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    Jinroh got a reaction from Justin in HOW ATARI XE MARIO BROS. GOT THROWN IN THE DUMP   
    Another great read Lance. 🙂 I want to pull my hair out along with you, over those lost Mario Bros. XEs and the 400s. A shame so much good hardware thrown away over Jack's pigheadedness. 🤬
    More XE Eproms is great too! A shame the one is not reading, but looking forward to your next EPROM post. :D
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    Jinroh reacted to Video 61 in HOW ATARI XE MARIO BROS. GOT THROWN IN THE DUMP   
    P.S. - we found 3 new eproms. theyre all for the xe. 2 of them i know what they are. one of them i can’t read. expect me to make another "raiders of the lost eproms" blog post about this sometime soon with the latest update for you.
    thank you,
    lance
    www.atarisales.com
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    Jinroh got a reaction from DegasElite in RAIDERS OF THE LOST EPROMS - UPDATE!   
    Great stuff Lance! 🙂
    Would be interesting to see what comes of those EPROMs. 🙂 Wonder why the Touchdown Football is labeled so late if it's NTSC. Maybe someone actually made it more fun? 😛
    Sending the defective carts to South America is bleh, not something I agree with, but in the Tramiel mindset, it keeps from having to destroy them, and how can you get bad press for a bugged game pre-internet if it's all the way down in South America, I'm sure that crossed their minds.
    The monitor EPROM maybe is a code debugger of some kind of burn in or test cart, who knows. 😛
    Interesting stuff as usual. ❤️
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    Jinroh reacted to Video 61 in RAIDERS OF THE LOST EPROMS - UPDATE!   
    hi Jinroh,
     
    the touchdown football my have been a improvement, or a bug fix.
    thanks for the info,
     
    lance
    www.atarisales.com
     
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    Jinroh got a reaction from Justin in RAIDERS OF THE LOST EPROMS - UPDATE!   
    Great stuff Lance! 🙂
    Would be interesting to see what comes of those EPROMs. 🙂 Wonder why the Touchdown Football is labeled so late if it's NTSC. Maybe someone actually made it more fun? 😛
    Sending the defective carts to South America is bleh, not something I agree with, but in the Tramiel mindset, it keeps from having to destroy them, and how can you get bad press for a bugged game pre-internet if it's all the way down in South America, I'm sure that crossed their minds.
    The monitor EPROM maybe is a code debugger of some kind of burn in or test cart, who knows. 😛
    Interesting stuff as usual. ❤️
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    Jinroh got a reaction from Justin in EXPERIMENTING WITH RECHARGEABLE BATTERY OPTIONS FOR SURVIVING A LONG TERM POWER OUTAGE WITH ATARI LYNX   
    Very good ideas Lance! The solar charger is a good idea. Weird about the uneven battery discharge though. 🤔
    I don't vape, but I have some rechargeable vape batteries I planned on doing something with years ago, those could be used in a series with a circuit to run a Lynx I think. They are 5v each so they would work nicely I think with a custom barrel connector to slide into the Lynx. 
    Charging, could also be done with a crank charger. One of those could be built with junk drawer stuff. Geared DC motor, voltage regulator, capacitors, etc.
    During Hurricane Floyd in 2003 I think it was, I had my Sega Genesis Nomad and its battery pack. That lasted me well enough to play Sonic 3 for a while. 😄
     
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    Jinroh got a reaction from DegasElite in EXPERIMENTING WITH RECHARGEABLE BATTERY OPTIONS FOR SURVIVING A LONG TERM POWER OUTAGE WITH ATARI LYNX   
    Very good ideas Lance! The solar charger is a good idea. Weird about the uneven battery discharge though. 🤔
    I don't vape, but I have some rechargeable vape batteries I planned on doing something with years ago, those could be used in a series with a circuit to run a Lynx I think. They are 5v each so they would work nicely I think with a custom barrel connector to slide into the Lynx. 
    Charging, could also be done with a crank charger. One of those could be built with junk drawer stuff. Geared DC motor, voltage regulator, capacitors, etc.
    During Hurricane Floyd in 2003 I think it was, I had my Sega Genesis Nomad and its battery pack. That lasted me well enough to play Sonic 3 for a while. 😄
     
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    Jinroh got a reaction from DegasElite in HOW I SURVIVED 4 INCARNATIONS OF ATARI IN 40 YEARS   
    I read this letter from a retailer during the launch of the N64, back in the day. It always stuck with me. Your blog post reminded me of it @Video 61. Small retailers and distributors don't get enough credit.

