Heroes of Time

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Conversations with the people who lived through the golden age of video games: collectors, shop owners and enthusiasts on unfindable copies, forgotten peripherals and stories no catalog records.

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Heroes of Time: Getting to Know Boris Ramieri

1. Hi! We welcome you to the great family of The Games Market and thank you for agreeing to be interviewed. Every passion is usually born a long time ago, in th...

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Heroines of Time: Getting to Know Jessica Armanetti

Hi, thanks for agreeing to be interviewed! Every passion usually begins far back, in that wonderful and evocative period between childhood and adolescence...

by The Games Market Redazione

Heroes of Time: Meet Cristian Grillo

Hi! We’d like to welcome you to the big The Games Market family, and thank you for agreeing to be interviewed. Every passion is born far back in time, usually in that magnificent and evocative period between childhood and adolescence, where the dreams of video gamers begin, destined to grow with us. Tell us about yourself! Who are you? Or better yet, who is the person, the collector, the video game enthusiast we have in front of us?

by The Games Market Redazione

Heroes of Time: Meet Matteo Berera

Hi! Welcome to the great family of The Games Market, and thank you for agreeing to be interviewed. Every passion is born far back in time, usually in that magnificent and evocative era between childhood and adolescence; that is where gamers’ dreams are born, destined to grow with us. Tell us about yourself! Who are you? Or rather, who is the person, the collector, the video game enthusiast we have in front of us?

by The Games Market Redazione

Heroes of Time: Meet Claudio Bassanelli

Hi! We welcome you to the great family of The Games Market and thank you for agreeing to be interviewed. Every passion begins far back, usually...

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Heroes of Time: Let's Meet Gabriele Odorizzi

Hi! Welcome to the great family of The Games Market, and thank you for agreeing to be interviewed. Every passion begins far back, usually...

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E.T. Phone Home, a call to the stars!

The term blockbuster, meaning those cinematic films that thanks to a series of fortunate circumstances (successful publicity campaigns, iconic characters, and wide distribution in theaters around the world) become so popular as to be

by Simon Larocca

PowerGlove, the power in your hands with Nintendo

How I wish I had it... Words that we have all said at least once in our lives and that, more than ever in these days leading up to the holidays, take on strong emotional connotations, both for nostalgics like the writer and for those who, with children in tow, are preparing to experience the festive season under the sign of crazy orders from the online leviathan “Amazon”.

by Simon Larocca

Heroes of Time: getting to know Renato Cotini

Hello! Welcome to the big The Games Market family, and thank you for agreeing to be interviewed. Every passion is born far back in time, usually in that magnificent and evocative period between childhood and adolescence, where video game dreams are born

by Simon Larocca

Heroes of Time: Meet Christian Dallari

Hi! Welcome to the big The Games Market family, and thank you for agreeing to be interviewed. Every passion is born far back, usually in that magnificent, evocative period between childhood and adolescence, where video game dreams are born

by Simon Larocca

Heroes of Time: Let’s Get to Know Massimiliano Sacchi

Hi! Welcome to the big The Games Market family, and thank you for agreeing to be interviewed. Every passion begins far back, usually in that magnificent and evocative age between childhood and adolescence, where gamers’ dreams are born, destined to grow up with us. Tell us about yourself!

by Simon Larocca

Heroes of Time: Let’s Meet Enrico Freguia

Hi! Welcome to the big family of The Games Market, and thanks for agreeing to be interviewed. Every passion is born far back, usually in that magnificent and evocative period between childhood and adolescence; that is where the dreams of video game players are born

by Simon Larocca

CreatiVision, VTech's Ambitious Console/Computer and Its Arrival in Italy with Zanussi

In 1981, the Hong Kong company VTech was enjoying great worldwide success with the production of handheld electronic games inspired by Nintendo’s “Game & Watch” line; in Italy, they were particularly popular under the name

by Carlo Santagostino

Federico Salerno, founder of Games Collection

One of the great things, when you begin to venture into the territory of video game collecting, is getting to know people who share the same passion that drives your own steps: a passion often born in the spectacular years of childhood, fragments of life in which kicking a Supertele ball in your team’s colors made you feel like the new striker of the National Team, unforgettable moments where a triple blow across the circuits of an Asteroids cartridge could give you the chance of another space mission defending Earth. I got to know Federico Salerno a little better thanks to the interview you are about to read, and you too, like me, will realize by the end that he is one of us, a man who has not forgotten the boy he was and always will be, with an uncatchable ball at his feet and the dream of living a thousand adventures, just like his idol Indiana Jones.

by Simon Larocca

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Heroes of Time: Getting to Know Boris Ramieri

Heroes of Time: Meet Luca Locatelli

Heroes of Time: Getting to Know Flavio Quattrone

Heroes of Time: Getting to Know Christian Defilippi

Heroes of Time: Getting to Know Gianmarco Pezzino

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Heroines of Time: Getting to Know Jessica Armanetti

Heroes of Time: Meet Cristian Grillo

Heroes of Time: Meet Matteo Berera

Heroes of Time: Meet Claudio Bassanelli

Heroes of Time: Let's Meet Gabriele Odorizzi

E.T. Phone Home, a call to the stars!

PowerGlove, the power in your hands with Nintendo

Heroes of Time: getting to know Renato Cotini

Heroes of Time: Meet Christian Dallari

Heroes of Time: Let’s Get to Know Massimiliano Sacchi

Heroes of Time: Let’s Meet Enrico Freguia

CreatiVision, VTech's Ambitious Console/Computer and Its Arrival in Italy with Zanussi

Federico Salerno, founder of Games Collection