Justin

@Justin - That's uncanny!

@Sabertooth I'm a big believer that the design of the Ioniq 5 pays homage to the Lancia Delta of the 1980s. Sega Saturn fans will remember the Lancia Delta as one of the playable rally cars in Sega Rally Championship:

@Sabertooth I'm a big believer that the design of the Ioniq 5 pays homage to the Lancia Delta of the 1980s. Sega Saturn fans will remember the Lancia Delta as one of the playable rally cars in Sega Rally Championship:

I watched that movie & came away very impressed as it was a departure from his previous efforts. The IMDB notes are a good complement. I believe Sharon Tate's sister was consulted for the film.

Yes!  It has been a while since I saw that one.  I went in blind, not even knowing it was Tarantino.  So yes, very different than what was expected. 
 

It is weird!  Perhaps there's a huge untapped market for the 8-bit's.  It's been an ignored platform for such a long time. 
 

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I just caught this @Sabertooth. I shared this with my Mom. When I was 18 months old we were moving to a new place, and my mom was hit by a drunk driver with her car full of framed pictures and fragile glassware. The drunk driver was driving with an already revoked license and hit her from behind on an overpass, scooping her car up and flipping it over an embankment and she was thrown from the car. She told me just now she can still remember the sound of the car wheel rolling right next to her head as the car rolled down the hill. I came very close to growing up not having known my mom, and I think quite often about how lucky I am that I got to live in this "timeline" where my mom is alive, and that things weren't worse for her. She miscarried twins shortly afterward which we always believed was related to the accident. I saw my mom at Christmas and showed her the Club VCS Zine and told her a bit about you and what you had done with the club, which - after having been my mom and going on this Atari obsession with me from the beginning - thought was incredibly impressive and really cool. I reminded her of you again tonight when I shared your story with her, and mentioned I'd share this story with you here. I'm glad you're okay, and that your family and little girl still have you. I hope the rest of 2024 is good to you.

I just caught this @Sabertooth. I shared this with my Mom. When I was 18 months old we were moving to a new place, and my mom was hit by a drunk driver with her car full of framed pictures and fragile glassware. The drunk driver was driving with an already revoked license and hit her from behind on an overpass, scooping her car up and flipping it over an embankment and she was thrown from the car. She told me just now she can still remember the sound of the car wheel rolling right next to her head as the car rolled down the hill. I came very close to growing up not having known my mom, and I think quite often about how lucky I am that I got to live in this "timeline" where my mom is alive, and that things weren't worse for her. She miscarried twins shortly afterward which we always believed was related to the accident. I saw my mom at Christmas and showed her the Club VCS Zine and told her a bit about you and what you had done with the club, which - after having been my mom and going on this Atari obsession with me from the beginning - thought was incredibly impressive and really cool. I reminded her of you again tonight when I shared your story with her, and mentioned I'd share this story with you here. I'm glad you're okay, and that your family and little girl still have you. I hope the rest of 2024 is good to you.

I just caught this @Sabertooth. I shared this with my Mom. When I was 18 months old we were moving to a new place, and my mom was hit by a drunk driver with her car full of framed pictures and fragile glassware. The drunk driver was driving with an already revoked license and hit her from behind on an overpass, scooping her car up and flipping it over an embankment and she was thrown from the car. She told me just now she can still remember the sound of the car wheel rolling right next to her head as the car rolled down the hill. I came very close to growing up not having known my mom, and I think quite often about how lucky I am that I got to live in this "timeline" where my mom is alive, and that things weren't worse for her. She miscarried twins shortly afterward which we always believed was related to the accident. I saw my mom at Christmas and showed her the Club VCS Zine and told her a bit about you and what you had done with the club, which - after having been my mom and going on this Atari obsession with me from the beginning - thought was incredibly impressive and really cool. I reminded her of you again tonight when I shared your story with her, and mentioned I'd share this story with you here. I'm glad you're okay, and that your family and little girl still have you. I hope the rest of 2024 is good to you.

Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind gesture on your part.

@Marco1019 We have a YouTube tab for Atari I/O YouTube creators and I'd like to include a link to your Twitch on there, since you've consistent about sharing Retro With Marco in the forums.

I only stream the show on Twitch. I posted on another thread recently that I prefer to keep this as a hobby & have no plans for monetization.

5 years!  That is awesome.  Congrats.

Time is flying by. Congratulations on 5 years! Are you only on Twitch and Vimeo or do you have YouTube as well?

I prefer my Red Bull 7800 and my Marlboro Man Lynx 🚬

For me it's always been the history. I feel like I've come at this from an interesting trajectory, and from before I could connect with anybody on the internet. I've always been rooted in 2-D gaming. Atari, Nintendo, Sega, and TurboGrafx have been mostly enough to carry me through the 21st century, with the occasional Nintendo Wii, Switch, or VCS game. It's also not necessarily "nostalgia" - I'm not trying to relive the past, I've just always enjoyed playing the games.
That's really cool that you're going to Thailand. I hope you'll share some pics from your travels! 

Thanks, Justin. We have a 2.5 week trip to Thailand coming up in about five weeks.
I'm really hoping that my joy from connecting with retro games will more way more about playing and much less about collecting. I'm trying to reverse that balance I had going on for way too long.

"'The flip side is that I will focus my collection on Atari consoles and computers and a little bit on other systems from the 80s" -- welcome to my world! I hope the downsizing goes well and you and your wife enjoy your vacation 🙂

"'The flip side is that I will focus my collection on Atari consoles and computers and a little bit on other systems from the 80s" -- welcome to my world! I hope the downsizing goes well and you and your wife enjoy your vacation 🙂

I dropped off the games this afternoon, and received a little belated Christmas gift from the ladies who bought the games.
I have been thinking about buying an Evercade EXP, and today, I was gifted a dust cover for the handheld. I might really need to buy the handheld for my lonely dust cover 😂 I have such a weakness for handheld gaming. The metal Atari sign is cool. She also gave me the AD&D Intellivision cartridge and a 2600 cleaner.

Combination of a couple of things are prompting me to reduce my games collection. My starting point is nearly 5,000 physical games across multiple consoles and handhelds.
First, I started my game collecting knowing that I would have to downsize later. The "later" came a few years earlier than I anticipated 🙂 Like Rick, the collection downsizing is driven by moving to a smaller home later. Now we aren't yet selling the house anytime soon, but I do need to raise some capital to fund college tuition and vacation. I volunteered to my wife that I would reduce my game collection to raise some funds.
Second, during the past year, I learned that what I loved most is all things Atari and the games and systems from the 80s. That realization has helped me to make the decision to reduce the collection of games for systems from Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. Don't get me wrong. I love all the games for the PlayStations and Xboxes, but in order to raise funds, reduce the clutter, and make room for other stuff in the house, it was best that I reduce my collection. I'm starting with the PlayStation games because they are the most valuable part of my collection. In the coming months, I will need to figure out what to do with the Xbox games.
The flip side is that I will focus my collection on Atari consoles and computers and a little bit on other systems from the 80s, most notably the Amiga which I bought from Rick last year. With shelf space freed up, I can better display my Vectrex, 5200, 7800, and Jaguar games.

Man, I'm so proud and a little bit envious of you!  I need to do the same, but not sure if I can 🙂 
 

Dang bosses.