RadioPoultry
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I'll admit the joke sucked. Most of my jokes bite.
Enough! You're going to drive me batty!
- RickR and nosweargamer
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Night Stalker! Again!
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Dracula!
- RickR and nosweargamer
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I've been using v1.8 on Windows 10 and have had the same trouble.
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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!
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Planet Smashers!
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It's not much to look at, but I found Beany Bopper to be surprisingly fun.
- nosweargamer and RickR
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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.
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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.
- Ballblaɀer, RickR and Rowsdower70
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I rarely find anything noteworthy in our local thrift store. Yesterday was different!
Waddingtons Wizard, from 1979! The box is in reasonably good shape, and I'm pretty certain all the contents are there. I'll need to pick up some C batteries to see if it works, but the thing looks like it was never used. But I'm not sure how that's possible given that "You can never be bored when you own the Wizard. . ."
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!
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The trailers remind me of how exciting it was to see commercials for Mario 64.
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Welcome to the forums!
- The Professor, Justin, Rowsdower70 and 2 others
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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).
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Not a bad start I guess. It's a shame all of that stuff is coming from the same places. Now...if "Tandy" were to re-release their 1000 and CoCo series computers I'd be all ears.
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.
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Thundarr, for reasons of Cosmic Destruction!.
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Once again, I'm not really familiar with either franchise, but I find Robotech the clear winner here.
- Lost Dragon and Sabertooth
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Assuming those missing keys still work if you press them, I'd go for the regular keyboard.
- Kid A and Lost Dragon
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I honestly have no memory of either franchise as a child. Maybe none of my local stations picked it from syndication.
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I've not watched episodes of either, but I'll vote Silverhawks!
- RickR and Sabertooth
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5,373!! By approaching the lasers diagonally I was able to rescue the creatures several times!!
Amazing score! If you want to think that holding that magic feather is what lets you fly, by all means, go ahead!
My best score so far: 3243
- Atari 5200 Guy, Justin, greenween and 1 other
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if you rescue the 2 beasties & make it back to the ship before the alarm you don't have to wait to shoot the meteor ....
What's more, if you manage to do that, your fuel completely refills!
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I just discovered a bug in this game. I was using an emulator, but I assume it also occurs using real hardware. While on the planet, when the alarm is going off, push reset. The game starts over but the alarm will continue to go off for the set duration. When the alarm stops, the meteor shower screen will also stop prematurely and you will be sent right back to planet screen again.
- Atari 5200 Guy and greenween
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NSG's Name That Game
in Classic Gaming General
Posted · Edited by RadioPoultry
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!