![]() ![]() A Speccy gamer from the age of 10 onwards, Jake has lived through both the 8 and 16 Bit wars, during which he imported a Japanese Mega Drive, fell in love with Japanese game cover art and typography, and has been gaming and collecting ever since.Ĭollecting hardware as much as software, he’s is happy to own variations of well known consoles and obscure systems, aiming to collect the very best games released for them. Nintendo: Four Gameboy Micros, GBA SP & GameBoy Super Mario World (Nintendo, 1990), Tactics Ogre Let us Cling Together (Square-Enix, 1995), Final Fantasy XII (Square-Enix, 2006), WipEout HD/Fury (Liverpool Studio, 2008), Castlevania Symphony of the Night (Konami, 1997). Luckily I was on the winning side playing some amazing games on my Amiga instead of using it for school work.” I was one of those kids who had divorced parents so had a Super Nintendo at my mum’s and Mega Drive at my dad’s so playground console wars didn’t really affect me, however I am a veteran of the Amiga v Atari ST war that raged in the early 90’s. Gaming was something I did with my dad at first and then later my brother and I would play Super Tennis or Micro Machines every day. “I didn’t realise just how much I loved video games until I played Super Mario World. He never warmed to the NES, but the Super Nintendo changed his life! ![]() Gaming at home consisted of a Spectrum ZX and Atari 2600 until a Nintendo Entertainment System appeared in 1987. Nintendo: SNES, Gameboy Colour, Gameboy Advance, N64 & SwitchĬhris started gaming at the age of 5 at dingy arcades on the coasts of England. Co-founded Maximum Power Up in 2015.įinal Fight (Capcom, 1989), Shadowrun (Beam Software, 1993), Dungeon Master (FTL Games, 1987) and Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 2005) ![]() Other machines owned growing up were the Super Nintendo – his favourite of all time, the Amiga, PS1, PS2, PS3.Ī former member of the Retro Asylum podcast team for 18 months he always found it difficult to shut up about the ST, games magazines or the SNES. A lot of the early years were building experiences on local arcade machines and a love for gaming magazines – something that is still a major love all these years later. Paul has been playing games for over 25 years and first owned system was the Atari 520 STe. Microsoft: XBox Original, XBox 360 & Xbox One Sega: Mega Drive, Saturn, Dreamcast & Game Gear Nintendo: NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, WiiU, Gameboy Advance & Nintendo DS lite Gunstar Heroes (Treasure, 1993), Rez (United Games Artists, 2001), Ultra Street Fighter 4 (Capcom, 2014) & Silent Hill 2 (Konami, 2001) He is a self admitted Capcom Fanboy and can be often found trawling through stalls at events looking for his latest Vs fighter pickup that he probably already owns on another system.Ī former Retro Asylum team member, starting in early 2014 as a regular podcast cover artist and eventually featuring as a co-host on a few episodes before leaving to co-found Maximum Power Up in 2015. He started collecting retro games seriously 3 years ago. Join our hosts and special guests as they chat about their love of video game culture.Ī touch starved of video games as a child, Phil has developed somewhat of a gaming obsession in his adult life. Maximum Power Up is a monthly podcast covering retro and modern gaming. ![]()
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