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The Social Network: 13 years
Inception: 13 years
Avatar: 14 years
The Dark Night: 15 years
Iron Man: 15 years
Wall-E: 15 years
No Country for Old Men: 16 years
Kill Bill: Vol 2: 19 years
Kill Bill: Vol 1: 20 years
Elf: 20 years
Lost in Translation: 20 years
The Bourne Identity: 21 years
Training Day: 22 years
Gladiator: 23 years
The Matrix: 24 years
The Sixth Sense: 24 years
Office Space: 24 years
You’ve Got Mail: 25 years
Titanic: 26 years
Toy Story: 28 years
Pulp Fiction: 29 years
Shawshank Redemption: 29 years
Forrest Gump: 29 years
The Lion King: 29 years
Jurassic Park: 30 years
Goodfellas: 33 years
Dances with Wolves: 33 years
Pretty Women: 33 years
Total Recall: 33 years
Field of Dreams: 34 years
Die Hard: 35 years
Wall Street: 36 years
The Princess Bride: 36 years
Spaceballs: 36 years
The Running Man: 36 years
Top Gun: 37 years
Ferris Bueller: 37 years
Back to the Future: 38 years
The Terminator: 39 years
Trading Places: 40 years
Blade Runner: 41 years
E.T.: 41 years
Raiders of the Lost Ark: 42 years
The Shining: 43 years
Alien: 44 years
Apocalypse Now: 44 years
Star Wars: 46 years
Rocky: 47 years
Taxi Driver: 47 years
Jaws: 48 years
Goldfinger: 49 years
The Godfather: 51 years
2001 Space Odyssey: 55 years
The Sound of Music: 58 years
To Kill a Mockingbird: 61 years
Psycho: 63 years
Vertigo: 65 years
It’s a Wonderful Life: 77 years
Casablanca: 81 years
Citizen Kane: 82 years
Gone with the Wind: 84 years
The Wizard of Oz: 84 years
Snow White: 86 years
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2 minutes ago, CrossBow said:
The advantage of mounting it there, means the VGA cable isn't in the way of your hands as you play, and the console won't feel top heavy with a cable stuck off the top of it
Totally agree with this 💯 🧠
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1 minute ago, CrossBow said:
Depending on what needs to be done, I can provide some services on the PCE yes. Not the Turbo Express though as I've never worked on those and there are many others out there that specialize in it more like Ben Fong from IfixRetro for instance.
But I've got a PCE core grafx on the bench getting an RGB upgrade put in as I type this.
I was thinking about a recap and an RGB upgrade on a minty US. Turbo Duo. Possibly a Core Grafx as well. Was also thinking about sending a Turbo Express to Ben for a recap and screen upgrade but would rather send to you if that was something you did. Lynx will come first. And now that the "Sega Neptune" video is out there, a Neptune build is on my list as well but a longhorn build would push my abilities. None of this is a top property at the moment but when I get to it I'll be reaching out to you for sure.
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5 hours ago, sramirez2008 said:
Here’s what mine looks like. VGA and McWill LCD screen upgrade. The screen looks better than what’s displayed in the picture.
@sramirez2008 That is beautiful! Are you able to show a close up of the VGA out port?
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On 11/28/2023 at 10:16 AM, CrossBow said:
The LCD kit is the most expensive part as that costs about $90 - 95 now. But I don't charge labor to install the screen in the Lynx II because it is a drop in replacement and only requires 1 wire to be soldered if you want scanline modes. If that isn't something you care about then that can be left out, although I still add it because I'm already inside it and one wire is a nothing thing.
Recapping a Lynx is about $45 usually and the power circuit replacement as well. But I tend to discount quite a bit in the labor if everything is being done because again, I'm already inside the thing.
So you would be looking at about $150 for full servicing with the LCD, caps, and new power stage components. I do charge an extra $20- for the VGA as there is labor involved there given the wiring and case modification for the DB15 port needed. K-retro does offer a more elegant looking VGA output solution that uses a magnetic connector dongle, but that is really only useful if you also get an external controller port added and essentially turn the Lynx into a console. The mag connectors don't hold up that well when you are holding the Lynx playing it as a handheld. As a result, I advise the use of the standard DB15 for the VGA and I add the standoffs to screw the VGA cable to secure everything to lynx well while holding it to play.
Few caveats to know regarding the VGA...
It can be tricky in that some monitors might not support the VGA signal. Actual computer monitors are usually fine, but some TVs with VGA PC input ports on them could have issues.
