RickR

Happy Father's Day @RickR!! 🙌

Nice!!

I like this setup! This reminds me a lot of the room I had set up when I first launched this website (pre-forums). I had a rack just like that with 2600 and 7800 components that had been parted out into parts bins. I'm glad to see you get to enjoy this hobby to the extent of having a room for it 🙂

Thank you.  I have to give it up when we have guests or the kids come back home to stay for a visit.  But otherwise, I've had some fun in this room.

It's COLLD out there! 

RE:  Jack Frost.  I wasn't familiar with it until I visited Canada a long time ago and saw it on TV there.  I don't remember much about it other than first being delighted to have a new-to-me Rankin/Bass show to watch, and then disappointed at how strange it was.  Well, that was a good 25 years ago.  Maybe I should give it another go. 

Honestly I think Jack Frost is probably the best Rankin/Bass special. Though it's not particularly a high bar.

Thank you for the kind words.

I feel like a lot of collectors are going to keep this thing in the original box anyway, which makes the kickstand even more pointless.  I do get that it's a feature missing that the original G&W had, but to me it's of no concern.  Hey, I'm also glad they skipped the LCD screen from the original design too! 

Haha good points Rick, and I agree! I get the collectability in this but I hope some owners unbox it and have fun, it looks really neat 

I'm of the thought that it would have been much, much cooler had they re-released the original Game and Watch Super Mario Brothers handheld. I have plenty of ways to play SMB on the go. At first I figured Nintendo was kind of phoning it in and releasing another Famiclone (and I still kind of do), but they seem to have added that usual Nintendo polish. I still think that Super Mario 3D All-Stars is a waste of money if you already own the original games, though.

@RickR, I agree with you that the original Super Mario Brothers is a masterpiece. Sure, Nintendo references this game a lot and it gets a lot of attention. It seems like every new Super Mario adventure is littered with 8-bit Mario sprites and World 1-1 recreations. However, if you play the game on an original NES with a real controller on an old-school CRT television, it's an amazing and refreshing experience. Emulation just doesn't do this game justice. I've used a great many NES emulators in my day; Switch Online, Wii Virtual Console, 3DS VC, NESDS, FCEUltraGX, et cetera. Nothing really captures the experience for this game in particular. I have yet to find a Nintendo emulator with the same amazing bass that the real hardware has.

I very much enjoy Super Mario Brothers, and would even argue that it's a better game than the often-acclaimed Super Mario Brothers 3.

I want to like this 100x.

I just made a nice donation to our local Red Cross.  I'm very happy to report that my work MATCHED it!  How cool is that?

For a second there, I thought things had gotten worse from Priority 1 to Priority 0 😅 Great news! Now go relax and play Galaxian.

I got one too!

I'm tempted to say the N64 or NES EverDrive, but my old buddy is super duper proud of doing the case design on the 1200XL and despite a few flaws it's my favorite Atari 8-Bit Computer. If you're going to go that route though consider the Atari XE Game System. The cartridge is easily accessible, it has 64K of RAM, a nice detachable keyboard, it's everything the 5200 could've been. But it's okay to have an XE and get a 1200 XL too 🤓

I went with a wildcard:  Tempest for the 5200!  Only $15 after that coupon.

Thanks for the ideas, I do appreciate it. 

I agree with StormSurge.  Normally I'd say not to because of value later but...it needs air.  Also...I didn't know HW made those.

It has been opened!  Looks good, although they should have made it BIGGER than the Enterprise, right?

 

You even have an arcade in there  

HEY that looks SUPER nice @RickR! That looks so bright and clean!

Here's the fascinating part.  He had exactly ONE game.  That's it.  Never bought any others.  Mario Bros/Duck Hunt.  My friend kept it all these years, shared it with his kids, and only had one game.  Granted, it is a great game.  I am not poking fun or anything like that, I just find it to be so interesting. 

I think because of that, the NES is in pristine condition.  It does not need the pin comb cleaned or replaced (the carts go in and come out easily), like-new controllers, etc.  I'm just going to wipe everything down to get the dust off and make this my main NES rig (I've been using a retron 3). 

Just one part was missing, and that was the power adapter.  I had an extra, so no problem there.  The ultimate dad-move -- keep a box of miscellaneous power adapters in the garage for an occasion like this. 

Thanks, J.  You know, sometimes it helps just to type it out to friends. 

My wife says I should quit.  But I don't want to do that.  It would let down too many people, including me. 

I agree with you. Don't quit unless it's what you really want to do. Do you feel this is a current project that has driven things to become more difficult? Or have things changed in your work environment in general which have made things more of a challenge?

