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socrates63

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  • Gender
    Male
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    Married
  • Current City
    Seattle suburb (Bothell)
  • Hometown
    Seattle
  • First Console
    Atari VCS
  • Coolest Item In Your Collection
    Pitfall! and Keystone Kapers signed by David Crane and Garry Kitchen, respectively
  • Favorite Arcade to Visit
    Ivory’s
  • Favorite Arcade Game
    Robotron 2084
  • Favorite Board Game
    Monopoly
  • Favorite Movie
    Star Wars - New Hope
  • Favorite TV Show
    Leave It to Beaver
  • Favorite Comic Book Hero
    Thor
  • What I got at Toys Я Us
    VCS, 800, Vectrex and games for them
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    NoSwearGamer

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  1. When I learned that Darryl made this 7800 port, I immediately jumped to get the cartridge. I already have the game for the Genesis. It'll be fun to see what differences or improvements Darryl made have introduced.
  2. I believe I picked up Game Panic cartridge from John Hancock at PRGE when it first released. Now that the case and manual are available, I got them along with his latest port of Sock Em and Block Em for the 7800.
  3. You're right about awareness. I was unaware of tabletops by Parker Brothers--never seen these before. I like the way they look and the joystick looks more usable than the Coleco tabletops.
  4. We returned from our trip last Wednesday, and it's been a difficult physical recovery. Back to back red eye flights (red eye from Thailand to Korea and after a 9 hour layover, another red eye from Korea to Seattle) just compounded the matter. My wife and I basically slept day and night for three days 😂 It was a good thing that I didn't return to work right away because I needed those three days and then some. I came down with a bit of a cough--nothing serious though so over-the-counter cold med took care of it. The trip itself was great and a lot of fun. More importantly, I got a glimpse of retirement life. My wife and I anticipate going on extended trips after retirement, and I wondered what that would be like--just the two of us without the kids. We got along great and had a lot of fun enjoying each other's company. One goof that I made was not getting our AT&T iPhone unlocked before leaving the country. I thought they were already unlocked but nope. I even bought e-sims before the trip, and when I tried to add them to the phone once we landed, it was a big no go. That meant that we couldn't set up the Grab app for cheap transportation, but that turned out ok. We just walked a lot and used public transportation. I think I averaged 14k steps on most days. Here are a few photos -- lots of amazing food and sights.
  5. You really need to visit Korea again. It has changed so much since 1997. I visited for the first time in 2002 after immigrating to the US and then again in 2018 before the pandemic. We are hoping to visit next year. Thanks, Rick. It’s a good thing I didn’t share all the food photos 😂 Thai massage has also been amazing. Here in Chiang Mai, it only costs 200-300 baht for an hour at many shops. My wife and I just returned from a body massage. If it doesn’t cost much more in Bangkok and Phuket, we will probably do this every day.
  6. My wife and I left Seattle on Monday and arrived in Chiang Mai very late Tuesday night with a short layover in Inchon Korea. We are one third of the way into our trip and are heading off to Bangkok tomorrow. This is our first time visiting this wonderful country. This trip uses up the last of my airline credit that I received when I couldn’t use my ticket to go to Japan last summer. As advertised, the food is amazing and amazingly cheap (to us anyway). My favorite so far has been the street food stand where we had our first meal here. The food was great, and for the two of us, it cost 110 baht (35 baht to US$1).
  7. Wow I didn't know that there was a series of Smurf games -- very cool and even cooler that you have a personal story with those copies, Steve.
  8. If you're a member of a local gaming group, that's another outlet. I have a member on the Greater Seattle Area Gamers group on Facebook, and people run sales there all the time. I know Portland area gamers also have a marketplace group. Maybe there's one in your area? Having said that, I am taking my collection of PS1, 2, and 4 games to the local shop. I know I could get more if I sold them myself, but there's too many games, and I don't have the time nor energy.
  9. Cool! I wonder what Steam Boat Willie would be like watching on the 2600. Added to the wait list.
  10. My wife and I went out Tuesday night for Valentines since we couldn't go out on Wednesday. We checked out a new restaurant called Gracia in Seattle. I went there with a co-worker for lunch for the first time a month ago and liked it a lot. Started with fried calamari and then empanada and a dish with slightly spicy octopus and smoky pork belly (I forget the name), and finished with made-to-order churros that came with chocolate fondue. Everything was excellent. This is a Mexican restaurant, but it's not the common Americanized(?) burritos and taco kind of place.
  11. Something good from 2023? [1] I had back surgery during the summer. Hopefully, that put an end to the chronic back pains that became constant pain for two years. [2] Because I was hospitalized after surgery for rehab, I missed the trip to Japan. However, the airline gave me credit on a non-refundable ticket. I used the credits for trips to Los Angeles, Cancun, and now Thailand. My wife and I leave on Monday for two weeks and two days. So, a single trip resulted in three trips. Yay? 😂 [3] I started my games collection downsizing and at the end of the year, I sold several thousands of dollars worth of games to a couple of local gamer friends. Now my PS1 and PS2 collections are ready to go to Pink Gorilla. I also need to sift through my PS4 games to find the keepers as the PS4 collection is going out the door as well. In 2024, I will need to figure out what to do with my massive OG Xbox and Xbox 360 collection.
  12. I grabbed NeoSprint. Thanks @Sabertooth. I don't recall seeing this email. I only got the email with the $5 discount code for ordering physicals from the Atari store. Anyways, I had been wanting to get NeoSprint for a while.
  13. I'm going to offer these in the I/O first. I have extra Steam keys available for free. I bought a Humble Bundle and turns out I already have them all 🤦‍♂️ DM me if you want one. Street Fighter V - Champion Edition Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection Capcom Arcade Stadium Capcom Arcade Stadium 2 A Bird's Story that I posted almost a year ago is still available.
  14. This thread... what a trip down Memory Lane ❤️ Big Wheel -- I tried my friend's but I could never get it to work. I guess I put too much weight in my caboose when I sat in it. During the 70s, it was a must have for sure. Polaroids -- during the early 80s, my friend's mom would take photos of our Risk sessions when we left the house on lunch breaks. Thinking about it now, I'm not sure why she did that. I mean, she wasn't going to mess up the board (or would she if her son was losing?) and we didn't put away the game when we went on our lunch break. The very first non-video game purchase I made as a kid by saving my $3 weekly allowance was this -- a $50 Kodak 110 camera. I don't think it was this exact model but it looked very close. IIRC, I bought it in fourth grade. The guy at Fred Meyers wouldn't sell it to me unless I brought my parents. I understand that $50 wasn't pocket change 40+ years ago, but it was annoying anyway. In middle school, I took it with me on my week long school trip to DC. The very first toy that I bought as a newly arrived immigrant was Pulsar and the Life Systems Center. I remember taking Pulsar to second grade class for show 'n' tell. I was also going to mention the ditto machine, but I see Rick already posted it.
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