killing time
What’d ya say?
Killing time
The killing time
https://youtu.be/_5PiC-HqUw8?si=0jUdQffCmlcyrHEc
#retrogaming
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2024-12-11 19:03:44 UTC

This Arcadia machine isn't a video game system, but a projector game system. Much like Nintendo's 1976 Duck Hunt game. #retrogaming
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2024-12-07 14:44:22 UTC

Blaze the Cat sitting at my work desk. #cats #caturday #catsofmastodon
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2024-12-06 19:38:08 UTC

Here's a clip of the View-Master Interactive Vision, a VHS console. Here I'm demonstrating changing audio tracks on the fly in a game. #retrogaming
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2024-12-02 03:45:45 UTC

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I know what you mean.
With Blaze it's surprisingly not a trap! He loves a good belly rub. 😺

2024-11-30 15:59:14 UTC

Blaze the Cat says, "Look at my fluffy belly!"
#cats #caturday #catsofmastodon
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2024-03-08 18:05:51 UTC

Remember the ORIGINAL #Nintendo home version of Duck Hunt. Before #NES. Before #Mario. In 1976 this was a projector game!
#retrogaming #shareyourgames
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2024-02-26 01:51:37 UTC

Red Sharp Twin Famicom appreciation photographs!
#famicom #ninendo #retrogaming #shareyourgames
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