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    Jinroh got a reaction from MistaMaddog in HOW I SURVIVED 4 INCARNATIONS OF ATARI IN 40 YEARS   
    Very great read Lance. 🙂 Sorry they had you holding the bag and left you so much trouble. But we all appreciate your hard work in keeping the Atari legacy alive. 😄
     
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    Jinroh got a reaction from Justin in HOW I SURVIVED 4 INCARNATIONS OF ATARI IN 40 YEARS   
    I read this letter from a retailer during the launch of the N64, back in the day. It always stuck with me. Your blog post reminded me of it @Video 61. Small retailers and distributors don't get enough credit.

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    Jinroh got a reaction from TrekMD in HOW I SURVIVED 4 INCARNATIONS OF ATARI IN 40 YEARS   
    I read this letter from a retailer during the launch of the N64, back in the day. It always stuck with me. Your blog post reminded me of it @Video 61. Small retailers and distributors don't get enough credit.

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    Jinroh got a reaction from DegasElite in HOW I SURVIVED 4 INCARNATIONS OF ATARI IN 40 YEARS   
    Very great read Lance. 🙂 Sorry they had you holding the bag and left you so much trouble. But we all appreciate your hard work in keeping the Atari legacy alive. 😄
     
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    Jinroh got a reaction from RickR in Day Trip to Evergreen Air Museum   
    Some beautiful birds in that place. 🙂
     
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    Jinroh got a reaction from Justin in HOW I SURVIVED 4 INCARNATIONS OF ATARI IN 40 YEARS   
    Very great read Lance. 🙂 Sorry they had you holding the bag and left you so much trouble. But we all appreciate your hard work in keeping the Atari legacy alive. 😄
     
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    Jinroh reacted to RickR in HOW I SURVIVED 4 INCARNATIONS OF ATARI IN 40 YEARS   
    Incredible reading.  Thank you so much for sharing this!
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    Jinroh reacted to TrekMD in HOW I SURVIVED 4 INCARNATIONS OF ATARI IN 40 YEARS   
    Excellent!  Thank you for posting this!
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    Jinroh reacted to Justin in HOW I SURVIVED 4 INCARNATIONS OF ATARI IN 40 YEARS   
    Amazing blog entry @Video 61  One day I'd love to read some of your stories about your interactions with John Skrutch and Julie Wade over new game development.
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    Jinroh got a reaction from MistaMaddog in How Alternative "Budget" Packaging Helped Keep Atari Developers In Business   
    Yes especially when you need to split the cost among a bunch of people, that extra stuff adds up.
    The most vocal collectors seem to be Youtubers who want fancy games to look good on camera or in their shelf. So that probably drove things that way.
    Sure they can afford it, but I sure can't most of the time. Growing up I'd buy maybe one new game a year brand new. The rest, I'd grab the cheap used copies the video store was liquidating.
    CD-ROMs is a good point. One reason the Playstation PSX beat the N64 in sales. I remember PSX games were like $30-40 since they were CD-ROMs, and N64 games could be upwards of $70 because they were on cartridge. I would only get a new N64 game very rarely. $70 in 1996 that's like $136 for a game today. Luckily the video store had $10 and $20 N64 games back then. 
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    Jinroh got a reaction from Justin in Day Trip to Evergreen Air Museum   
    Some beautiful birds in that place. 🙂
     
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    Jinroh got a reaction from Justin in How Alternative "Budget" Packaging Helped Keep Atari Developers In Business   
    The juiciest details. 😛
    There is nothing wrong with that, they look great. 🙂 Social media and the companies like Limited Run Games, and New Atari, are feeding into the FOMO culture we have right now. If you don't get it NOW! You'll lose out! Ebay, FB, marketplace, etc. they fall into that too, everything old is rare, even if it's not. Just to get an artificial value to something. "ATARI 2600 COMBAT CART! RARE!! VITNAGE!!! L@@K!!" -Buy It Now  $1000! 
    So people willingly pay for something that they will think is premium.
     