Also, the LCD is turned off when playing on VGA output. It isn't possible to have both on at the same time with an of the kits I've seen.
Last, is that you still have to handle the audio separately so you have to plug in a 3.5mm to 3.5mm patch cable from the headphone jack of the Lynx into an AV receiver or external speakers since the VGA out is strictly video of course.
So yeah, a ballpark estimate for caps, new IPS LCD, power component refresh and VGA out is going to actually be about $170 + return shipping. That is what I charged on my last client for the same work. You could forgo the capacitor replacement and that would save money there. But the power stage component refresh is mandatory in my LCD installs. Shipping a lynx II is pretty cheap too since they are fairly small and tend to be pretty sturdy in shipping. Last one I sent for about $10 it looks like.
So yes it is an investment to be sure, but you will NOT believe how the lynx games can look when you see them in such clarity.
BTW, what AV upgrade do you have in your 5200? I can tell you are capturing from composite? Do you do the same for your 7800?
@CrossBow You're selling me on the idea of doing this. Are you able to work on PC Engine, Turbo Duo, Turbo Express stuff also?
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40 minutes ago, RickR said:
HOLY SH@T! I can't stop saying it because LOOK at what I've found. Rarity of rarities, it's the Commodore Educator PET-64.
It is somewhat broken (it freezes a few minutes after boot) but I'm hoping I can repair it. First step is a nice, careful, thorough cleaning. And yes, I have the broken "5" key.
Why is the "5" key prone to breaking?
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2 hours ago, Sabertooth said:
Just saw the limited release of Fatal Run for Atari 2600 in my inbox. I have to ask though - why not the 7800 version? If the Atari 2600+ plays 7800 games, why not release the superior version? At this point everyone buying a 2600+ can play most 7800 games, and a great deal of Atari aficionados have original 7800 systems.
And better yet, why not make my childhood dreams come true and release RoadBlasters for Atari 7800? Leettttssssss gooooooo!
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42 minutes ago, CrossBow said:
Finally got the bits and bobs together to get this up and going with a new power supply, well used but working controller, and got the SD Loader installed and working well. Such a fun system! Just too bad it had a short life and didn't get more games released for it.
Welcome to the new world of Neo•Geo
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21 minutes ago, HDN said:
It hasn’t even been two years since my last update again but I’m back! I moved some stuff around when I was back for thanksgiving to see my family. I’m in college now so I don’t live with all of this stuff anymore. Maybe tomorrow I can post some pictures of my dorm room video game setup if anyone is interested. But this is what the old game room looked like when I left yesterday.
Looks good Harry, that's a nice setup, I hope you keep that throughout life and build on it
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That's a very cool looking can. I love that style.
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3 hours ago, TrekMD said:
OK, this one is just a cool optical illusion...
I thought you were posting pills until I looked at this again
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5 minutes ago, Silver Back said:
Hey guys, I've been busy building a backlog of videos for the holidays and I've been pretty successful but it hasn't left me with much time to browse the forums or engage too much. Sorry about that but I think we have some cool stuff coming up and some even cooler stuff that just released!
Everything is becoming so expensive these days! I want one with the mod to let it output to televisions and monitors and man, I don't know if I can swing that anytime soon lol. I might get a stock one if I find a good deal and just record gameplay via emulation for the videos but that sort of feels wrong to me. But we'll figure it out eventually we always do!
Thank you so much, I really wanted to just stimulate people to dig a little deeper and think more independently or at least find out what it was all really about. And honestly it made me dig deeper too after seeing some of the comments and thoughts. So a follow up might be in the future at some point!
Great point, a video on some of the unsung heroes would be pretty cool, or the more ignored figures who influenced Atari. I wanted a big part of the channel to feature the creators and key community members so I think that's a fantastic point and something I could help shine a light on.
Thanks for the great input and comments guys, your all fantastic!
So I started my week of giving thanks to the Atari 5200 on Thanksgiving with my Five to Try series on the Atari 5200. My intentions was to start a series over the holidays that I could get out quickly and hopefully still have it be entertaining and help people discover some new games or give recommendations for people just entering a collection for a console. The series will continue over December with Five to Try Hidden Gems on the 7800 and Five to Try Atari 2600 Red Box Games. Keep an eye for those over the next few weeks, but lets get back to the 5200!
