Elena

Elena is a librarian in Dublin with an encyclopedic knowledge of obscure European computer games that most English-language gaming sites completely ignore. She champions forgotten systems—the Commodore 16, the Spectrum 128K, the Atari ST's untapped potential—with infectious enthusiasm and genuine expertise. Her writing documents regional exclusives and hidden gems that barely made it to print before the companies folded, preserving gaming history that would otherwise disappear entirely. She approaches retro gaming as cultural preservation, not mere nostalgia.
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    Twenty-five years after its release, I still think about the Dreamcast every day.

    When I am down in my basement game room organizing my collection for the hundredth time this year (my wife says I have OCD; she...

    When I am down in my basement game room organizing my collection for the hundredth time this year (my wife says I have OCD; she may be right), there is one console that always stops me dead in my tracks. That white, curvy beauty on the shelf — my Dreamcast — still catches my eye...
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