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  1. Memorable T.V. show themes we love

    in Television & Movies

    Posted

    Just now, nosweargamer said:

    I only had cable in college growing up. It was included with campus dorms and apartments! 

    I didn't think of that! I commuted to school from home. 

    I did however take advantage of free food towards the end of quarters when my (girl) friends, who had too much meal allowance remaining (it didn't roll over), called the guys over for dorm food feasts. My favorite was beef stroganoff at University of Washington 🙂🍽️ 

  10. Polymega

    in Classic Gaming General

    Posted

    I agree with what everyone has said so far. Outside of saving physical space, I don't see benefits that justify the price to me. I'd rather use original hardware with a tube TV and call it a day. At this moment, I'm done with trying to get older consoles connected to a modern TV. For casual fans like me of other consoles outside the PlayStation and Xbox world, there are cheaper alternatives like the mini consoles, PC emulation, and maybe even MiSTeR.

  11. [Pick-up] Boxes for homebrews and prototypes

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    Wow, same price for loose and CIB? Either the loose carts are expensive there or the CIB games are dirt cheap, and I'm guessing it's the latter.

    I got into buying 2600 games before I had an Atari console, and it started because of Immortal John Hancock's videos. He has shelves of 2600 games all nice and purty 🌷. I then got into the Art of Atari book and attended the author's panel at PRGE. I've started to appreciate the box and art as much as I do the game itself.

  13. ikonsgr's DB9 Controller Adapter for Atari 5200

    in Atari 5200

    Posted

    A 5200 controller with a paddle knob? Sounds very intriguing, and yes, please do share a pic when you get a chance. What games do you use that with? Tempest?

    Yes, all these 5200 and 2600/7800 controllers are taking up a lot of space. Fortunately, I have a large display cabinet/shelf right next to the TV and consoles but I do need to reshuffle things a bit.

  15. My very own first SNES game -- NBA Jam TE

    in Nintendo

    Posted

    I picked up an SNES couple of weeks ago to use for CRT TV calibration. Yesterday, I visited Pink Gorilla in Seattle and saw NBA Jam TE hanging on the rack and decided to buy my first ever SNES game. I don't know my SNES carts from NES carts so had to check with the store clerk first 🙂

    Why this game? It was a game that I played a lot during the early to mid-90s. My girlfriend's brothers had an SNES and NBA Jam. We played basketball together regularly and also played NBA Jam. I loved it for its over-the-top silliness and game mechanics and especially for Shawn The Reign Man Kemp and Gary The Glove Payton repping the Seattle SuperSonics. Looking for to the BOOM-shakalaka 

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  16. ikonsgr's DB9 Controller Adapter for Atari 5200

    in Atari 5200

    Posted · Edited by socrates63

    I picked up the Genesis arcade controller yesterday to use with the DB9 adapter. I tried it out with Moon Patrol and Pac-Man and it worked perfectly without any fuddling around. Initially I was a little concerned about the softness of the joystick (I've gotten used to leaf switch sticks) but it felt great and was responsive.

    My 5200 controller setup is now complete 🙂 and in my 5200 controller stable are controllers rebuilt by Best Electronics, trak-ball, Wico joystick, and now the Genesis arcade joystick.

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  17. [Pick-up] Boxes for homebrews and prototypes

    in Atari 2600

    Posted · Edited by socrates63
    correct factual error

    I ordered from an AtariAge user some boxes for cartridges that were released without them -- four for 2600 games and four for 5200 games (Battlezone was an unexpected freebie). These boxes weren't cheap (14 euros a pop), but the quality is there, so I'm happy with them. They also came with inserts for 2600 cartridges (not shown). I currently only have Kabobber and Astro Grover 2 but I intend to get carts for the remaining boxes in the near future. I'm probably not alone in this, but I like boxes on the shelf and usually collect CIB games if I can.

     

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  18. E.T. Atari 2600 Is Not The Worst Game Ever, How To Play, & High Score Documentary

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    I saw some NSG videos that showed off the Intellivoice and was very impressed. It almost made me wish for an Intellivision but then remembered that controller with the disc pad.

    Any thoughts on the Playstation VR? It seems to have been received well and sold decently enough that Sony is probably working on PSVR 2. The PS4 Pro was my entry into the PS4 world. The VR accessory was a compelling reason for me.

  19. E.T. Atari 2600 Is Not The Worst Game Ever, How To Play, & High Score Documentary

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    46 minutes ago, RickR said:

    Many of my high school and college papers/essays were done with "Atariwriter"!  I think I finally got a PC (it was a 286) around 88.  I still have my original boxed 2600, VIC-20, and 800XL and they are probably my most prized part of my collections. 

    Atariwriter! Yes, I used that quite a bit. I remember the very first time I was introduced to this thing called a “word processor” in middle school. I had a hard time wrapping my head around the concept. I believe it was Bank Street Writer. 
     

    The first PC I used was a 286 in the late 80s. My own first PC was the 386/33 by Northgate right when the 486 was released. 

    I am extremely jealous that you kept your original hardware. 👍👏

  20. E.T. Atari 2600 Is Not The Worst Game Ever, How To Play, & High Score Documentary

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    As a fellow 12 year old from 1981, my experiences mirror what @RickR said. While we appreciate them much more today, there were a lot of 2600 games that we perceived at the time as disappointing. Activision showed what was possible on the 2600 -- games with great mechanics and attractive colorful flicker-free graphics -- and games like Pitfall! raised my expectations. Atari had a lot of great licenses but released many clunky ports on the 2600. Colecovision Donkey Kong was mind-blowing -- graphics at home that looked just like the arcade -- and that thing was heavily advertised on TV. It really showed that time was up on the 2600, and I moved on to the 800.

    Thanks for the link to Electronic Games! That magazine was awesome. I subscribed for years.

  25. The TMS-RGB is pretty sweet!

    in ColecoVision

    Posted

    When I first got into retro gaming, I wanted everything hooked up to a modern TV with HDMI. I watched a lot of videos from My Life in Gaming and considered going all out on RGB and SCART and OSCC. I backed off due to cost. I only went as far as getting a RetroTINK 2X and stuck with component and s-video on the older consoles with my home theater receiver acting as the hub.

    Rather than video, I'm toying with improving the audio of my CRT TV gaming setup (2600, 5200, 7800, PS2, SNES). I've been spoiled with the sound system used with my 4K TV setup, and the sound out of my 27" Trinitron just isn't doing it for me. I'm trying to find room in my small gaming space in the office to squeeze in an older home theater receiver (need to get one) and couple of monitor speakers (which I have already have).

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