As we all know, Christmas is a time for both giv­ing and receiv­ing. The UCHG have a habit of exchang­ing par­tic­u­larly mar­vel­lous bits of retro gam­ing periph­ery; gift results have in the past included mul­ti­ple Alex Kidd games and light­guns in all … Continue read­ing →

On Friday of this week I was lucky enough to attend a shoot­ing school that has pro­duced some of the UK’s finest clay pigeon shoot­ers. The aim of the day was to beat my Dad on a shoot con­sist­ing of 25 clays over … Continue read­ing →

We receive a lot of cor­re­spon­dence here at the UCHG. It seems many of you out there have many ques­tions that need answer­ing and we are always happy to help. We often like to reply to each ques­tion indi­vid­u­ally, for that per­sonal … Continue read­ing →

I can hon­estly say that there are not many games in the world that can hold my inter­est past their dura­tion. I often play the game through and that’s it. There are how­ever a scarce few titles that once I started I have been … Continue read­ing →

Who doesn’t like light­gun games? No-one, that’s who. Because of the hard­ware required (and issues with mod­ern day TVs), light­gun games aren’t that com­mon. But of those that do exist, which are the ones you really have to play? Check out … Continue read­ing →

414 days — That’s how long I have waited for this moment. If I were any less of a man I would have cut my arm off 78 times by now. Instead I have spent the last 13 and a half months of my life prepar­ing … Continue read­ing →

At UCHG HQ, we’ve got so much stuff — games num­ber in their hun­dreds, for con­soles that many peo­ple nowa­days wouldn’t even recog­nise. By now, we’ve man­aged to get hold of many of the real land­marks in gam­ing; but what … Continue read­ing →

On a cold dark January evening a call was made to UCHG HQ. The anony­mous voice on the end of the phone sug­gested that it would be within the best inter­ests of both par­ties if they were to meet. Sensing an immi­nent … Continue read­ing →