DegasElite

Hopefully, no one took your mail! Theft can happen. I doubt it happened that way, though. :O)

I would love one of those carts. They are just so expensive. I had heard about $200.00 for one.

Oh, good. You got it after all. Was it delayed? Or, sent to the wrong place? Glad you got it. :O)

Oh it gets more worrisome.  The status shows as "delivered" at 5:21pm yesterday, but no sign of the box.  I don't think it was stolen, but rather the mail person must have put it in the wrong box.  Hopefully, whichever neighbor got it will give it to me today.  Fingers crossed!

Sorry. I didn't see this. Happy B-Day, HDN! :O)

I like that video 61 idea. The patches would be a game seller for sure.  And Lance would be the perfect person to do something like that. I don't know if financially he could do it since he has already sunk a lot of money in the 7800 boards.  I'm all for it.

@Atari 5200 Guy I've thought about that but am looking to avoid generic Clubs for Forums we already have created. For example, I'd be open to an Atari Computer Club, but we already have Atari Computer Forums that we want people posting in, and want to generate activity in those. The Clubs will mainly be for extracurricular "off-topic" interests and for segments we don't yet have established Forums for, like the new VCS. I've been wanting to create a Neo Geo Club and a Pinball Club, but those would just be duplicates of the forums we've already created. I've also considered an Atari I/O Movie Club, but again we already have TV & Movie forums. So whatever Club were to be created and approved would need to have a unique, specific twist, and not be something that should simply be a topic in another Forum.
On the other hand, I think it would be a terrific idea for there to be a Video 61 Club. One that was open to the public to come visit for the latest updates on new Video 61 games, short messages from Lance, and there could be "Patches" that could be awarded for High Scores on Video 61 games, even if those "Patches" only existed as Badges in the Forums. I think it would be nice for Lance to have some patches, stickers, posters, or cards printed up that could be mailed to somebody with a new high score, just like the Activision Club used to do.
I'm considering other areas of interests for Clubs right now including an Atari I/O Fitness Club, a Bitcoin Club, a Food Club (cooking at home and dining out) and other interesting ideas. It will depend on the demand of the Forums and also on not duplicating existing areas of the Forums.

I am happy Frederic Chesnais left the Atari company. He didn't seem with it to me. Maybe, this Rosen guy has some smarts when it comes to games and gaming. :O)

I don't  know what happened with my printer.  Probably clogged head.  I hate messing with it. 

It looks great, but I see your printer is running out of ink. Isn't it?

It looks great, but I see your printer is running out of ink. Isn't it?

I think this thought every day.

I'd only buy the items that have astronomical prices now.  Just imagine how much money we could make hawking truly rare items on Ebay!

Buy all the games, and also buy some Apple stock.  Keep the games and sell the stock once you get back. 
 

Getting an Atari Jaguar has been the most satisfying gaming victory of 2021 for me. 
Also being a part of the AtariAge Facebook 2600 Weekly High Score club has been a ton of fun.
And I'm mere millimeters away from completing Phoenix Wright 2 on DS. 
 
 

That sounds good! Today (and Monday) are my work from home days now, so once I sign off of work I may do some of the same things. Really need to get caught up on Christmas shopping and decorating!!

That all sounds like a nice day @RickR I hope you have fun today, have a great time decorating, and thank you for sharing a slice of your day with us ☺️

Prices at Microcenter are back up to $399 but (anecdotally) they sold quite a few. Many locations are sold out. $249 seems to be a sweet spot pricewise for the VCS.
Game Stop is now running a promotion for $279 for the All-In Onyx edition - which is their tribute to the Vader. 

That's still a great price for the VCS, considering it's normally close to $400.00 average retail value. Interesting.

Someone also posted a tutorial on how to install macOS natively on an Atari VCS. He calls himself Middleman. It seems interesting, but a little technical for me to do. But then, I don't own a VCS, but maybe I might in the future. I don't know. But, it's neat. :O)

There are about 30 games besides the Vault and most are modern indie games (plus the Atari Recharged series.) You can also play modern AAA games via Stadia, Luna, Xbox Game Pass and GeForce Now. For example, I happen to be playing Resident Evil Village this weekend and it runs brilliantly. The ability to run your own OS or use it as an emulation box is really a cool bonus. I just like the flexibility/versatility of it. I don't feel locked down or limited. And Atari continue to refine their OS and improve support. As an old school collector, I do miss physical media. But otherwise, I'm pretty pleased. 

Maybe it won't be the OUYA 2.0 everybody is saying it might be. It does seem to have good games. But, I wish it would do more than just emulate some of the games. Granted, it is a mini-PC/console, and that might be a boost for it. That makes it versatile. You can install Windows and Linux on it, allowing for more stuff. That price you quoted from Micro Center is one of the cheapest prices for it. Well, let's hope it does well. :O)

I'm really enjoying mine and I was initially skeptical. It's my most played system since I got it in March. 

It looks interesting, and I hear some of the games for the VCS are actually pretty good. I would get it to run Windows and Linux. Fascinating.