RickR

From here in Portland! That guy is really nice person

Great. I think on the difficulty scale, it is a 2 out of 10. Pretty simple. But I'm happy to report how mine goes once I get the drive.

I'm planning to add the SSD to the VCS motherboard It uses an M.2 SATA drive, and they are very inexpensive. The internal 32GB storage remains. There are a lot of guides on YouTube, and I like the one by @Yorkies TV because it is quite humorous.

And it doesn't look very difficult to do. It is my understanding that adding more memory doesn't do much for performance unless one is using the VCS as a PC. Agree or disagree?

I have plans to add a 256GB SSD to mine. The SSD has been ordered and will be here soon. I have been using a USB memory stick for extra storage, but that has been extraordinarily slow.

In Nicholas Meyer's autobiography: "The View From The Bridge", he writes a lot about this movie and how difficult it was to make. The book is worth a read. Anyway, more info about his recollections on "The Day After" in this interview here: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/the-day-after-nuclear-war-drama-traumatised-america-084013973.html

A Wii console and 2 xbox 360 controllers:

I loved watching this. We have a similar place here called "Pietro's Pizza". Same kind of deal...really good pizza and a big game room, with emphasis on parties. But even though it has been around forever here (40+ years), they keep shrinking and closing locations. I think they are down to 3 now. 😞 The weird thing is, every time I go, it is reasonably busy. Early lunch on a weekday, for example, has probably 30 customers getting lunch. In the video above, the Peter Piper Pizza looks pretty deserted in my opinion. Maybe 10 customers? I'm sure, like Pietro's, it gets super packed on weekends with all the kids parties. Probably a sign of the times and all that has happened over the last decade. But I'm hoping like crazy that these type of places survive. And I try to go as often as I can.

Go to the NASA museum and to visit Steve and his 7800+ 🙂 🙂 🙂

WOW! That's really nice. Enjoy!

YES! I remember this. It came out when I was still in college and was a revelation. It was so interesting how some people instantly "got it", and others didn't.

Movie Tie In Summer Blockbuster Month for July: Aliens E.T. Porky's M*A*S*H

Wowza! Congratulations!!

Yes, and how about a multi-platform bowling where you average the scores between the two. Atari and Intellivision Bowling.

"With" for when the toddler is in the room. "Without" for all other times 🙂 That is a really tough choice because that insert is so sweet.

Great find! I think Justin has a great point here...those still have value and could be traded in for something you want. Maybe just keep a couple in case the big enchilada shows up in the bin soon. This reminds me of a story from when I had to clean out my parent's house in 2017. My dad was a penny pincher, and he had changed his garbage service to the most tiny can imaginable. It looked like a normal sized can, but they had glued what looked like a sink washbasin over the top. Maybe 2 cubic feet at most. Well, I hated that can so much because it would fill up with just a few items and then I'd have to pack up all the other garbage and take it home to my can. Well, one day I'm over there cleaning up and I'm grouchy and dirty. I pack up my car with garbage bags and then I notice the hated garbage can has its lid askew. #$%@! So I go look, and surprise! Someone had dumped a complete PS2 system including two controllers. Phat boy model. I grabbed it, put it in my car, and away I went. It all worked fine after cleaning. Next day, I'm back cleaning more. This time, as I'm loading my car, a bunch of teenagers start riding back and forth on bikes, almost circling (reminded me of E.T.) They are looking me up and down. I flex a bit and put on my angry face. Shockingly, this caused them to leave! As they were going, I heard one of them say "enjoy the PS2". I had no idea that is what they were after, and I was beyond shocked that noodle arm me had intimidated them into leaving! My suspicion is that they swiped it from someone and left it there to pick it up later. Anyway, I thought about it a bit and decided if they ever came back and asked nicely, I'd give it back. But they never did. I never saw them again.

How about Pole Position and Enduro?

Multi-syllable!

Oh cool. Nice choice. I'm going to give this a go on Evercade.

I'm not sure what I did, but my text for that pic didn't post. Fixed it! I have to have at least one Vectrex boxed game, right?

BURN!

Vectrex CIB Berzerk. I'm pretty sure the box is a repro, but I do not mind at all. Cart, manual, and overlay are original. I got it from a Black Friday deal at a local game store, and they gave out free "prizes" for any purchase. It was a magazine with a "$15 value". I'm not so sure about that, but I'm really happy to have the game. My first boxed Vectrex game.

SPOILER ALERT! It's a dang cookbook! Don't get on that ship!!! Those dudes gonna eat you with a can of mint! And don't smoke! They enjoy smoked meats!!!