Troyxl85

Console collector, retro gaming events organiser, all round good egg.

16/06/2025

👾🕹️🎮 TOMORROW NIGHT!! 🎮🕹️👾

Insert Coin brings Retro Gaming vibes to the fine establishment of Featuring classic consoles like NES, SNES, Mega Drive, Dreamcast, Playstation 1 & 2 and more with a wealth of games to choose from.

If you're in the area (or even if you're not) come pick up a pad, a cold drink and enjoy some classic gaming whilst supporting a local business.

26/05/2025

Insert Coin x The Wrestling – Friday 4th July at

We’re teaming up with to celebrate their epic return with a stacked card of wrestling talent – and we’re bringing the retro vibes!

Before the action kicks off in the ring, come and relive the glory days of pixelated piledrivers and 16-bit suplexes with a host of classic wrestling video games in the foyer. Entry to the retro games zone is FREE – just bring your best button-mashing skills!

Tickets for The Wrestling are on sale now – don’t miss what’s shaping up to be one of the biggest events of the year!

What were your favourite wrestling games growing up? Drop your faves in the comments – we might just feature them on the night!

05/02/2025

Found my original Playstation console in my mum's attic!
I remember the day I got this beautiful console, there was barely a day where it wasn't switched on 😊 Still the best start up sound of ANY console!

It boots up, but isn't spinning/reading discs, so I'm going to have to have a go at opening it up and having a clean around.

Wish me luck 🤞🏾🤓

04/01/2025

I've been on the hunt for some classic beat em up games ahead of my next event. 🕹️🎮🤼‍♂️

What's missing? What was your favourite beat em up game?

Let me know below 👇🏾

28/12/2024

After watching the Christmas staple that is Die Hard a few days ago, I was reminded of the game Apocolypse starring ya boi Bruce Willis. A wonder round some shops in town today proved fruitful because I found it for £10. Fully motioned captured, facial scanned and voiced by the Hollywood legend himself.

I was also reliably informed today that this was essentially the build engine for Tony Hawks Pro Skater, so much so that there is supposedly footage somewhere of Bruce on a skateboard. Digging a bit deeper, this game was actually meant to be completely different to what we know today, with Willis being a playable sidekick character in a co-op type game.

26/12/2024

Merry Christmas to me! Just scored WWF No Mercy for the N64—the undisputed champion wrestling games!

From the incredible roster and deep story mode to the endlessly fun multiplayer battles, this game still holds up after all these years. It’s a masterpiece of the Attitude Era and a must-play for any wrestling fan.

16/12/2024

Haven't posted for a while, as I've been busy the last month or so with life admin, but here's a few images from a small set up for at the start of November and late in October. Thank you to everyone that attended and have positive feedback on the set up.

Always thankful for the opportunities to bring the consoles along to events, and I'm actually already taking some bookings for next year as well as some big plans for my own events.

25/10/2024

More games added to the spooky season collection this week, including The Inpatient, Rush of Blood, The Addams Family and one I already owned and totally forgot about Manhunt!

One more day till launch party at
Get yourself down and scare yourself with some nostalgic spookiness!

22/10/2024

ABSOLUTE BONAFIDE CLASSIC!!

Arguably my favourite arcade game growing up, I remember going wild when it was released for home console.....WITH A LIGHTGUN!!

Arcade conversions don't get much better than this. Though you know what could have been better about this game, the damned voice acting 🤣🤣 Yikes!

Do you want to experience classic arcade action with abysmal voice acting? Then get to launch party this Saturday at to enjoy this and more!

12/10/2024

Adding to the Sega Saturn collection with another spooky number.
This time it's Capser! 👻

Interplay’s version of the Casper game, developed by Funcom, is a top-view action-adventure with pre-rendered graphics. It offers an alternate take on the movie’s plot, featuring Casper searching for friendship tokens, reassembling the Lazarus machine, and restoring Dr. Harvey while solving puzzles and exploring the mansion. The game focuses on puzzle-solving rather than combat, with the Ghostly Trio and Carrigan as the main obstacles.

Another Halloween adjacent game available to play launch party on 26th October at

10/10/2024

Four copies of Left 4 Dead 2, four XBOX 360s and a router.

That can only mean one thing....4 PLAYER SYSTEM LINK CO-OP!

Fond memories of playing this game at LAN parties many years ago, and whilst the 360 servers may cease to exist, system linking games is still very much possible! No need for split screen, you'll have a screen each!!

We're going to have this set up for those of you that want to buddy up and take on zombie hoardes at launch party later this month in the

09/10/2024

Resident Evil is one of my all time favourite game series (4 is the standout in my opinion) and id like to think I've played all of them. Turns out I'm wrong! Resident Evil Survivor is a thing and I'm here for it! I thought it was a rail shooter like House of The Dead, Tim Crisis and the like, so you can imagine my surprise when I had to use the trigger to move and shoot but you get used to it. It's fun using the G-Con45 to cap zombies instead of the janky aim system of the early RE games using a controller.

This will be one of a small selection of horror/spooky games available to play at grand opening event later this month at

What other games would you like to see available to play?

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I love a lot of things and gaming is one of them!

My name is Troy and I love to play computer games! I also love to collect retro consoles, Funko pops, other ‘geeky’ memorabilia as well as being a bit wrestling fan. I’ve started up this page in order to share that hobby and passion with others, especially during this time of lockdown and uncertainty. My aim of starting this page is to stream gaming, prompt discussion and share knowledge. Join me on this wonderful journey by liking, sharing, subscribing, watching and joining in with things I do. Thanks :)