The Future of Retro Gaming - The Repros

Written by Nate
Video by Canadian Zangief

If you consider retro video game collecting is evolving from it's infancy to adolescence, there are many future trends developing and it is our goal to document these trends as they unfold, news you can use!

The argument is out, are reproductions a true extension of this retro gaming culture or no more than glorified bootleggers? Reproductions can allow the retro game fan to play rare and expensive video games in their original format and even allow for a whole market of new, home made games (homebrews) for retro consoles. But why are some people against something that is seems so great? How can this be a danger to high priced collectors? Reproduction games are present in today's retro gaming culture, make sure you are prepared! *Nate plays evil music (A Special Video Request from Canadian Zangief)

What is a Fami-Clone?

Before being released in North America, the Nintendo's predecessor in Japan was known as Family Computer or Famicom. Throughout the mid to late 90's in Canada (and we're sure the USA as well) there were a run of these knock off Famicom consoles. You may have seen them growing up at Dollar-Stores advertised as "200 in 1's" or something similar. Today, we in the retro video game community refer to them as "Fami-Clones". They're cheap looking but fun to get when you find them and they're a part of our history. Our friend Andrew reviews a few of these Fami-clones from his collection!