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Paul Reubens is dead at 70. Apparently, he's privately battled cancer for the past several years. Pee Wee Herman meant the world to me as a little boy. Sad to hear.

Personal update — I’ve been dealing with back pain for more than a year. Late Monday, I went to the ER and Tuesday morning, I underwent a surgery for a herniated disc. It was diagnosed as a medical emergency. Surgery went well, but I will be in the hospital for another week. I’ve lost some function of my left leg and will be rehabbing in the hospital, and after I’m discharged, I will be returning for more intensive rehab. I am expected to make a full recovery.
In the meantime, should I be worried about my 7800 Asteroids score in the high score challenge? 😂 Game on 🕹️

Anyone else think that Apple may have had some inspiration?!

Here's a new interview with Atari CEO, Wade Rosen. Worth a look if you're interested in modern day Atari.  The VCS gets a mention too at the end...
https://venturebeat.com/games/how-atari-is-leveraging-50-years-of-nostalgia-wade-rosen-interview/

 

🤔 I wonder if kids 30 years from now will collect fidget spinners?

How many AV switches are in your original hardware setup?
I have three: 5-in/2-out S-Video, 4-in/1-out component, 4-in/1-out HDMI.
The retro consoles run into a RetroTnk 2xPro to the HDMI switcher. They also run to a Samsung GX TV for light gun games. The modern consoles go to the HDMI switcher. HDMI for all consoles is out through an mClassic to an Avermedia Live gmGamer 2 Plus capture card to my 4k TV.
It is an exhausting setup and makes me want to box it all up and move to emulation...almost. 

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

⚠️ Moving over some backend stuff. If we experience downtime for a day or so don't be alarmed. Looking at ways to upgrade what we have.

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.

Just another night passing time in front of the pc. Our Christmas will be pretty calm as usual just some good food and each other’s company.

 

Here's the promo for the 'Season 3' finale! Featuring new retrogaming records, a look at Airball - once canceled, now available for NES & GBA, plus Akka Arrh from Jeff Minter! (H/T @Sabertooth)
 

Happy Holidays, everyone!

🕹❄️☃️ Ready for Black Friday? 

🐸 2600 FROGGER High Score Squad Challenge is LIVE!: 
 

😂 Waiting for YT influencers to begin referring to the new Frasier show “as part of the Cheers multiverse”

Happy Halloween Atari I/O! 🎃

PSA: The Atari VCS store is now fixed! 🙌

Anyone know if JUSTIN our site / community creator is OK? Concerned with the chaos of Hurricane Ian in Florida. I attempted to message him here and INSTAGRAM and noticed he had not visited here in a while so just wondering. Hope is is well. 🙁🤷‍♂️

We welcomed "Babytooth Retro" into the world this morning just before 6:00 am. Mom and baby girl are healthy and sleeping. I'm taking the time to improve my swaddle.  😅
I may not be as active in the coming weeks but will keep ClubVCS rolling.

Hello, world! It's been a while -- too long, actually. It's been a busy and crazy spring. Hopefully I can chill during the summer. That I/O pizza party thang should help 🙂 

As for the busy and craziness, at work, I manage the digital management rollout on Pluto TV. It's a huge project that involves pretty much every team -- lots of fires, drama 😂. It should wind down a lot by end of July.
On the personal front, my father passed away on Apr 1. This is the first time that I shared this online. He was diagnosed in late 2020 with interstitial lung disease which we knew was terminal. He seemed to be doing ok, and we thought that he'd be with us for a few more years. But his time came, and he went quickly and peacefully, and for that, I am thankful.
Given all these things and my increased involvement with my church, my online presence and gaming time have suffered. But I am going to make a concerted effort to hang out here again to chill. The I/O has always been good to me, and it's a great tight community.
Game on! 🕹️🤘

Remember when TBS started every show five minutes late? Everything would be at 10:05 PM etc.

PSA: It looks like Gamestop is getting out of the VCS business. The All-In Onyx Edition is cut to $99.
That's an AMD Ryzen mini-PC with 2 controllers for $99.  Even if you were going to tinker or use it as an emulation station, it's a heck of a deal.

I'm about to go live playing the PS1 Atari 2600 Activision Collection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQV4A1Xgiuw

"You can play your Game Boy anywhere" 🥴🥴🥴