    Some of these limited editions though are they really limited? Some seem to be like "It's limited to how much money we can milk you for, then we'll stop making them." Others it's like limited to what, 50,000 copies? 100,000?

    Is it really that rare then? 😛
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    Jinroh got a reaction from Atari 5200 Guy in How Alternative "Budget" Packaging Helped Keep Atari Developers In Business   
    The juiciest details. 😛
    There is nothing wrong with that, they look great. 🙂 Social media and the companies like Limited Run Games, and New Atari, are feeding into the FOMO culture we have right now. If you don't get it NOW! You'll lose out! Ebay, FB, marketplace, etc. they fall into that too, everything old is rare, even if it's not. Just to get an artificial value to something. "ATARI 2600 COMBAT CART! RARE!! VITNAGE!!! L@@K!!" -Buy It Now  $1000! 
    So people willingly pay for something that they will think is premium.
     
    Some of these limited editions though are they really limited? Some seem to be like "It's limited to how much money we can milk you for, then we'll stop making them." Others it's like limited to what, 50,000 copies? 100,000?

    Is it really that rare then? 😛
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    Jinroh reacted to Atari 5200 Guy in How Alternative "Budget" Packaging Helped Keep Atari Developers In Business   
    Im guilty of this but I'm trying to remedy that.  I may have a channel but I haven't posted anything in a long time.  My need for games to be in fancy boxes is nothing more than a want for a complete in box game.  It is easier to obtain the game by itself and get the PDF version of the instructions but I all about the physical contact and trying to experience areas I missed as a kid. I am referring to old stock new in box and complete in box games.  I am not referring to homebrew games.
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    Jinroh reacted to Video 61 in How Alternative "Budget" Packaging Helped Keep Atari Developers In Business   
    Next time we talk about money laundering an entire company  
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    Jinroh got a reaction from Justin in How Alternative "Budget" Packaging Helped Keep Atari Developers In Business   
    Yes especially when you need to split the cost among a bunch of people, that extra stuff adds up.
    The most vocal collectors seem to be Youtubers who want fancy games to look good on camera or in their shelf. So that probably drove things that way.
    Sure they can afford it, but I sure can't most of the time. Growing up I'd buy maybe one new game a year brand new. The rest, I'd grab the cheap used copies the video store was liquidating.
    CD-ROMs is a good point. One reason the Playstation PSX beat the N64 in sales. I remember PSX games were like $30-40 since they were CD-ROMs, and N64 games could be upwards of $70 because they were on cartridge. I would only get a new N64 game very rarely. $70 in 1996 that's like $136 for a game today. Luckily the video store had $10 and $20 N64 games back then. 
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    Jinroh got a reaction from Sabertooth in How Alternative "Budget" Packaging Helped Keep Atari Developers In Business   
    Yes especially when you need to split the cost among a bunch of people, that extra stuff adds up.
    The most vocal collectors seem to be Youtubers who want fancy games to look good on camera or in their shelf. So that probably drove things that way.
    Sure they can afford it, but I sure can't most of the time. Growing up I'd buy maybe one new game a year brand new. The rest, I'd grab the cheap used copies the video store was liquidating.
    CD-ROMs is a good point. One reason the Playstation PSX beat the N64 in sales. I remember PSX games were like $30-40 since they were CD-ROMs, and N64 games could be upwards of $70 because they were on cartridge. I would only get a new N64 game very rarely. $70 in 1996 that's like $136 for a game today. Luckily the video store had $10 and $20 N64 games back then. 
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