Justin

I've got a short 3 day trip to Reno, NV coming up soon.  I've never been.  Anyone have any "must-do" or "skip that" suggestions?  I'm not too interested in gambling but love things like museums and nature/hiking/exploring.  I haven't decided if I'll get a rental car.  One thing I'm considering is finding a way to get over to Lake Tahoe for a day. 

🧠 I hope everybody active on here feels like a valued part of a welcoming & active community

👉 @GRay Defender has a wonderful review highly recommending Nukey Shay's 8K Pac-Man. He sums up my thoughts perfectly: Atari's version of 2600 Pac-Man was pathetic, but I still played it relentlessly and appreciate it today for what it is. If you want to play 2600 Pac-Man, swap it out for Nukey Shay's 8K Pac-Man hack and you won't be disappointed: 

Running behind due to non-gaming stuff, so here's the :28 promo for Episode 67 of Retro With Marco streaming TONIGHT at 9pm ET!

Two pictures of the actual TV consoles from RickR's childhood.  #1 was a Zenith.  #2 was an RCA.  They are in the same exact room, same exact spot.  Probably 10 years apart in age. 

In case anyone here is interested.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234214707954

Since it’s Sunday and I am doing laundry I thus decree that today shall be known henceforth as laundry/8 bit Nintendo day! 😝😎🧐

I decided to revisit the blog with my full review of Centipede: Recharged!

🚀 INVITE YOUR FRIENDS to play "Ultimate" Missile Command! 

🚀 INVITE YOUR FRIENDS to play "Ultimate" Missile Command! 

🔥 I've lost 70 lbs since the middle of May!

🔥 I've lost 70 lbs since the middle of May!

Atari.io in real life!  Had lunch with @socrates63today. 

Bought my first ever CIB copy of an NES game.

It's nothing spectacular, not a particularly big name title, but it was reasonably priced and I thought "What the heck?"

Anybody got any suggestions how best to display an NES game box? 

I'll share pics when it arrives in the mail.

So, going through some storage boxes I find a nice blue Konami Justifier pistol clearly for the SNES, I was pretty excited but after some research it seems the ONLY compatible game if LETHAL ENFORCERS? REALLY? Seems like such a missed opportunity! 😮🙁

I watched a really eye-opening video on Youtube last night that pretty succinctly exposed the blatant fraud behind the whole graded/sealed video game market.

Needless to say, Super Mario Bros. selling for $1.5 million dollars is all based on a whole lot of fraudulent market speculation, and it's a house of cards being propped up by an auction house and a grading company that were founded by the same people who caused the coin collecting bubble back in the 1980s.

It's all a bubble, and it's going to pop sooner or later.

Here's a :29 promo for Episode 64 of Retro With Marco airing on Tuesday, August 24 at 9pm ET...

Turns out the game I mentioned yesterday is region-locked!

A completely unexpected development on my part. Everything I've ever read told me that all DS games are region free, and will work on a 3DS from any region without any problems.

Turns out, that is only PARTIALLY true. There's a small number of so-called "DSi Enhanced" games that are indeed region-locked, and information about them is pretty scarce on the internet. I've literally never heard of it before.

So, my game is actually working just fine. I just can't play it on my 3DS.

I played the new(ish) Centipede arcade game - Centipede Chaos - this past week. It's a ticket redemption game and is quite fun. Anyone else tried it? 

I recently formed my own Discord, and have been pleasantly surprised by the results. Everyone here is welcomed to join! https://discord.com/invite/rQ3cHuxfBH

I'm also hosting a contest over there giving away a Breakout Mini arcade, if anyone is interested.

Hmmm should I start giving away pizzas 🍕🍕🍕

Red sunrise this morning from our balcony because of the surrounding smoke due to all the surrounding BC wildfires currently going on throughout BC and the Okanagan Valley. 😛

Thank you, @Justin, for your kind words and for bringing back the High Score Challenge. The Suzuka track is very challenging and was often frustrating lol. I was fortunate to win the 2021 Grand Prix.

Well, a cyst in my eye drained and flattened. She hit a blood vessel unfortunately, I have antibiotic and steroid drops for the next few days and then a follow up in a month. 😛

Just wanted to thank @HDN for trying to do a temporary High Score Squad while @Justin was tied up to keep the spirit alive. I'm glad the HSS will be returning, but if it wasn't, I was totally going to try to participate in the 2600 Pac-Man one. Maybe someday we can get an official 2600 Pac-Man High Score Squad!