Justin

Perfect.  I got fooled once into a "pre-sale" and regretted it.  Thanks for having this policy. 

I really don't like pre-sales. It is really putting people out on a limb because you have to rely on trust. Thanks, Justin, for this status update. :O)

Standardization for the win 🏆

I don't mind a few bites of pizza with pineapple and ham, but I don't think I could eat a full slice of it. It's good, but not that good in my opinion 🤓

I'm a huge fan of pineapple on pizza. 

I won't eat pizza any other way.  Pepperoni and Pineapple on mine any day.  They really go great together.  Domino's Hawaiian Pizza?  The bomb.

Definitely 80s style but I never heard of Kids Inc., so I looked it up. Wikipedia says that it aired on Disney Channel, so that explained it for me since I didn't have cable.

Each member can create up to 2 Clubs. They are little mini-communities within Atari I/O that are perfect for creating places to chat about highly-specific or Off-Topic interests!

You can build your own mini-forums, control membership & privacy settings, choose your topic of interest and develop your own groups! Clubs can be used to build your own retro gaming community, tie your Club in with your Blog, promote your YouTube Channel, host your own giveaways, or start a group about an Off-Topic interest!

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Well, I don't know the exact day, but I bet it has been about 20 some years for me.  I had always wanted a Lynx and started down the interwebz rabbit hole about it.  Then came Flea-Bay and many consoles and games to follow (mostly Atari).  

@Neon Wraith Atari Lynx is hands down one of my favorite systems of all time, and an excellent starting point. The graphics are still good, it has a small but fantastic library of games, and it's provided me with 3 decades of enjoyment.

It was the first time I've ever seen one at a show for a decent price.  I feel very lucky!  I sure do appreciate your enthusiasm Justin.  I'm really hoping that Everdrive arrives before the high score challenge ends. 

🙌 Even if your EverDrive doesn't arrive in time I'm certain this will continue in the Scoreboard forum, and with you able to participate I sense more Turbo Squad Challenges coming in the future pretty consistently

It works!  Nicely done. 

Thank you @RickR I hope it's useful! In the future I will find a more prominent way of featuring this within Atari I/O.

Very cool!

🤘🍻😎

@MaximumRD I'm glad you like what I did! Do you remember Rob, back when we were actively communicating on YouTube, tagging everyone in our videos and filming responses to Steve Benway, AtariLeaf, Mr. Intellivision etc.? This would've been around 2009-2010. I created a small website, it was like a little experiment called "The Daily Bomb" at getdevious.com/thebomb (it's long gone now) It was partially "The Onion / The Babylon Bee for Classic Gaming" with parody headlines etc, but the homepage had dropdown menus and hyperlinks to everything and everywhere interesting on line that had to do with classic gaming. There was even a page called "The Bomb Sixteen" with 16 of our favorite and most active Twitter feeds, all shown on one page. I really liked that "hub" idea, that someone could set us as their default home page whenever they open their browser and quickly link to everything interesting within the world of classic gaming. I'd like to incorporate more of that idea into Atari I/O moving forward. Maybe in some very big ways. I'm glad after all these years you're still out there creating content and that you're still you 😉🍻

THANK YOU @RickR It's something I've wanted to add for a long time and something that should've been native to the site to begin with. They have value beyond showing the handful of "Recent Status Updates" on the right of the Forums home page. In a community our size we should be able to scroll through and see everybody's updates, going back longer than just a couple of days. I think a dedicated Status Updates page is overdue and will work out awesome.

Yeah, very cool idea! Thanks, Justin!

Thanks @Sabertooth! Hope this gives us all more reason to post cool updates more frequently! 

This is good to hear @Sabertooth. Feel free to pin this as a topic in Club VCS if you'd like. This land of hyped false narratives is exactly why I don't dive too deeply into this stuff outside of trusted sources who we know through Atari I/O or similar.

I guess one good thing that came from the erroneous/incomplete news is that a lot of people bought a VCS during the holidays, thinking either it would be their last chance or would be a collector item.  Couple that with the awesome holiday sale on software, and I sure hope Atari got some great financial results during December.

@RickR Yes, let's hope! Atari has been doing a good job of listening to and respecting the hopes and dreams of their fans, and in my view when they make a sincere, authentic effort to do that they've earned our dollars. I hope they continue to do well!

I find it suspicious!

Bowser took over Nintendo! 

Always thought that was funny too.

I agree with this.  Atari was about family and friends spending time together, it wasn't always about the games.  Atari is how and why I learn how to be social.  Doesn't matter where you are from, we are all here for the same reason.  And we all need a break from life.  So sit down, visit with people on here, and enjoy a good game.  It doesn't even have to be an Atari game.  Whatever game you want to play...the idea is to enjoy yourself.  Come here and lower your stress level.  See?  Atari Pac-Man is good for something after all!

@RickR @Atari 5200 Guy @Sabertooth Please feel free to share this on social media where pertinent 🙃 

As soon as I can remember my password I will gladly copy and paste that on my Instagram account and my YT channel.  I can't remember my password to these forums.

Yes.  There's also some SNES and Atari 8-bit. 

Sounds good Rick! If you'd like to set aside the Atari manufactured ones I would be grateful. 

I'd give the SNES non working games a home.  What games are they?