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  1. AHEM - https://1up.onl/  😎

     

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      MaximumRD

      I been checking daily with no good results until now. Curiously at this moment, it redirects to

      https://www.retrogames.onl/

      Though nowhere near as slick or featured as when I posted the original link at least there is something to work with so I am posting here immediately as obviously there are no guarantees on how long it will remain up. 🤷‍♂️At the redirected URL (or simply go direct to the new one) choose the platform, pick a game from the alphabetized listing and lastly click PLAY NOW. 

      See 3 screens below showing it working as I mentioned. 

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  2. AHEM - https://1up.onl/  😎

     

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      MaximumRD

       Poop. I just checked, no DNS error but broken from what it was when I initially posted it. Shame. For the past few months it was pretty much a multi-emulator in your browser, you know like those HDDs you can buy (or set up your own) multi-arcade and consoles emulation setup with everything from art to backgrounds to screenshots and animated previews, just select the platform, select from a large library of games and start playing. I stumbled on it a while back and even waited a couple months just to be sure it was legit and sticking around. Shame, hope it comes back at some point. It was much like this screenshot but in your browser, pre-configured, even my plugged-in gamepad just worked. Ah well, best intentions....

       

      Very much like this but in browser, free, no weird pop ups even with adblocker off and I had checked for malicious verus etc. Seemed clean, sure it seemed to good to be true as well. I had even found someone posted a video about it. No idea how long it was previously up for. 

      Here is video from 2 months ago, hopefully just down for maintenance....

      I get THIS currently, let's hope it comes back eventually......

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  3. Played a couple of rounds of pool with my wife in the clubhouse and didn't do too well but to be fair it's been about 15 years 🤷🏻‍♂️I managed a couple of nice shots though. Checked my messages to see she snuck a couple of pics of me, I was concentrating too hard to notice 😝

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      MaximumRD

      A friend reminded me on Facebook in a comment on these pictures, I used to be quite the Bumper Pool player. Good times. 

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  4. I did not share this earlier, but on Tuesday I was making my normal commute when I was hit in the intersection while making a protected left turn. The other driver ran the red. Fortunately, I'm just a bit sore and we'll see if my car can be repaired or not.

    Two good samaritans stopped to check on me. They both were rushed for work and didn't stick around for the cops but promised to send their dash cam footage and contact info. Fortunately, both followed through. I can't quit watching it. If I was a split second earlier into my turn, my one year old may not know her dad.

    Just a reminder to hold your loved ones tight and do not take things for granted. I lost my father to a drunk driver over 20 years ago. No one has a guarantee on tomorrow.

     

  5. December has been a crazy month--so much going on both professionally and personally, and it's just been a blur. I've been doing the bare minimum when it comes to social media (which means mostly checking Facebook with very limited time in the I/O).

    As far as the hobby is concerned, it's also been a busy month.

    • Traded away a bottle of wine for an Odyssey 2 in the box with a bunch of games. This is the same person that I traded my heavy sixer with for the Lego 2600 set.
    • Bought a Vectrex light pen.
    • Bought couple of short controller extensions cords to use with the Vectrex.
    • Bought A8PicoCart multicart for the Atari 8bit. I don't need it as I have other means to store and load games, but bought it on a whim.
    • Bought games for the Atari 8bit, 5200, and 2600.
    • Got an empty Atari 1040ST box for free from a member of the local gaming group.

    I'm pretty sure I'm missing some other stuff, but as far as adding to the collection goes, it's been fruitful.

    I hope 2024 will be slower going, and I can finally finish cleaning up and reorganizing my hobby spaces in the house. That's been put on hold the past two years because of my health issues (which should be a thing of the past now).

    For 2024 and beyond, I am making a big shift. Instead of dabbling in most things, I intend to focus retro gaming heavily to all things Atari with a smattering of modern gaming on the Switch and Steam Deck. This year has taught me that my heart belongs to Atari and other platforms from the 80s and early 90s.

    I will be selling off the PS1, 2, and 4 collection to a local gaming store in the next week or two, so that should help with reclaiming some shelf space. For now, I intend to keep my Xbox collection as well as the PS3 collection. While I will keep all my consoles and a few physical games, I will not be expanding my PlayStation and Xbox physical library.

    It's been a very enjoyable six years exploring the popular retro gaming platforms, but as I contemplate life and the need the downsize in 5-7 years, I think the time is right to start that process. Hopefully, narrowing my focus will translate into more game time and lot less shopping.

    Happy New Year!

  6. Nice dinner of shrimp and mushrooms.

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      MaximumRD

      And for dessert some Christmas treats. White chocolate macadamia, candy cane, and chocolate chip cookies.🎄
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  7. Walk and ramble, still kicking, HI! 🙃😝


     

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      MaximumRD

      Wow Degas glad you caught it on time and are aware now! Yep all we can do is adjust our life style and try our best. 

