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Wow, lot of these secret games look great. Being a Rogue fan, I have to give Rogue64 a try for sure. The secret games on the EXP didn't thrill me, so I haven't bothered to unlock them.

Thanks for sharing the link, Steve! More amazing love for the 7800 👏

I don't think I will ever see the CBS 👁️ logo the same ever again 😂. I work for Paramount which owns CBS, so I come across the logo regularly.

Blaze just announced (via email) that the Tomb Raider Collection is the pack-in for the new R series hardware. Sweet! I was planning to buy the cartridge separately, but now that it's a pack-in, this saves me some money. I am definitely going to pre-order the VS-R.

I guess looking for a more premium update? 🤷‍♂️ I think the refresh and lower price make perfect business sense to attract new users and offer more potential value to the existing user base contemplating a hardware refresh or upgrade.

I was only looking for a visual refresh, so I'm happy with the VS-R. I don't know enough about it to be grumpy about anything yet 😂

Do folks think Blaze will release a VS Refresh this year? I know I can connect my EXP to a display, but the appeal of using a dedicated controller is a strong appeal of the VS.

I’ve been watching SNW. I absolutely love it. I even tried to style my hair a la Captain Pike but couldn’t get the volume. I may need a better hair dryer or hire a stylist 😂

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing the news, Rick. It's incredible that the Chicago TI user group has been meeting regularly, and true to old school, in a library room, and there's videos of the meetings 👏 👏 Trivia about Scott Adams, Infocom ❤️ I miss those user group days. I told my wife recently that I want to fly to Texas to attend a T.A.C.O. Atari user group meeting.

No more podcast? What just happened?? I just finished watching yesterday’s episode a few minutes ago. Hope you’re feeling better @Funkmaster V

I finished season 1 last week and will start season 2 soon. Thanks for recommending Discovery to me. I’ve been loving it. The tone and style and most everything is definitely a departure from TOS and TNG, and I am good with that. The characters have depth, and I appreciate that. Looking forward to season 2 and beyond.

That's a big bummer for me. I also just want to leave it on to play on it own. I've been thinking of getting this out of curiosity and novelty of concept. I know music album cartridges are out there but I never tried one. Thanks for the sharing the sound clip.

Are you sure that box is included? I think at the $30 mark, it's cartridge only despite what's shown in the product photo.

738 🥇 FIRST place!! for now 😂

Nice pick-up @TrekMD! I hope to add the 400 Mini soon and follow that up with the 2600+.

I met up with a gamer from the local retro gaming group and bought his sealed Atari Gamestation. I missed getting one last year. I don't know much about it, but for $30, I thought I give it a go.

You didn't play it at PRGE? That's when I last played it.

Same -- I also have that spin controller and Jason's Super multi cart (best value in the Vectrex universe?). Being a controller geek, I also picked up the VecTrack and two bigger controllers. The one with the arcade stick is a digital controller and not analog.

Yup, multicarts are The Way. I started my Vectrex collection by buying Sean Kelly's multicart and his set of repro overlays. I have since added the VecMulti and PiTrex but haven't gotten around to using them. @sramirez2008 that Star Castle! I needs it 😆 I played it as much as my poor kid pocket would allow. The convenience store next to my apartment had the Star Castle coin op. I got the 2600 homebrew but there's nothing like playing with vector graphics.

I never expected to add Vectrex releases from the 80s to my collection, but I did just that 🙂 Before adding these, I only had three, and everything else in my Vectrex collection were homebrews. I also picked up three cartridges by Binary Star.

Got the email this morning and I replied with the request to upgrade to CIB 🥳

Yesterday and today's mail call -- multiple consoles covered. The Vectrex overlays are gorgeous and the photo does not do them justice.

What are some must have Lynx homebrews, Steve?

I had the OG Game Boy back in the day. I was aware of the releases of the Lynx and Game Gear back then, but I decided to stay with the GB for two reasons -- physical size and the amount of batteries consumed. AA batteries weren't cheap back then and I don't recall rechargeable AA readily available as they are now and the Lynx and GG were power hungry. I was fine with not having a backlit screen and the graphics beings what they were on the GB. The near pocket-ability of the GB was what won me over -- that and Tetris and Tennis. I acquired a Lynx II with the upgraded screen a few years ago. It's staring at me right now across my desk, but unfortunately, I haven't given it the attention it deserves.

If choosing between the 5200 and A8 computers, I'd prefer to see the 5200 get a "mini" release since the SuperSystem doesn't get much love, and as Justin mentioned, it should be able to support both 5200 and A8 software. As for future Atari computer minis, I want to see one for the ST line instead of another A8.