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Whelp, mine has the buzz off mod, so I guess no joy for me when it arrives. According to tracking, the airplane carrying the package arrived today — I assume it arrived in the US somewhere.

I decided to tweak my workstation so I could use the monitor as a display for gaming devices. My HDMI switch and HDMI audio splitter (to route sound to powered desktop monitors) came today, and the first to tap into the new setup is the EXP. I'm still planning to order the VS-R, but it's neat to see the handheld connected to an external display. Excuse the mess 😂 EDIT: hmm... I can't control the audio volume of the HDMI signal since the sound is going to active speakers with no volume control. I guess I'll need to add a volume control in the signal chain.

8 Bit Milli Games (rebranded now as Console Moo) releases for the 2600 -- the boxed games currently have a $10 discount each. Infiltrator/Astro War is a double ended cartridge, a first for me. Now how do I find the time to play these? 😂

I thought of a few friends when I saw this 😂

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.