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  8. Walk and ramble, still kicking, HI! 🙃😝


     

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      MaximumRD

      It's not the easiest getting good doctors here but I've lucked out with my current and previous ones but the current one is so wonderful, compassionate, listens, and is supportive, I am so thankful, she's helped me through some hard times let me tell you. 

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  9. I've been away for a week on vacation with very limited internet access.  I've got a lot of catching up to do around here!

  10. 🤔🤨Question, ever noticed on Youtube going through recent videos to watch that you are subscribed to a channel you do not recall subscribing to?
     

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      MaximumRD

      Ah ok, it's something I have heard others claim as well and honestly, before I noticed it I too assumed it was just something "forgotten" however there have been some that there was simply no way I'd have subbed to, yes I have a TON of subscriptions but there is just no way in hell I'd subscribe to certain channels as they have only ever had content that is of zero interest, which is why I knew immediately something was up. 🤨

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  11. Hey, what's up, people? 🤷‍♂️🤔How's your day going?WIN_20231018_14_01_06_Pro.jpg

    1. MaximumRD

      MaximumRD

      Funny you should say that 😝 as I am JUST getting over some type of Stomach Flu or bug, past 2 weeks it's been just liquids and light foods, I had it BAD, like I actually vomited, last time I vomited from Flu or Virus I was a child as typically I got a cast iron stomach. About a week in I made the mistake of eating too heavily thinking I was mostly better and BAM total relapse, nausea, diarrhea but today woke up feeling I'd say 80% better, so much so I have been in an a productive mood, doing laundry, did dishes, cleaned bedroom night tables and dressers, just thankful to say feeling uncommonly chipper and motivated after being in lazy recovery for too long. Will have a light meal later. So HOPING FINGERS CROSSED I am on the other side of it now. Also from eating like a bird the past week+ I definitely lost extra weight through this time, Melissa has been noticing of late, I am not one to weigh myself and don't even recall the last time I did but out of curiosity I decided to and let's just say I am a couple of pounds less than I ever thought I'd be for what I consider my normal so bonus I guess 🤷‍♂️🤨I recorded it for reference but I am considering it my "sick" weight, will see if I level off or maintain but for now I can easily say I am currently about 30 pounds lighter then when I was pushing maximum density back in 2012 or so before switching to intermittent fasting, cutting out sugars and other lifestyle changes to help with diabetes etc. Gotta take the wins where I can get them these days right? 

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  12. 😵 Congratulations to @RickR on making his 10,000th Post!

    1. MaximumRD

      MaximumRD

      Rick is an awesome pioneer here as well as one of the nicest people I know of! Congrats Rick we are honoured to have you here and I mean it wholeheartedly.

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  13. Nice to finally be here.  I recognize many of you from AA and the Atari Discord pages.

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      MaximumRD

      Hey! Glad you found us, enjoy your time here, familiarize yourself with the HOUSE RULES and WELCOME ABOARD! 🕹️😎👍

       

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  14. PSA: AtariAge "last chance" sale. Get 'em while you can.

     

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      MaximumRD

      I literally just found out after seeing this video. 

       

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  15.  

    Sitting at the mall waiting for my wife to pick me up, just finished diabetic blood work I do every three months, I’d walk but having problems with my Achilles tendon again dammit. Limping like a mofo 😜🤷🏼‍♂️
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      MaximumRD

      Every day I am trying to be, body doesn't always want to work with me though 🤷‍♂️Just take it one day at a time. 

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  16. 🏴‍☠️ Our hosting platform experienced a bit of downtime overnight. If you were unable to get into the Forums, it wasn't anything specific to Atari I/O, just some general maintenance on our platform's end.

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      MaximumRD

      I wondered, the site loaded and even threads but I could not log in or click to read anything without erroring out. Glad it's all sorted. 😎

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  17. Funny that the online WEBCAM TOY is still around. Seems like it's been around forever. 😝🤷🏼‍♂️ https://webcamtoy.com/ 

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      MaximumRD

      Note my current profile pic as well using one of the filters. It's fun play around with. of silly filters ad regardless of the quality of your webcam, in fact it's a good use especially if you have a lower quality webcam in some ways. Just click allow when it asks for permission to use your webcam and it will work fine. It was a really nice option for free especially back in the day when we might not of had so many options for webcam software but even now I like to tinker with it when I'm bored, a fun lo-fi experience. Share some results with that Dell 😉

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  18. 😎🤷🏼‍♂️Strapped in for the night in front of the PC with my black coffee followed by mint tea. You can’t stop me I am a wild man.

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      MaximumRD

      Watching video's, reading forums, wearing headphones and walking lightly and being extra quiet closing both doors to the adjoining bathroom as I go multiple times throughout the night / wee hours (yes, I said wee intentionally) so as not to disturb my sweet slumbering wife and, well that's about it really. 😝

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  19. I'm working on converting old family 8mm film movies to a distal format. It is slow going, but works well. 

