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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.
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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.
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5 hours ago, TrekMD said:
That is cool! I've never been to Thailand but I do enjoy Thai food! Those pictures are making me hungry! LOL Enjoy your trip! BTW, the closest I've been to Thailand was a trip I did to South Korea in 1997.
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.
4 hours ago, RickR said:This looks like a wonderful trip! Have fun and be safe. I agree with @TrekMD that the pics also make me hungry.
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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
- DegasElite and RickR
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Cool! I wonder what Steam Boat Willie would be like watching on the 2600. Added to the wait list.
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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.
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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.
- MistaMaddog, RickR, DegasElite and 1 other
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50,480
Almost doubled my previous score!
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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.
- RickR, Sabertooth and Atari 5200 Guy
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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.
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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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My current comfort game of 14 years is Halo Reach. It was released back in 2010, and I've been playing this Xbox 360 game ever since. What I've been playing is the game in Fire Fight mode. It's simply waves upon waves on enemies and you try to stay alive as long as you can. It's a combination of action with enough tactics and strategy to keep me engaged. Typical session for me last 20-40 minutes which is perfect. I can jump in and out easily.
I've been playing it almost daily for 14 years. I tried going cold turkey and quit playing it for a few months last year. I even uninstalled it to get myself to play something else (Vampire Survivor anyone?). However, I returned later in the year and bought the Master Chief Collection for my Xbox One X. The MCC version of the game loads way faster than the native 360 version with backward compatibility and 360 disc check on my Xbox One X.
Back in the day during the 80s, my comfort game was Dr. J and Larry Bird One on One with some Archon, Seven Cities of Gold, Blue Max, and Necromancer thrown in.
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This is good news. I preordered a year ago (Feb 2023). Juno First is a top 5 2600 homebrew for me, so I am looking forward to this one.
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I'm going to continue to hold out for the one from Stone Age Gamer since Rikki and Vikki comes preloaded.
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28,580
a small improvement
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"You're my favorite nephew," uncle Hairy said. "Come and trim my nosehair."
If this isn't the most original background story(?) for a video game then I don't know what is 😂
- RobertLM78, Smell Dawg and DegasElite
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Eugene Jarvis! Glad to know that he attends these events. Hopefully, he makes it to PRGE. Robotron and Defender are in my top 5 favorite coin-op games.
Some day, I hope to attend MGC. Until then, the closest I've gotten is buying the Megacat bundle from MGC back in December.
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Finally broke 20k!
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This isn't your daddy's Caverns of Mars. I just love the Recharged series.
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I wasn't able to put in the time but very glad nonetheless to have tried out a new game. Looking forward to the next challenge!
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Post your latest/recent pickups!
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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.