I setup and played the ‘Epoch’ rail-shooter game available on steam , with my Sinden light gun setup. Negatives I have to say, I didn’t like the mechanics of the game. The gameplay seemed pretty boring, and instead of one-shot-one-kill, you have to constantly ‘wear down’ enemies through shooting at them, and moving out of their way. This doesn’t really work very well on the Sinden light gun, as, although there are controls for moving - 4 buttons and a d-pad - on the gun, constantly having to switch to them and away from the ‘aim and fire’ action does not work very well. ...

I played through the version of [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2023000/Batsugun/](Batsugun on Steam) on the arcade setup. It is part of the [Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.4](Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.4).

For years I have been stuck with a working megadrive with a Gunstar Heroes cartridge that works UP UNTIL A POINT, and then crashes. If it were fully working, this Gunstar Heroes megadrive cartridge would be worth £250 at least at Ebay current prices! But more annoyingly, I have not been able to play the game properly. When Sega decided to discontinue the Sega Megadrive Collection on Steam, they offered a low price to buy all of the games, one of which was - you guessed it, Gunstar Heroes. ...

This is my new gaming blog, where I will write reviews of games I’ve played, game accessories I’ve bought, and anything else PC or console gaming-related that I can think of. It is using the same setup as my main https://davidcraddock.net blog - as in - it’s self-hosted, and uses the Hugo Go-based static blogging engine.

My Main Work/Media/Gaming PC ‘studio.local’ Ryzen 7 9800X 3D CPU GIGABYTE B850 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 Motherboard with 2.5Gbits/sec internet and on-board Wifi7 Be quiet! Straight Power 12 1000W power supply, ATX 3.0, 80 PLUS Platinum Cooler Master MasterAir MA824 Stealth CPU Air Cooler Samsung 990 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD, 4 TB, PCIe 4.0, 7,450 MB/s read, 6,900 MB/s write, Internal SSD Fractal Design North XL Charcoal Black Mesh G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo EXPO RGB 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz ASUS GeForce RTX 4070 12G DUAL EVO OC Gaming Graphics Card - 2550MHz Boost Clock, GDDR6X, PCIe Gen 4, DLSS 3, HDMI 2.1a, 3 x DisplayPort 1.4a (Supports 4K & 8K HDR) * 12th Gen i7 CPU 1x 1TB SSD that I use as a system drive for legacy reasons 10Gb/sec fibre optic network card Keyboard and Mouse Topre Realforce TKL UK model 8BitDo Retro 18 Mechanical Numpad, Supports Calculator Mode, Bluetooth/2.4G/Wired Numpad for Windows and Android - C64 Edition LOFREE TOUCH PBT Wireless Mouse with USB receiver, Bluetooth, Wired Connection, Rechargeable, 4000 DPI with OLED Screen Compatible with glass surface for Mac Windows PC Notebook/Block Retro White Gray Monitor and Other accessories ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDM 4K gaming monitor ― 32-inch 4K QD-OLED panel, 240Hz, 0.03ms (GTG), G-SYNC compatible, custom heatsink, graphene film, uniform brightness, 99% DCI-P3, True 10-bit, 90 W Type-C LG Ultragear Gaming Monitor 24GS65F, 24 Inch, 1080p, 180Hz, 1ms, IPS Display, HDR 10, NVIDIA G-Sync Compatible & AMD FreeSync, used in portrait mode usually 2x Genelec 8020 DPM speakers Logi USB headset with noise cancelling microphone Logitech Key light for web cam calls Elegato Facecam R0de Procaster mic with boom, roll cage and muffler ClonerAlliance Flint 4KP Plus video capture card with USB-c 3.0L Presonus 1824c Studio Sound Interface Phillips Hue Entertainment centre with 2 light sources and Hue Sync Ergonomic Equipment Flexispot E7Pro Motorised Standing Desk Flexispot BS14 ergonomic chair with headrest Flexispot standing desk mat Wooden rocker balance board 360 style balance board Fenge Dual Monitor Stand FIFINE Microphone Arm Stand, Boom Arm Stand with Desk Mount Clamp BenQ ScreenBar Halo 2 LED Monitor Light Bar Maksone Under Desk Treadmill My TVs My CRT Sony Trinitron KV-14LT1U 14" RGB Retro Gaming CRT TV External speakers with separate bass, treble and mid RetroGamingCables.co.uk SCART switcher and SCART cables. My Light GUN / SCART LCD TV Sony KDL-40R453C 40-inch Sony Bravia Full HD 1080p LED TV with SCART Living Room TV Setup We have a separate minimal setup in our living room which my wife uses heavily. It is minimal because she doesn’t like overcomplicated tech stuff :) It consists of: ...