My main issue is that I find myself with zero support from above.  My supervisors are all very busy on other important things (I guess they are overwhelmed too), and I feel too much pressure to make decisions that feel way above my pay grade.  At the same time, I work in an area of business that is shrinking. 

I love the SMS.  The NES ruled the roost but Sega was arcade masters and the SMS did not disappoint in that department.  And while some say the sports games on the SMS were not that good I found enjoyment in Great Football.

The SMS was graphically superior to the NES. Granted. But, Sega needed a better marketing campaign for the SMS. That was the problem, I heard.

I think Nintendo was too much of a juggernaut with the NES to ever be challenged by the SMS or 7800.  Love them or hate them, their control of the software was a savvy business move. 

I'm not falling for the old banana in the tailpipe trick.

Too much Beverly Hills Cop?

Just watched this late last week and still love it! Eddie Murphy's laugh is ridiculous at times though haha

That sounds good! Today (and Monday) are my work from home days now, so once I sign off of work I may do some of the same things. Really need to get caught up on Christmas shopping and decorating!!

That all sounds like a nice day @RickR I hope you have fun today, have a great time decorating, and thank you for sharing a slice of your day with us ☺️

I used to stay with a former Atari colleague of mine who had a place in Cal-Neva, a cool little resort village right on the state line between California and Nevada. The state line ran right through the swimming pool and the clubhouse. On one side there was gambling, on the other side there was no smoking. Pretty interesting!

Enjoy your trip Rick! ☺️

I have Never been, but Nevada is a place I’d love to visit! It has always interested me. Plus, Vegas would be fun to check out 😄

For an Activision cart, the label looks like it's still in pretty good condition!

There doesn't seem to be any Actiplaque on the Dragster label. Looks nice. :O)

Actually, that Sneak 'N Peek box looks pretty good considering. :O)

Haha great observation Rick! 🚢

Maybe someone wanted to try to make a revision of River Raid...Just more life like?

Awesome idea. I had eBay to this to me with Argos, kinda. The auction listed the item with a certain shipping amount, but then charged me 3+ bucks more in checkout. Seller refunded it.

I've done this before, and past buyers never even left positive feedback. Felt like a sucker kind of. But best to be honest in all aspects of life.

I left good feedback. I always leave feedback. I think most sellers do anyway.

We have considered adding it to our list after TNG.

I loved the original series. I hope you enjoy it too Rick!

The first episode is excellent. It's been a long time since I've seen it.

This is an SD cartridge, isn't it? Nice purchase, btw. :O)

Yes.  Just throw ROMS on the SD card, and then pick them from a menu on the NES.  A real space saver.  

The next one on my list is one for the N64.

Cool! I would like to get the Jaguar Game Drive, but it's too expensive for me at the moment. SainT wants to get CD support on it as well. That is still experimental. :O)

I can't speak to the reason why it might be fetching a high price but to me, it's very clear that it doesn't work and you're selling it for parts only.

Hopefully it goes higher!!

I would put "For parts" at the beginning of the ad instead of the end. People might be buying it to replace the screen if everything else works. The screen is kind of garbage anyway. Modding GB's for better, backlit screens is pretty common. Plastic case seems fine enough. Plus, the price doesn't seem too high yet if that's their goal.

Thank you guys. 

I cannot edit the listing once it has bids.  But the theory that someone will buy it to install a new screen makes good sense. 

It's just weird to me how some items get a lot of attention for no apparent reason.

That's pretty exciting! Are you getting the VGA mod too?

Nope. May as well just play on an emulator if you want a bigger screen IMO. I think the VGA mod would be really worthwhile for those who make Lynx review videos.

The mod includes a complete re-cap job too.

Can't wait to see the results!

Congrats!

Awesome!

Congrats man!

Mohawk and excessive neck jewelry?

GRRRRR!

I will be sure to slip you some knock out drops to get you on that plane !

I’ve never played one. I thought it was Professor Layton at first. 😀

Hmm.  A CAPCOM game.  Those guys have been known to make some of the best "odd" games around.  It's not like CAPCOM to release something that is total crap.  Personally...I never knew about it.

I played the first "case" last night.  It's fun!  Such a unique game.  Feels very "Japanese". 

Here here!!🍷

Peace and blessings to you also Rick, very thoughtful of you! ❄️

Same to you and yours Rick.

If you stop and think about it, that movie kind of foreseen internet hacking long before the internet was born.  Really a good movie.

Classic 80's movie all around fun to watch..

I always enjoyed that movie! I also think Matthew Broderick works so well in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" because of a bit of typecasting in that we've already accepted him as a brilliant hacker kid whose great with technology and gets in over his head. "Cloak and Dagger" is another movie from around the same time, maybe not quite as good but has a similar feel as "WarGames"