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The 2600 version of Star Strike has no visible score counter or timer, as far as I can tell. That's the only one I can think of right now.

Well, searching through Dreamcast Gamer's YouTube channel (which I hadn't seen before, I'll have to take some time to watch more of it!), I will say... Garfield Gets Real (By the way, has anyone ever seen "Garfield: His 9 Lives"? That cartoon was amazing.)

Pinball Jam!

Lee should get this one, I was thinking the M Network release was called Night Stalker... I forgot they renamed it! I didn't know Telegames re-released it as Night Stalker afterwards. Confusing!

Enough! You're going to drive me batty!

Ohhhh, I get it now!

Night Stalker! Again!

Dracula!

I've been using v1.8 on Windows 10 and have had the same trouble.

Some of my recent thrift finds: Always good to find some sealed 5-1/4 floppies. That's a Fred Meyer sticker on the right one. Found this Power PC (Performa 6320CD) at Goodwill Outlet. It would have been $19 due to the weight, but they gave me a discount ($6 instead). It turns on and produces sound, but that's all I know so far, having no monitor (or VGA adapter), keyboard, or mouse that work with it. I must admit, I don't know that much about pre-OS X Macs. And now for something completely different! I found these at a little thrift store in Kennewick that I usually only visit every few months. Paid off this time!

Planet Smashers!

It's not much to look at, but I found Beany Bopper to be surprisingly fun.

Here's something that seems to be a rare item. (Found it at Goodwill a few weeks back.) "Test Pilot" from Radio Shack. Can't find a year, but it might be from the early 90s? I think I remember seeing this in the old catalogs, but I could find hardly any reference to this on the internet. Not that great as either a game or a simulation (maybe it needed more testing?), but it has some interesting features. There's an LED on top that lights up at times as a warning, and the whole game vibrates when you start to go off the runway or crash.

I haven't been very active in the forums for a while, so here's some of my better finds over the last few months: It's a synth! No, it's a boom box! Wait, it's sort of both! I found this rather unusual Casio CK-500 synth over at a Goodwill in Kennewick, WA. Not in perfect condition (missing the radio antenna, power cable, and battery cover. Also, the right cassette player warbles a little). Helpfully, it did come with the manual. The sound is what you'd expect from a not-too-expensive Casio, but you can record what you play, switch tapes, and record with that as accompaniment. A couple rare books from Goodwill Outlet in Pasco, WA. A first U.S. edition of C. S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength. And the book that was very loosely the basis for Who Framed Roger Rabbit... Gary Wolf's Who Censored Roger Rabbit. I found this yesterday during a trip to Packwood, WA at a small thrift shop, For me, this one's a doozy: A Suzuki Omnichord System 2, complete and entirely functional! Still even has the disposable plastic overlay. A great deal at $25! You select a chord with the buttons, then strum the long panel on the side with one or two fingers. (Essentially, an electronic autoharp.) The buttons can also be used as a keyboard while you switch pre-recorded chords with a foot pedal. They also had boxed NES and Genesis games that were way over-priced (sports games that were more than what I paid for the Omnichord) and some unpriced but intriguing educational laser disc with 3.5" floppy disk sets that came from a library.

I found one at Goodwill Outlet last year (no box or manual), but I didn't realize it was quite that old! I second that request for manual scans!

The trailers remind me of how exciting it was to see commercials for Mario 64. Very cool!

Welcome to the forums!

This is kind of unrelated, but I remember visiting OMSI in Portland when they had a Star Trek exhibit in the early 90s (back in their old building). I can't remember if they had any original props. It had an educational focus. There was an TNG-style bridge with various consoles you could interact with, I think one was a simple science quiz, and when I finished it, I got to select a video to play on the big view screen. Downstairs there was a very empty room with a projector showing episodes of the original series. There was also a side room with Commodore computers, some of which had games loaded up (I specifically remember Zaxxon and Pipe Dream).

I'd pay good money for a new Tandy with 5.25" and 3.5" drives! Well, not original-price-good, but good. I sent LGR a Microsoft EasyBall a few years ago. You can see it in the background in 2 or 3 videos.

Thundarr, for reasons of Cosmic Destruction!.

Once again, I'm not really familiar with either franchise, but I find Robotech the clear winner here.

New score: 4463 Rescued three couples of cosmic critters.

Assuming those missing keys still work if you press them, I'd go for the regular keyboard.

I honestly have no memory of either franchise as a child. Maybe none of my local stations picked it from syndication.

I've not watched episodes of either, but I'll vote Silverhawks!