What's was new and updated in January

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January - February 2001
February 21th	More awards. See bottom of this page.
February 20th	Looting part #3. Popils - The Blockbusters Challenge for Game Gear (NIB) Columns for Game Gear (loose) Myst Demo for Jaguar CD (cost 1 FIM SW'ed) Tempest 2000 The Soundtrack (Atari Jaguar) Manuals for Jaguar games : Trevor McFur, Alien vs. Predator (with one overlay) and Cybermorph Breakout 2000 for Atari Jaguar (SW'ed) Sega Flash vol. 1 (Saturn) Tribal Tap for SNES (6 player) Thunder Powerpack for Sega Game Gear Gain Ground for MegaDrive (loose, Jap) Universal Adapter for Megadrive (loose) Sachen 4-in-1 vol 7. for GameBoy Sony Playstation PowerPlay I promotional VHS Crash Bandicoot Sales Video 1996 VHS (NTSC) Weird PAL adapter (?) with SNES->RCA cable for SNES
February 20th	We were nominated as "Site of the Month" on the newest Tomorrow's Heroes Retrotimes Issue (#42)! See this link.
February 18th	Sorry about not having updated lately, had a major jaw/teeth operation done. However, this is what's new : Another Sega Master System + Sonic The Hedgehog, Lucky Dime Caper starring Donald Duck, Teddy Boy (card), Spy vs. Spy (card), Batman Returns and World Grand Prix. Night Warriors : Darkstalker's Revenge for Saturn. Porsche Challenge for Playstation. Another Amiga CD-32 (this one's working) with 3 pads and a PAL Atari 7800 (Wee!) Gangster & Pepsi Challenge tapes for C-64.
	We received the EyeSite Award 2001 "for your continued recognition and support of the classic gamer and computer enthusiast". Thank you.
	Some more info about the Sega MegaTech.
February 10th	Received Darius II for Sega Saturn and acquired Tokyo High Way Challenge II for Dreamcast. Added some links.
February 10th	More information found about our Intervision 2001.
February 6th	Added another C-64 to the pile and a pre-production copy of Dreamcast Virtua Tennis.
February 6th	Pelikonepeijoonit are in the process of organising a collector meeting in Finland this year. Read here for more!
February 5th	-30 C (-22 F) outside. Acquired another Amiga CD32 but haven't been able to get it to work so far.. More things are on their way.. Received the Sega MegaTech PCB. Anyone have pinouts?
January 31th	Little updates here and there. Sega announced that they will still support Dreamcast, but manufacturing the actual consoles will cease. Sad news, but Dreamcast will live forever!
January 30th	Added pictures on the related items page and on the games page (of the PSX Alphas). Updated Handhelds that use cartridges list a little.
January 29th	Added the previously acquired C64 and Megadrive games on the games lists with pictures.
January 29th	A bunch of scans from a Colecovision brochure.
January 25th	Added information of a never released (?) Bit Corporation Gamate Color on the Handhelds that use cartridges list. If anyone has more information, please let us know. Added a picture of the MacClassic.
January 24th	Added information about a silver colored Game Gear and a gold & diamond covered Game Gear on the Handhelds that use cartridges list. Several other little updates.
January 24th	In collaboration with Assembler - The Home of the Obscure, we offer you some video clips rarely seen outside of Japan. Only one for now (a NEC PC-FX commercial), more to come!
January 23th	> 20 000 visitors!!! Thank you everybody!
January 23th	Received a box for the Intellivision computer add-on and a C-64 educational video.
January 20th	The Street Fighter for Game Gear turned out to be a Street Fighter II. Also found out that StarCon was never actually released for PSX. Sweet.
	More stuff : Nintendo Cartridge Soft Pack Sega Art Alive Sega Master Gear 2 Impossible Mission, Kennedy Approach, Army Moves, American Ice Hockey + a bunch of joysticks for C=64. Sega Mega Drive Master System Converter NIB Sega Mega CD Back-Up RAM Card NIB x 2 ThrustMaster Wizzard Pinball Controller NIB for PC Formula Karts: Special Edition NIB for Sega Saturn
	There's apparently a new Mega Drive out in Japan. See the pictures here and here.
January 19th	Mikko scored the following : Atari Jaguar Team Tap (boxed, never used) x 2 Atari Jaguar JagLink (boxed, never used) x 2 Sega MegaDrive 32X: Toughman Contest (boxed, never used) x 2 Sega MegaDrive 32X: Toughman Contest (cart, manual & inner box only) Master Gear 2 x 2 PSX: Test Drive 5 alpha copy (13/7/98) MegaDrive: Lethal Enforcers (loose) Sega Demo System DS-16 MegaDrive 6-cart store display add-on Sega Saturn power Some of these are going for trade (Check it out). Yeah!
January 19th	Okay, looting continues, this time mostly by Manu: Electronic Arts / PSX plastic shelf cover Genipak Video Game Enhancer for Megadrive (boxed, never used) JA-318 SNES Controller programmer (boxed, never used) 2 x CD+Plus MegaCD Adapter Tetris 2 for NES (shrinkwrapped) Sega Saturn Bootleg Sampler Sega Flash vol.2 for Saturn NBA Live PSX alpha copy (7/9/98) Starcon PSX E3 demo (30/6/98) Supervision 110 in 1 for NES (loose) Psygnosis Product Video (VHS) Playstation console retailer video (VHS) WWF Raw for Game Gear (loose) Street Fighter for Game Gear (pirate, loose) MegaDrive 2 RF-modulator 1->3 RF-divider Ape Escape PSX (shrinkwrapped) Sonic/Tails Rubik's Ball Konami The Justifier Light Gun Huge Spyro the Dragon poster Soul Calibur poster Nights into Dreams for Sega Saturn Menacer light gun with receiver and cart (loose) Some of these MIGHT go for trade too, we'll keep you updated. Mikko also went back to pick up some Tengen Gameboy 4-in-1 carts and bunch of other stuff...
January 18th	Ville acquired a Mac Classic.
January 16th	Little tweaks here and there, nothing major.
January 10th	Received a Toshiba HX-10 MSX computer with a boxed Hypersports cart. Little updates here and there.
January 10th	Added a few scans on the Finnish Ads page : Intellivoice brochure and C=64 educational video covers.
January 9th	Added the 4 pirate Megadrive multicarts Mikko got for Christmas to the Sega games list .
	Added a LOT of stuff on the Handhelds that use cartridges page - Game boy clones, Game boy variations, some new machines, found out who manufactures Game Axe and so on.. Updated the FAQ to version 1.6.
	Some interesting things on the internet right now : GP32 - A new 32-bit handheld system Puma - Atari 2600 inside a Sega Nomad
January 8th	Mikko acquired another Sega Multi-Mega. As far as we know, this one wasn't in the batch of 10 that was imported to Finland. We believe that the origins of this particular unit lead to Sweden.
January 1st *2001*	Received the two new Sega CD games (Star Strike, Bug Blasters : The Exterminators) released in 2000 by GDG, thanks to Michael. Also a 4MB memory card for Dreamcast with a cable to connect to a PC. Kalle sent the last bunch of Electronic Games magazine scans including game advertisements and a cool Pac-Man Watch ad.
January 1st *2001*	Also received a Brazilian Sega Master System game by Tec Toy called "Turma da Monica em: O Resgate". Thanks to Luis.
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