Famous people with retro system collections?

[AmigaJay]

Maybe a page with a celebrity that owns and still plays old systems or collects for a particular system.
Just a few paragraphs of their childhood and what they play now... and a cheesy photo of them holding their joystick wouldn't go a miss.
Obviously your not gonna get A list celebs no offence!, but you might get that bloke off the go compare advert or the fat one out of the Tango adverts in the 90s...

[zapiy]

Fantastic idea.

[The Laird]

So Lee from Big Brother 4 tells us about how he once owned a Gameboy

[RetroBob]

Jonathan Ross? He would make a great interview too I'm sure RG, hint hint.

Iain Lee!!

[nakamura]

Dara O.braian is a big player, not sure if collector though.

[Dave300]

Doesn't Jonathan Ross have quite a collection - I remember him talking about his favourite Nintendo games and having a gaming room that was full of stuff! Can't vouch for how much of it was Retro though...

[GunstarHero]

I bet Simon Pegg has a collection.

[ArcadeMYK]

Excellent idea AmigaJay..
I'm sure the boys at the mag could dig up an actor or two who starred in some of the Videogame related movies of the past like Peole who starred in either of the Tron films?? some of the B-Grade actors in SreetFighter or Mortal Kombat(s)?? The Wizard? Double Dragon?
These sorts of people could even give some insight into what they had to do to "Get into the characters" of the roles they'd be playing, surely that would have caused them to play the games that the movies were about at least...

[TwoHeadedBoy]

Doesn't Jonathan Ross have quite a collection - I remember him talking about his favourite Nintendo games and having a gaming room that was full of stuff! Can't vouch for how much of it was Retro though...

He's got a Nomad and one of those Dreamcasts that are shaped like Sonic's head. And his favourite game ever is Splatterhouse on the PC-Engine (this is according to an interview he gave to Max and OB from Hollyoaks at some awards ceremony thing).

[stvd]

Doesn't Jonathan Ross have quite a collection - I remember him talking about his favourite Nintendo games and having a gaming room that was full of stuff! Can't vouch for how much of it was Retro though...

I can't remember what program I saw it on but Jonathan Ross' game room is quite a sight.

Robin Williams named his daughter Zelda. That's A-list for you!


[edit] found JR's game room (well, he says it's his office!). Check out that ceiling.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=136017

[limedarren]

Labour party leader Ed Milliband was / is a spectrum gamer....

found this in an old copy of your sinclair....
look who is @ 34....

[limedarren]

also....everton goalkeeper tim howard.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAsqJzz ... ure=relmfu

[Rapidmollusc]

Robin Williams named his daughter Zelda. That's A-list for you!

Unless he just liked Terrahawks and thought his daughter wasn't much of a looker when she arrived

[Antiriad2097]

SirClive shared the airwaves with Olly Murs on Radio 1 declaring a sizeable Mega Drive collection a few months back.

[RodimusPrime]

Jonathon Ross did an interview once where he said him and his wife bought Super ghouls and ghosts on release day and they both spent the entire weekend taking turns until they completed it. Tehy stayed in their pyjamas the full weekend ordering pizza and eating ice cream and played it nonstop.