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Did someone say flair??
I loved Ric Flair back in the day -- such a fun entertainer and athlete
- nosweargamer, samos 2-3 and Justin
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Salumi Deli -- it's a well regarded place to go for deli meats and sandwiches. I had read about it online and in magazines but had never been there. It is in a little bit of an obscure location in Pioneer Square area near the football stadium and international district. A month ago, I grabbed my wife for a lunch date and off we went. Of course, Son #1 wanted to know where we were going, and when he learned that food was involved, Mr. Fifth Wheel joined us.
The sandwiches and salad were very tasty as advertised. Sorry for the photo -- should have shown the meat more, who cares about the bread 🙄
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I've done all those things in town but never with the excitement I'm feeling from you, Rick 🙂.
After seeing your posts, I'm thinking of heading to Southcenter Mall this weekend. We've driven around the mall many times and have gone to restaurants in the area, but I haven't stepped inside the mall itself in like forever. As a kid living in south Seattle, I often rode my bike there during summer breaks. It's a miracle that I'm still alive and didn't get run over riding my bike on the shoulder of the road 🙂
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Retrogameboyz has a 3D printer and he prints the cases and other parts. He builds and sells them as shown in my photo. The case is 7" wide and he told me that it's the widest his printer can accommodate. For the controllers with joysticks on them, the case is great. I can even play games comfortably holding the controller in my hand.
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So, here's a story -- I'm Korean and have loved spicy food all my life. When my mom was younger, she'd eat jalapeno peppers straight up raw and would even put go-chu-jang (Korean spicy paste) on it for extra kick and flavor. The same blood flows in me.
Back in 2008, I was on a business trip and was in Germany visiting one of our localization vendors. They took us out for lunch at a restaurant across the street from their office -- Mongolian grill in Germany of all places. As we were eating, conversation turned to the restaurant's hot sauce. A couple of the Germans (all caucasians) were talking up how they eat this stuff for breakfast etc... well, I'm thinking, I'm Korean born and raised, and these pasty white dudes' idea of spicy is probably one or two stars, maybe three at most. If they can eat this stuff, I can do better.
The hot sauce was passed around to those brave enough to give it a try, and it finally came to me. The German engineers who talked the talk and walked the walk were eyeing me with anticipation. No way I'm passing on this opportunity to show what this Korean boi is made of. I put a good helping of it on a spoonful of rice and meat and in it went into my waiting mouth. Veni, vidi, and vici! The rice and grilled meat -- yum, tasty as always -- and I continued chewing. I felt the sauce's spicy flavor beginning to build and then 💥 🔥🔥🔥 I think it burned off my taste buds, and I lost a pound or two from all the sweat that started pouring out. It was only my ethnic pride that held me in check from screaming out loud in pain, but the same pride wasn't strong enough to prevent me from spitting out the rice and meat into a napkin. On that day, my racist attitude concerning spicy food and white people went out the window along with my taste buds. Lessoned learned!
Twelve years later, I still love spicy food, but as I've gotten older, my tolerance level has dramatically gone down. It only takes 1 or 2 stars for me to feel the heat now. I figure it's a good thing. Hot spicy food isn't good for the digestive tract anyway, so my body is taking care of me naturally.
- SuperTrooper, StormSurge, RickR and 1 other
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Cilantro a big 👎 for me and my wife. If it tasted like soap to me, that might be considered an improvement. It's a bit tricky to describe, but for me, it's a nauseating taste and smell. The worst is when it's in hot soup like pho where the scent really comes out. I can tolerate it in salsa.
I like other aromatic herbs like basil. My wife and I are big fans of basil, but cilantro just doesn't work for us. My older son loves it and younger son is fine with it though.
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I'm thinking about playing the well regarded Haunted House game for the 2600. I've never played it so 👻🎃 night seems an appropriate time to give it a go.
As for giving out candy, my wife and I have not been home often on Oct 31. Sometimes our kids give them out. Other times, we've left a tray of candy in front of the door for self service. Not sure yet what we'll be doing this year.
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Beamrider
Atari 2600
Difficulty: Default Game, B/B
High Score: 37,114
September 2, 2020- nosweargamer and Justin
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My meeting starts in 3 minutes... bi-coastal teams. Lunch will have to wait another 30 minutes
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I took a little break before my next meeting. This game isn't easy! Kamikazes! My first attempt ended at 5k and this was my second. It's going to be another fun one. Love the title screen.
- Justin, MaliciousCarp, mmaxfit and 1 other
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Sentinel was originally PAL only but apparently there was an NTSC release. That’s what I assume was covered by NSG’s video.
