TheRND2 - Retro Games and EDM

What is Bonus Life?

thernd2 / June 2, 2026

What Is Bonus Life? Ten years ago this summer, I had a heart attack. Cardiac event, technically.. that’s what the […]

thernd2 / May 30, 2026

Thirty minutes, no script, no edits — a raw conversation with Pablo Artigas, the producer and DJ behind the trance

thernd2 / May 30, 2026

In 2001, Rob moved from rural Michigan to Los Angeles at 21. Unfamiliar city, unfamiliar people, third-shift work at a

thernd2 / May 30, 2026

Over 100 handmade UV reactive ornaments for a blacklight Christmas tree — six weeks of work, a Cricut machine, UV

thernd2 / May 30, 2026

Vanguard is one of SNK’s earliest arcade games — originally released in 1981 by Centuri in North America. This cabinet

thernd2 / May 30, 2026

Water-damaged NES cartridges pulled from a flooded basement — mold on the boards, labels gone, pins corroded. The question isn’t

thernd2 / May 30, 2026

Summer 1991. I was 11 years old, on a 500-pound riding mower from 1967. The mower went over a slope,

thernd2 / May 30, 2026

The Z64 “Mr. Backup” is one of the rarest Nintendo 64 accessories still in the wild — a backup unit

thernd2 / May 30, 2026

The UltraJewel64 mod replaces the stock plastic logo jewel on a Nintendo 64 with a Waveshare ESP32-S3 round LCD screen