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What fun!  I'll start us off.  62505
 
 

What fun!  I'll start us off.  62505
 
 

Felt like this was forum appropriate ;-)

Entex Space Invader.  Great game.
 

Entex Space Invader.  Great game.
 

^^ That's pretty neat, but it must have cost hundreds of dollars and untold hours to put together and perfect.  Don't get me wrong, I think it's great....just not viable as a product for sale. 

^^ That's pretty neat, but it must have cost hundreds of dollars and untold hours to put together and perfect.  Don't get me wrong, I think it's great....just not viable as a product for sale. 

Entex Space Invader.  Great game.
 

Entex Space Invader.  Great game.
 

Entex Space Invader.  Great game.
 

^^ That's pretty neat, but it must have cost hundreds of dollars and untold hours to put together and perfect.  Don't get me wrong, I think it's great....just not viable as a product for sale. 

This Raspberry Pi-Powered, 3D Printed NES Mini Puts Nintendo's Effort To Shame
 
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/07/video_this_raspberry_pi-powered_3d_printed_nes_mini_puts_nintendos_effort_to_shame?utm_content=buffer9da74&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
 
 

 
 
http://www.daftmike.com/2016/07/NESPi.html

From Ballblazer.  4 2600 games I didn't have...and his namesake game for 5200.  THANK YOU!
 
 

Feel free to link the hell out of me,  I'm going to try to find as many carts of these as I can, but whatever isn't on cart can go on my harmony!

The scene with the backyard shed instantly made me think of E.T.
 
 

Great stuff! I missed a lot of these.

If I ever retire, I may take you up on the offer.  Or maybe when the kids are done with school. 

I know I'm making too big a deal of this one...but I just found it so fascinating to see the Sesame Street movie sitting in the "office supplies" section of Goodwill and knowing instantaneously what it was.  Girl at the register asked me what it was, but even after I explained, had no idea.  Way before her time.  Anyhoo, I'm so happy to have this, even with my home-made label. 

I just watched the first two episodes. They hit it out of the ball park with this one. This is an incredible show! Thanks to all of you who recommended it.
 
The music makes me think they've listened to The Retroist Podcast, it sounds a lot like the music Peachy makes for the show. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, click on our 2600 page and scroll down to the 2600 episode of The Retroist Podcast. That opening monologue of the show has that same viby synthesizer score as Stranger Things has)
 
I see so many nods to my favorite movies and TV shows from the past. The nods to E.T. are really obvious, especially with the shed in Will Byers' backyard, Mathew Modine's parallels to Peter Coyote in E.T., and the agents monitoring the area like E.T.'s eavesdropping van. I see references and influences from Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Poltergeist, Firestarter, Jaws, Halloween, The Goonies, Stand By Me, Mad Max, The Thing, Nightmare On Elm Street, X-Files, Twin Peaks, Lost, and so many more.
 
All the references to Dungeons & Dragons, Lord of the Rings, John Carpenter, Richard Donner, and Steven King really brought it home for me. I love that the password to Castle Byers is Radagast.
 
This show says so much about Atari I/O culture without even mentioning Atari! My only real complaint about the show is the lack of Atari so far but it is nice to see kids riding their bikes and playing board games again!
 
This is an outstanding show, we really enjoyed watching this and plan to continue with more episodes this week! I'll post more thoughts as I have them.

Great stuff! I missed a lot of these.

I think there's a lot of "X-Files" in there too. 
 
But yep, ET seems like a huge influence right from the opening.  They should have had someone call someone "Dick breath" during the opening game of D&D. 
 
Any beyond any influences...I think they did a great job in casting.  It is horribly hard to find kids that can act...but it seems like every kid here does a wonderful job. 
 
And one more thing...while this show is set in the early 80's...I love that they aren't hitting people over the head with that fact.  It's a setting, it's authentic.  And that's it.  Bravo!

I love adventure!!!  Here is what I have, does anyone know any other versions? 

It's a "circle the wagons" move.  Come on back to the market they dominate.  My opinion is a little darker.  I think we've lost a player in the home console market...and that is not a good thing.  On the other hand...maybe this is the end of the differences between home and portable consoles...it always has been that portables are stripped down/less powerful than the big brother consoles. 
 
In the end, it always comes down to the games.  And hopefully, Nintendo continues to shine here. 

It's a "circle the wagons" move.  Come on back to the market they dominate.  My opinion is a little darker.  I think we've lost a player in the home console market...and that is not a good thing.  On the other hand...maybe this is the end of the differences between home and portable consoles...it always has been that portables are stripped down/less powerful than the big brother consoles. 
 
In the end, it always comes down to the games.  And hopefully, Nintendo continues to shine here.