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@HDN you influenced an influencer! What does that make you? 🙂
Congratulations @nosweargamer on this video release! It's great to see everything in one video.
I own 38 of the 58 games on your list. Too bad I don't own 1-38 🙂 For my curiosity, I did a breakdown of my collection based on your rankings:
- 1-10 own half
- 11-20 missing only Mean 18
- 21-30 own half
- 31-40 own half
- 41-50 own 7 of the 10
- 51-58 missing only Sentinel
I'm missing most of #24-38 (only have 5 of the 15) in my collection, and I believe most of these are on the pricier side, but it'd be good to fill in a few more from this range.
Most of the #1-#23 are very affordable so that's good for those starting out!
Too bad I didn't have this list when I was starting out my 7800 collection. Otherwise, I could have saved some money by skipping some of the bottom feeders. As it is, I own all the games #46-58 except Sentinel 😮 Yay? 🙂
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1 hour ago, peteym5 said:
What is that thing with the 5 fire buttons.
It's my "Asteroids" controller -- I've always wanted an all-button controller in the Asteroids layout. It works very well for other games, too -- Activision Decathlon in particular.
Only problem is that the width of the controller is a little too narrow. Either I need to shrink (I'm 6'1") or the buttons needs to be a little more spread out laterally (which they can't because of the case size) because my hands cramp a little.
QuoteTempest Elite, Megaoids, Tile Smashers, and the 2nd release of Delta Space Arena all support Driving Controllers and Trackball. There might be some demand in the hardware market as well.
I love games that support multiple controllers, and I'd buy a custom controller out of curiosity alone if the price is right (e.g., the CX30 Evolved paddle). I'd be interested in a modern trackball for sure (I have the Wico and Atari DB9 trackballs).
How many do you have to sell to make it worthwhile for you? Maybe put out a poll to gauge interest in a pre-order once you have a prototype?
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Karateka was one of my favorites on the Atari 8-bit.
Besides learning that the 7800 was the choice of experts, from the ad, I verified that my pronunciation of Karateka is correct. I always wondered whether you're supposed to stress the third syllable and pronounce it as EEE (the long e vowel sound) -- karatEEka 😆
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Hahaha I was actually playing COVID-19 Corona Virus Invaders today! I'll need to take a look at the one that TrekMD shared.
I just posted this on Facebook:
What's everyone up to Monday night?
I recently bought ⌜COVID-19 Corona Virus Invaders⌟ and popped it in for the first time. Is there a more appropriate game to play in 2020 than this?!? I actually bought it for the novelty, but this is a very fun and well done game ("aliens" flip back and forth from CORONA to VIRUS*. If you're a Space Invaders fan, you'll definitely like this. I found it a little therapeutic. Until we get the vaccine, take that and that!
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Wow, 20th anniversary ‼️ Congratulations @Justin and the mods and everyone involved in running the I/O. Nothing lasts 20 years in life without a lot of sweat and tears along the way.
I'm glad to have found the I/O 18 days ago -- better late than never, right?
Your post is very exciting. I'm looking forward to September and to the virtual classic gaming expo experience!
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I like custom controllers and am willing to buy them if they offer better quality and experience. Custom controllers are a niche market in general and you are talking about niche controllers in a niche market 🙂 so the demand will be interesting.
I've purchased five DB9 controllers (see photo) from retrogameboyz on ebay over the past six months. The red one is my daily controller. These are 7800 controllers that also work with the 2600. They are 3D printed (except the joystick and buttons). From what I can tell, he has sold a lot of controllers. He also makes NES style gamepads but I happen to prefer arcade style joysticks. The gamepads are very affordable, and I think the price combined with the product design are what entices people to try them. It was certainly the price that lured me in to give it a try (and his satisfaction money back guarantee) and I ended up ordering five from him.
Retrogameboyz's business model is very different from Eladdin. As I shopped for custom controllers, the Eladdin business model is what I found to be more common place -- very high end custom controllers with a price to match. I have no doubt that Eladdin controllers are worth the price but the price of entry does make you pause, and during that pause, I found retrogameboyz (affordable sub-$100 custom controllers that appeared to offer very good fit-n-finish).
After having tried products from retrogameboyz, I am now more willing to take a dip in the high end controller market. When Eladdin releases their 5200 controller, I will be ordering one. Later this year or early next, I hope to order a DB9 controller from Edladdin as well.
For now, I get my 5200 controller fix through an adapter that lets me use Genesis controllers with the 5200. I recently bought two used Genesis arcade stick controllers ($30 each).
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I had the black flight stick style back in the day -- suffice to say, I quickly went back to my Wico Redball. 🥁😀
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Squad Challenge - Galaxian (Atari 2600)
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Finally broke 30k