Welcome to the second edition of the Retro Carnival. This time there is not delay and we have a very strong Retro Video Game presence this time round. So here are all this month’s entries… enjoy!

Joe Kissell presents Sea Monkeys: Interesting Thing of the Day posted at Interesting Thing of the Day
A great insight into a retro toy / pet. If you have ever wondered what Sea Monkeys are and how they exist Joe gives the full low down. The Sea Monkeys are back, but the truth is brine shrimp still don’t make good pets. Sneaky marketing strikes again.

D Kai Wilson presents Gamers, gaming and packing posted at .
D Kai remembers the days when people spent a lot of time playing many great games with the ultimate punishment, being called a gaming geek by you friends.

On the note of board games here is my entry about my favorite board game of all time

Elfs, Dwarfs, Wizards and Barbarians - It can only be one game

I was meant to write a new one, but as you probably know I have been really busy. But next time I will be posting a new article I have had in the back of my mind for a very long time. Any way enough about my problems, lets get back to the carnival

Matt presents Remembering The Nintendo Comics System posted at Press The Buttons
Mario, Zelda and Metroid comics! Surely that is a recipe for a great success. Well it turns out that in the 90s probably thought the same, but they were wrong.

Chris Dolley presents chrisdolley: Confessions of a French Film Extra posted at Author Chris Dolley’s Page
A funny tale from Chris’ work on Luc Besson’s film, Joan of Arc. Its not often you get the funny tales from an old movie set. We need to see more actors blogging about the past.

Retro Food presents Spaghetti Jello Recipe posted at Retro Food
The title is enough to make your mouth water. Another retro recipe to try out if your feeling hungy.

And Now A Melee Of Retro Video Game Articles

Gnome presents That sweetly flavor of yore… posted at Gnome’s Lair
A very detailed look at Amstrad. Amstrad is one of those companies you know exists but you just don’t know what on earth they do (or maybe everyone doea apart from me ). Well if your in my boat all is revealed at Gnomes Lair.

Tomleecee presents The Dreamcast Junkyard: Canned! posted at The Dreamcast Junkyard
There were many unreleased titles for the great Dreamcast. But why and what happened? Tomleecee tells us about some of the most popular disappearances. The Dreamcast could have been an even greater console with all these games.

mr. elderly jr. presents Impossible Mission Commodore 64 Retro posted at the elderly gamer
Who remembers the Commodore 64? I certainly do because it was my first ever console. Well most elderly gamers should remember and here is a look at the game Impossible Mission.

Arikhan presents Why I Retro Game posted at Destructoid
Every body has a reason they love video games, Well Arikhan loves playing Retro Video games and he gives 5 excellent reasons why. My favourite reason is Sound. I miss 8-bit music.

backflip10019 presents 5 SNES Games That Curb-Stomped My Arse posted at Destructoid
How many games have you completed in your life? One of the main reasons why you never completed a lot of games is because they were too damn hard. Here is 5 very hard Retro video games. How many of these did you complete? I can proudly say I completed 3 of the 4 I played from the list.

backflip10019 presents Sink or Float? Either Way, Water Levels Suck! posted at Destructoid
Another great submission from backflip10019 (yes multiple entries are allowed) this time looking at another difficulty of gaming, water levels. So it is not just me that thinks water levels are really annoying.

Wow, that was hard work. 11 Excellent entries that I should keep you busy for a while. Thanks to all bloggers that got involved and I hope I see your entries at the next edition. If your new to this and want to get involved submit your blog article to the next edition of the retro carnival using our carnival submission form.

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