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Coverage of retro tech, PC gaming, and more! Classic computers, Oddware, games, thrifting, Tech Tales, etc. __________ Formerly known as Lazy Game Reviews. It is now simply "LGR."

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The eBox: A Tiny, Low-Cost DOS & Windows PC From 2008

The DMP EBOX 3300 is a mini PC built for legacy industrial applications, making it well-suited to natively running MS-DOS and Windows 98 without emulation! It's also inexpensive, selling for...

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Unboxing a NEW 25-Year-Old Stereo! Sharp CD-BA200 from 2000

A bit of Y2K era sound system appreciation on LGR! This Sharp was my first "real" stereo as a teenager, and I recently found a new one still sealed in...

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The Forgotten Realm of 1990s PC Barcode Scanning Kits

BARCODES! No one gives 'em a second thought anymore. Yet they were once exciting, cutting edge tech. Heck, old computer magazines often had entire sections dedicated to UPC scanning and...

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History Destroyed in Shipping: Can we save a 1989 HALiKAN laptop?

I did NOT wanna make this video but here we are. This is the Chaplet Halikan LA-30A, or pieces of it anyway! A fascinating 1980s machine, one of the first...

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I’m Back Film: Is it worth $800 to convert 35mm to digital?

Review of the I'm Back Film kit! A bit of modern oddware that goes inside a 35mm camera and replaces the film, swapping it with a digital 20 megapixel Micro...

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1997: When We Captured Video via Parallel Printer Port

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RG Slide - The Coolest Retro Handheld I Don't Like Using

LGR review of the Anbernic RG Slide emulation handheld thing! There are tons of Android consoles built for emulating vintage games, but this one with its sliding mechanism and big...

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It's Been 16 Years of LGR! ...now what?

Marking SIXTEEN years of LGR existing! Thinking back on how it's been, how it's been going, and how I hope it might go in the future. Especially the last part...

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HyperBowl: From Sony Arcade to Windows XP Classic! An LGR Retrospective

Hyperbowl is perhaps most known for being in the Windows XP Plus! Pack and Media Center Edition in the 2000s, but it first was a (literally) huge arcade game attraction...

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How 1990s Magic Eye 3D Images Were Made

Exploring how N.E. Thing Enterprises came up with and created Magic Eye pictures in the 90s! Their 3D illusion books, posters, calendars etc were everywhere for years. But did you...

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LGR – Doom: The Dark Ages Review

Reviewing the newest Doom game from id Software and Bethesda, now with shield based parrying and medieval melee combat! A wild departure from previous games, but is it for the...

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The Weird Keyboard 262 Companies REFUSED to Make

This odd 90s thing is the Datadesk Trackboard. No wait, it's a LittleFingers trackball board? Both are similar yet VERY different! Diving into the rabbit hole of computer history in...

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Sony's Internal PC MiniDisc Data Drive: MDM-111

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The 1994 Computer Dealers Expo via Computer Chronicles

Video tour of the huge COMDEX convention show floor and its many marvels through the lens of Stewart Cheifet and the Computer Chronicles TV show, with LGR commentary along the...

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Building a New LGR Gaming PC! Ryzen 9800X3D

This build was made possible by video sponsor Jawa: https://jawa.link/LGR So after the stupid hurricane last year wrecked my gaming PC (and my home) I've been wanting to build a...

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Crosscountry USA 30 Years Later: Proper Truckin’ Edutainment

Looking back at the 1995 Home Edition of Cross Country USA for MS-DOS PCs! This update to the original 1985 Apple II edutainment game has you traveling from state to...

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Minisforum X1 Pro: Reviewing this BEAST of a Mini PC

Review of the Minisforum AI X1 Pro from 2025! A new Windows 11 mini computer built around the beefy AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 12-core processor, with 64GB RAM...

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Tamagotchi CD-ROM: The 1997 Digital Pet on PC

I missed out on Tamagotchi in the 1990s but I vividly remember the hype and being curious about them. So when I came across this CD-ROM version for Windows 95...

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HP Mini 1000: The Windows XP Netbook 16 Years Later

LGR retrospective on the HP Mini 1000, one of the more popular PCs from the short-lived era of the netbook! If you could even call it an era. In hindsight,...

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LGR - The Sims 1 & 2 Legacy Collection Review

The rumors were true! EA re-released the first two Sims games for Windows PCs to mark the 25th birthday of the series. And they even fixed them to work on...

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