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I will admit that this new Atari collaboration with Cariuma has me a little intrigued. I own a pair of Cariuma canvas sneakers and they're nice, casual footwear for the summer.

https://atari.com/collections/atari-x-cariuma

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood has become my favorite Tarantino film. When I heard “Quentin Tarantino is doing a movie about the Manson Murders” I expected a rondo of blood. What we got was something really different.

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood has become my favorite Tarantino film. When I heard “Quentin Tarantino is doing a movie about the Manson Murders” I expected a rondo of blood. What we got was something really different.

I think this simple post on today's announcement of the Atari 400 has been my most viewed/liked post ever on X. Over 6k views, 130 likes, tons of comments and 24 reposts. Who knew the 400 MINI would elicit such excitement? It's bizarre.

First big snowfall of 2024 with seemingly more to follow later this week. Will get much colder by the end of the week as well.

Has it been 5 years already?? Tune in this Wednesday night at 9pm ET for Episode 113 of Retro With Marco! Featuring new retrogaming records, Street Fighter Alpha for Genesis, Golden Axe for 32X, plus Winter Yolympics 2024!

And so it begins... the collection purge. Before I take the games to Pink Gorilla, I offered up my PS1, PS2, PS4, and Dreamcast games to a gamer couple in the local gaming group. This is what I've pulled out for them. I ended selling a couple of games (like Metal Gear Solid and Parasite Eve II) that I was intending to keep, but I am happy that they are going to people I know who will love them as much as I did.

And so it begins... the collection purge. Before I take the games to Pink Gorilla, I offered up my PS1, PS2, PS4, and Dreamcast games to a gamer couple in the local gaming group. This is what I've pulled out for them. I ended selling a couple of games (like Metal Gear Solid and Parasite Eve II) that I was intending to keep, but I am happy that they are going to people I know who will love them as much as I did.

Fun SEGA trivia: According to Yu Suzuki, if Sega president Hayao Nakayama saw that a game's graphics were completed, he would consider the game finished and try to release it. To get around this -- since it was impossible to just show nothing when Nakayama came by -- Yu rigged a switch under his desk to wipe Space Harrier's color RAM, using it for on-demand graphical sabotage. During one of the times he did this, the effect looked so impressive, Yu extracted the data and kept it in as the game's actual colors.

This is where they lose me...

This is where they lose me...

This is where they lose me...

I did not share this earlier, but on Tuesday I was making my normal commute when I was hit in the intersection while making a protected left turn. The other driver ran the red. Fortunately, I'm just a bit sore and we'll see if my car can be repaired or not.

Two good samaritans stopped to check on me. They both were rushed for work and didn't stick around for the cops but promised to send their dash cam footage and contact info. Fortunately, both followed through. I can't quit watching it. If I was a split second earlier into my turn, my one year old may not know her dad.

Just a reminder to hold your loved ones tight and do not take things for granted. I lost my father to a drunk driver over 20 years ago. No one has a guarantee on tomorrow.

I did not share this earlier, but on Tuesday I was making my normal commute when I was hit in the intersection while making a protected left turn. The other driver ran the red. Fortunately, I'm just a bit sore and we'll see if my car can be repaired or not.

Two good samaritans stopped to check on me. They both were rushed for work and didn't stick around for the cops but promised to send their dash cam footage and contact info. Fortunately, both followed through. I can't quit watching it. If I was a split second earlier into my turn, my one year old may not know her dad.

Just a reminder to hold your loved ones tight and do not take things for granted. I lost my father to a drunk driver over 20 years ago. No one has a guarantee on tomorrow.

In case you're wondering, I said "yes."

In case you're wondering, I said "yes."

December has been a crazy month--so much going on both professionally and personally, and it's just been a blur. I've been doing the bare minimum when it comes to social media (which means mostly checking Facebook with very limited time in the I/O).

As far as the hobby is concerned, it's also been a busy month.