So 3 days later, on Sunday our Thanksgiving series, giving thanks to the 5200 continued as I put out our first 5200 review on the channel for Gremlins. This was one of the games I used to drool over wishing it had come to the Atari 7800. But it remained a 5200 exclusive... that I can finally play! So I jumped right into it and I give my thoughts on whether or not its worth the high asking price on eBay. With so many great titles going for much less, is it worth spending 60-100 dollars on that single game? I don't know but I can tell you if it at least plays well!
And now I have an extra surprise video releasing on Tuesday, 5 days after Thanksgiving and wrapping up our week of giving thanks to the 5200 (while everybody else gives thanks to the 2600+... maybe my timing wasn't great lol) as I do another review on my first 5200 homebrew game, Adventure 2! This one I had my eye on since before getting the console, and I'm excited to share some thoughts and a little fact with you guys as well. As a new owner of the 5200, I'm curious to find out if the homebrew scene is as fun to explore as the 7800 scene is. And I have a lot more cool games I want to explore from Video61 and GoodDealGames as well, so 5200 homebrew will hopefully be a big part of the channel this upcoming year. So check out the Adventure 2 review tomorrow, November 29th at 2pm Eastern Standard Time. Or whenever you want to watch it! Its a youtube video after all its not going anywhere.
That wraps up our week of giving thanks to the 5200, I hope you guys enjoyed it. This Thursday I look as some Jaguar games that have been labeled as awful and give my thoughts if I agree or not, based on first impression! And then on Sunday, I review Atari Mania for the VCS 800, Switch, Steam and everything else, probably your toaster too!
Tons more videos have been worked on and completed or close to it as I'll be away for most of the holiday and wont have time to work on videos, but their all set to auto upload. As long as I'm healthy and able I'll keep the 2 video a week promise! Ok guys, let me know what you think of the videos, what you want to see from the channel, and thank you all for the supports! Have happy and safe holidays if I don't hear from you anytime soon and remember to stay classy Atarians. And yes I robbed that from Ron Burgandy and I kind of like it lol
@Silver Back This is a terrific lineup of videos and top notch content, thank you for contributing so much to the Atari community and for sharing all of this with us here
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10 minutes ago, Atari 5200 Guy said:
So if I want to improve any cartridge game I just have to put it in an Atari shell and put a better label on it?? Will Gradius fit in an Atari shell?
Yes
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1 hour ago, phoboz said:
Check this out, quite promising in my opinion:
Hope to see it finalized some day...
That actually looks really really nice, especially the scrolling backgrounds.
It was always my belief that Atari put too much emphasis behind the 3-D aspects of the Atari Jaguar (undeniably what was coming next) but didn't build enough on 2-D gaming. Neo-Geo and others offered incredible 2-D arcade experiences, and that was an arena Atari could've shined in had they wanted to. Even bringing Pit Fighter over to the Jaguar as a launch title with great sound would have been terrific.
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Star TrekL The Complete Animated Series
$14.99 on iTunes (Lowest price! 50% off!)
https://www.cheapcharts.info/us/itunes/seasons/1681867890/Star-Trek-Animated-The-Complete-Series
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WarGames
$4.99 on iTunes (Lowest price!)
https://www.cheapcharts.info/us/itunes/movies/268643342/WarGames
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I've always wanted to see Out Run on the Jaguar. I have one of the highest scores of all time on the arcade version performed in public. I hope to see this make some progress, this looks like a direct port of the Atari ST version which isn't as appealing as the Genesis version. With some more time this could be be excellent. If it's simply the ST version I'll pass on this but encourage them to keep working on it.
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15 hours ago, Alida said:
Hoi ik heb er een paar gekocht en het werkt in de atari jaguar. Het ziet er ook nog goed uit. Alleen mijn laatste besteling was 2 maanden onderweg. Het heeft lang bij de Duane gelegen. Weet ook niet of dit mag Het is een copy. Als je nu kijkt op ali zijn de karren weg
Google Translation:
Hi I bought some of these and it works in the atari jaguar. It also looks good. Only my last order was in transit for 2 months. It has been with the Duane for a long time. I don't know if this is allowed. It's a copy. If you now look at Ali, the carts are gone
@Alida Welkom! 🙂
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@Video 61 can weigh in on this more than I can - and maybe this would be an excellent topic for one of his unique Blog posts - but according to Lance, EPYX had a great many more Lynx games already in development that would've cost Atari very little to bring to fruition, but Jack Tramiel pulled the plug. Incredibly unfortunate.
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The Atari Lynx may have a small library, but it's a good one
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