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      MaximumRD

      So awesome Rick! Great idea that I am sure will give you great satisfaction on completing. And Justin, man I envy that you recorded all that awesome nostalgic stuff back in the day. I did have several hours of VHS I recorded back in the day as an older teen and young adult mostly, I was into video stuff and did the best with what I had at the time but without any foresight most of it is either stupid, embarrassing or downright drunk nonsense 😜it’s pretty sad quality but who knows, I might share specific bits, like the Beastie Boys Fight for your right to party video we lip synced and made a video for, you won’t believe how skinny I was or the literal Afro head of hair I had, I have tried to laugh at myself more these days after all 🤷😆

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  20. 🤔 Idk about you but I can’t remember the last time I animated a .gif

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      MaximumRD

      Same, typically I can find a suitable one easily enough 🤷🏼‍♂️

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  21. Been tinkering a bit with ANDROID SUBSYSTEM for Windows. It does NOT use Google Playstore by default but as you can see my version does 😏 Previously, I used some emulators like NOX / BLUESTACKS /LDplayer etc but this seems better with good integration with Windows, for example the ReFace App instantly defaulted to my Desktops Logitech Webcam. I still prefer testing various LINUX distos using Vmware though or older hardware, so I will never use LINUX SUBSYSTEM for Windows and so I have removed that feature. 

     

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      MaximumRD

      From what I have read that DOES seem to be the general use for it or the most suggested, makes sense. I was surprised how well it integrated though and definitely prefer it over stand alone emulators like LDplayer which tend to be chock full of adds etc. as well have origins in China so trustworthiness is dubious at best. Seeing the Reface app automatically pickup my webcam was the clincher for me. Now I am using a hack or patched version which allows Google Playstore just to be clear but I am using an ANDROID account I created originally just of emulation purposes anyway. I am no developer but I just cannot help but test and tinker with such things. 

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  22. Hear me out, Santa deniers: if Santa isn’t real, why do the presents you get on Christmas say “From: Santa” on them? It just doesn’t add up…

  23. Tues night on the old 2011 Macbbok now running ZorinOS currently, I love PopOS! the most on it so far but I just cannot stop tinkering and Zorin is working great so far. It's by no means a daily driver so I don't mind testing different Distros on the hardware.

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      MaximumRD

      Improvements? For the things I do Linux Mint, Zorin, Ubuntu are all pretty much the same with difference really only being in presentation or style, I just don't dig deep enough. At heart I will always be a Windows guy through and through as it is what I use the most on a daily basis for years, the rest really is just tinkering. My exposure to MacOS is only what came with this 2011 Macbook, I think I upgraded it as far as I could, if I recall it came with  OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and I managed to "upgrade" it as far as macOS 10.13 High Sierra after much tinkering 😆

      I considered shoe horning macOS Mojave onto it which can be done but it sounded very involved and really would have sacrificed some features on a hardware level and also introduced some glitchy results at best so I stuck with High Sierra for some months getting to know it well enough to understand all the "basics" at least for general use, though I cannot say I really "liked" it more than Windows I just always have a need to understand an OS, never would I have thought I'd be editing Kext files but I even did a bit of that lol. So all this is just to say I don't really consider anything "better" I just know what I like and am more familiar with, there was a time years ago I recommended to a basic user that I thought ANDORID was "better" than IOS, I believed it at the time but the person got an Android and hated it, was totally lost and all of their friends / family were of course on APPLE devices so my recommendation was not a service to them, I cannot think like that, only what would be best for the person and not from my point of view.

      Today of course after much exposure I'd take an iPAD over an ANDROID without thought 😜though I really still want a good ANDORID tablet. So to me it's up to the individual to just try and see what they like best, listen to people smarter than I comparing Linux / Windows etc, someone who uses each as a daily driver in some form because I am bias in that I will always go back to what I am more familiar and comfy with every time which for me is WINDOWS, all the other platforms for me are just tinkering. Sorry, I cannot answer better or just give you a simple straight forward answer to your  simple question. That's just me and the way my brain works. I turned to Linux Distros on the Macbook because I could not take MacOS any further on it and so my thinking was the best way to get a modern and supported OS on it was to switch to LINUX, first I tried was Linux Mint If I recall and really in that respect I could have left it at that but my mind is easily swayed by fancy new distros and features, I probably tried like 5 different Linux distros, some worked, some were dead in the water. seeing that System76 own Linux machines came with their PopOS I of course had to give that a go and honestly, was very happy for the last several months, it just worked straight away, all features and function keys etc. But I just get bored and never settle so decided to take a chance and try ZorinOS.

      No doubt another Distro will catch my eye in 3 months or 6 or a year from now. I WILL SAY THOUGH outside of basic use and functions which many might be happy with ANY Linux distro, even ones designed to ease the transition from Mac / Windows, there is always a learning curve or a moment when you have to get your hands dirty in Terminal or other areas that are not as intuitive as Windows or Mac. I've managed to muddle my way through thanks to people smarter than I who post the directions online, at least I AM good at Googling and following directions. 🤷‍♂️

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