• Traded away a bottle of wine for an Odyssey 2 in the box with a bunch of games. This is the same person that I traded my heavy sixer with for the Lego 2600 set.
• Bought a Vectrex light pen.
• Bought couple of short controller extensions cords to use with the Vectrex.
• Bought A8PicoCart multicart for the Atari 8bit. I don't need it as I have other means to store and load games, but bought it on a whim.
• Bought games for the Atari 8bit, 5200, and 2600.
• Got an empty Atari 1040ST box for free from a member of the local gaming group.

I'm pretty sure I'm missing some other stuff, but as far as adding to the collection goes, it's been fruitful.

I hope 2024 will be slower going, and I can finally finish cleaning up and reorganizing my hobby spaces in the house. That's been put on hold the past two years because of my health issues (which should be a thing of the past now).

For 2024 and beyond, I am making a big shift. Instead of dabbling in most things, I intend to focus retro gaming heavily to all things Atari with a smattering of modern gaming on the Switch and Steam Deck. This year has taught me that my heart belongs to Atari and other platforms from the 80s and early 90s.

I will be selling off the PS1, 2, and 4 collection to a local gaming store in the next week or two, so that should help with reclaiming some shelf space. For now, I intend to keep my Xbox collection as well as the PS3 collection. While I will keep all my consoles and a few physical games, I will not be expanding my PlayStation and Xbox physical library.

It's been a very enjoyable six years exploring the popular retro gaming platforms, but as I contemplate life and the need the downsize in 5-7 years, I think the time is right to start that process. Hopefully, narrowing my focus will translate into more game time and lot less shopping.

Happy New Year!

December has been a crazy month--so much going on both professionally and personally, and it's just been a blur. I've been doing the bare minimum when it comes to social media (which means mostly checking Facebook with very limited time in the I/O).

As far as the hobby is concerned, it's also been a busy month.

• Traded away a bottle of wine for an Odyssey 2 in the box with a bunch of games. This is the same person that I traded my heavy sixer with for the Lego 2600 set.
• Bought a Vectrex light pen.
• Bought couple of short controller extensions cords to use with the Vectrex.
• Bought A8PicoCart multicart for the Atari 8bit. I don't need it as I have other means to store and load games, but bought it on a whim.
• Bought games for the Atari 8bit, 5200, and 2600.
• Got an empty Atari 1040ST box for free from a member of the local gaming group.

I'm pretty sure I'm missing some other stuff, but as far as adding to the collection goes, it's been fruitful.

I hope 2024 will be slower going, and I can finally finish cleaning up and reorganizing my hobby spaces in the house. That's been put on hold the past two years because of my health issues (which should be a thing of the past now).

For 2024 and beyond, I am making a big shift. Instead of dabbling in most things, I intend to focus retro gaming heavily to all things Atari with a smattering of modern gaming on the Switch and Steam Deck. This year has taught me that my heart belongs to Atari and other platforms from the 80s and early 90s.

I will be selling off the PS1, 2, and 4 collection to a local gaming store in the next week or two, so that should help with reclaiming some shelf space. For now, I intend to keep my Xbox collection as well as the PS3 collection. While I will keep all my consoles and a few physical games, I will not be expanding my PlayStation and Xbox physical library.

It's been a very enjoyable six years exploring the popular retro gaming platforms, but as I contemplate life and the need the downsize in 5-7 years, I think the time is right to start that process. Hopefully, narrowing my focus will translate into more game time and lot less shopping.

Happy New Year!

PSA: If you haven't checked out the VCS holiday sale, do yourself a favor. 50% off of many titles, including Atari 50, the excellent Recharged series and many awesome indie games.

PSA: Great deal on a VCS speaker hat bundle. First 50 only.

https://twitter.com/atari/status/1739736694369161678?t=r-8eTDvtj667VeDs-_mJgQ&s=19

Merry Christmas everyone.

Got the Evercade Atari Arcade 1 cart today for $15 with a discount promo. Three down, one to go. Need to find the Atari Lynx cart for the Evercade without the crazy price. 

It's after midnight so technically FRIDAY! Who's still up? 🤔😁

My wife just got back from Harmony Honda, finally getting those snow tires put on. 😜

Got the Evercade Atari Arcade 1 cart today for $15 with a discount promo. Three down, one to go. Need to find the Atari Lynx cart for the Evercade without the crazy price.