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Yeah, the Polaroid would have been ideal. Plus Dad would have had less of a chance of knowing. But sadly, we did not have that kind. Our family had the Kodak Instamatic with the 110 film cartridges.

One more thing - we'll probably stick with cable for internet only. There aren't any other fast choices where we live. 800Mbps cable is about $70 a month. One other option for us would be the 5G home internet services from T-Mobile or Verizon, but I don't think I trust that. I work from home, so quick, reliable internet is a must. For those of you that also WFH, what do you use for internet and do you like it?

I'm sure I'm very late to this party -- cutting the cable cord. We've kept cable all this time, mostly to watch our local sports team (every game televised on the regional sports network, available ONLY on cable). But rates went way up in 2024. Also, we lost cable for a couple days during the recent winter storm and I hooked up an OTA antenna to our family room TV. I was impressed with the quality of the 20 or so channels we got that way! And then the cable company gave us a credit for the outage, which was nice. However, it was $8 a day....and that's when I realized it is not worth $8 a day. I want to retire early, and this is one cut that will have immediate benefits in savings. Soooo...if you've done the cord cutting, please tell me how it went. What do you watch when you have a few minutes to spare in the evenings? Do you use an antenna, streaming, or a combo? Are you happy with your choice? One final note from me is that we already pay for several streaming services (Paramount+, Disney/Hulu, Peacock), so there's plenty to watch there. And like I said, 20 or so good channels on an antenna. And finally, our local sports team SUCKS this year...they are in full rebuild mode, so we wouldn't be missing much (this is the thing I'll miss the most I think).

My dad was so mad when I "wasted" film on the patch scores. And of course, we all had to learn that hard lesson of NOT using a flash! Two weeks later of course. Oh well, lets play again!

Friends, we aren't old....we're EXPERIENCED! Who remembers this crap...you'd have to wait two weeks to see how terrible your pictures were 🙂

Have you tried taking the circuit board out of the case again? Could be that the case is flawed and doesn't hold the game in precisely the right spot.

32300 ENHANCED version game 3. I switched to a Slik Stik and ripped out this score

13900 original version game 3

Yes it does. As mentioned prior. USB keyboard support is there, and also a virtual keyboard. You can load basic and program as you see fit. However, it is not known if you can save or not. My guess is yes, but it will be a bit convoluted. You'd load a DOS image from the USB memory stick and be able to save to that. If I recall correctly, the C64 mini allowed this (the ability to save to a disk image on USB).

The hardware is the same. It is cool that Atari took the time to re-do some of the cartridge games to make them better.

But I have good news for you...the 5200 games (all of them) have been ported to A8. So you can play the better versions on A8 if you wish.

Check out this old thread here (that I never finished by the way). A8 Centipede is worse that 5200 Centipede. And there are other game differences too. For example, Pac-Man on A8 has no intermission screens!

Welcome @Albert!

The cart ports would be pretty awesome for sure! It does have the ability to run images from a USB memory stick though. Just like the C64 and Amiga versions. It is also missing a real keyboard, but that is solved by attaching a USB keyboard. Not ideal, but it does work. (And there is also a virtual keyboard). The other real con with this is that you *must* use that controller it includes to get access to all the features (like virtual keyboard). Although other USB controllers will work, the button mapping is hit and miss.

110 pounds is heavy, man! 💪

This is EXCELLENT news. I have the C64 and Amiga mini and they are both awesome. I think I'll be a buyer for this.

I like that little Taito console you have!

Those light switches are really nice. Our home has the big wide chunky switches...probably no room for good graphics with those.

12,930 - ENHANCED edition game 3. I'm playing on my 2600jr with CX-40

I added a caption that should help 🙂 There was an episode of DS9 where O'Brien, Sisko, and Odo disguise themselves as Klingons....

You know Miles O'Brien. But have you met...

This one is really dumb, but I want to ask if anyone knows what the heck is going on with that right crock on the floor.