RickR

I am still trying to finish NES "Legend of Zelda", and I've made it to this second dungeon boss.   That's all I can do for today though. 

I am still trying to finish NES "Legend of Zelda", and I've made it to this second dungeon boss.   That's all I can do for today though. 

Wherever you are, I hope that you're enjoying a safe and happy Labor Day holiday!

I am a day late but Sept 1st was Frankenstein Day!

On this day in 1797, author Mary Shelley was born. 21 years later, she published ‘Frankenstein’ anonymously and over 200 years later, we’re still celebrating Shelley and the legendary Frankenstein!

👼🕹️ Has anybody here ever introduced a modern toddler to Atari 2600?

🤔 What was the first video game you fell in love with as a child?

Pardon the mess, but today I've quadrupled my home-office knick knack display capabilities by installing these two shelves. 

🤔 Has anyone ever gotten around to 3-D Printing an Atari Panther shell?

Datasoft "Zorro" on 8-bit.  An overlooked classic. 

First Terry Funk, and now Bray Wyatt the next day. Man this is a bad week for wrestling fans. 😭

An excerpt from the Yars' Revenge story album.  Epic?

🕹️ Added "Atari Museum Archive" to the MORE Dropdown Menu under BROWSE in the Nav Bar at the top of the page. With one click you can easily access the most recent wayback archive of Curt Vendel's Atari Museum website. This is a stopgap measure until I can develop something more permanent. 

Been experiencing extreme triple-digit heat here for several weeks, and everything is super dry.

Hoping we get some rain and cooler weather soon.

Bummed to hear of the passing of the legendary Terry Funk. Thanks for giving us everything you had. 😭

📟 @RickR has enthusiastically taken the reins as Moderator of Club Evercade! Thank you Rick for sharing a new passion with us & leading a phenomenal new Club in Atari I/O! Be sure to check out Club Evercade, show Rick your support and join today: 

Answered all your questions in depth in my Blog post 🧟‍♂️ i hope to get all caught up this weekend on posts. been so darn busy!

While waiting for wife in surgery...

While waiting for wife in surgery...

While waiting for wife in surgery...

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🖖 Atari Age members are welcome here. Atari VCS players are welcome here. Young people just discovering the World of Atari are welcome here. Atari alumni are welcome here. Atari I/O is a Disney World of classic gaming - a place for people of all interests, ages and skill levels to gather and make friends discussing our favorite hobbies - and continuing the adventure of what comes NeXT.

Three more days left to go! I’m scheduled to be discharged this Wednesday. My rehab will continue into the coming weeks, and I will be traveling from home. Come tomorrow, I will have been in the hospital for two weeks. While I love the constant care and ease of rehab logistics, I’m looking forward to returning home and enjoying the comforts of home.

And I bought a bunch of stuff while being hospitalized, and it’ll be like early Christmas when I get home 😂 My wife didn’t sound too thrilled with the number of boxes stacked in my office at home.

I'm hearing this @RickR guy has a reputation of being "a really nice fellow". 

Life is good! I’m still in the hospital for rehab, but I’m receiving care and support from friends, church, and family. I have a great job and awesome co-workers and managers. Today is an off day, so no therapy sessions (my quads were beat up bad yesterday from the intensive sessions).

I’m just feeling happy and giddy chilling, watching videos, surfing the forums… what more could I ask for? 🙂 

My wife has been visiting daily, and yesterday, she chided(?) me. Here’s a photo of me taken two days before I had my ER visit that led to surgery. I was still under lots of pain. I had to ask my son to drive me around town that day. We went to church to attend the youth group fundraiser for lunch and then headed to a retro computing society meeting in hopes of meeting Joe Decuir and then followed that up with a visit to this nice man to get the 5200 controllers for free.

How can you smile so big under all that pain is basically what she asked me 😂 She answered her own question saying to the effect that when you love something that much, it can’t be suppressed. Yeah, I’ve been fascinated with video games ever since I first laid my eyes on it as a kid back in the early 80s.

I hope everyone is doing as well as I am minus the hospital stuff.