RickR

I have three Fisher Price movie viewers. Things are pretty obscure.
 
I rarely ever see them for sale anywhere, though I do have at least three movies: Lonesome Ghosts, Cinderella, and Instructional Football Techniques from a real football player whose name escapes me at the moment.
The Football movie is unfortunately broken, as the film ripped in two not long after I got it, and sadly, I don't think there is any way to repair it.
(I believe it to be extremely rare, though. I could not find ANY information about instructional sports titles from Fisher Price online, so I don't know.)

The Retroist has a great article breaking down all of the '80s references in Stranger Things "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers", check it out here:
 
http://www.geek.com/news/all-the-80s-references-in-stranger-things-the-vanishing-of-will-byers-1663044/

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Adventure is my favorite 2600 game.

And in both games you have to deal with bats


 
And Dragons


 
And the goal of both is to retrieve a shiny object

Todays was half off day at the trift store and i struck gold.
 
The dreamcast game will be for trade if anyone is interested.
 
Anyone ever seen a nyko starpad gamecube controller?

But even the artwork is great. The classic orange box is awesome, but I also enjoy this original, black Atari manual:

 
I can't even tell you why I like this artwork so much, but it might be the fact that the dragon is smiling holding a key. There is something bizarrely wonderful about Atari art that is missing from modern day box art.
 
I would also like to think the Atari catalog art was inspired by the game as well. A very nice, more serious take on the game:

And here's the famous Easter Egg and how to get to it:

Adventure is one of my favorite games of all the time. So much so, that I wanted to start a thread on it.
First of all, if for some reason you aren't familiar with the game, you can check out my review below.

For the truly well off, they could do a Retro Junk POD.
 

 
"Uhm....honey, why is this in the driveway?  Are we moving?"

My wife just suggested a Junk Dumpster. "So you can fill it with a LOT of things."

My wife just suggested a Junk Dumpster. "So you can fill it with a LOT of things."

My wife just suggested a Junk Dumpster. "So you can fill it with a LOT of things."

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 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 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. 

RickR sends stuff to NSG
NSG sends something you want to Jmjustin
Jmjustin sends c64 stuff to RickR
 
We use the ESPN trade machine to make sure it meets salary cap rules. 

Well, they aren't to scale...but I think it looks pretty good!

Well, they aren't to scale...but I think it looks pretty good!

Some good stuff today:
 
The Fisher Price movie was a gamble, as it had no label.  It turned out to be "On My Way To Sesame Street", which I didn't have.  I'm now up to 2 movies in my collection!
 
The Millennium Falcon was kind of a impulse buy.  I got it because It thought it would look cool hanging from the ceiling in my garage.  It has a mark of "1995 Galoob".  And lots of little moving parts and cubbies.  Not sure what this was.  I need to do some research here.  Greenween, do you know?
 
And the two handheld games are actually from Ebay.  I bought these knowing they were knockoffs because that's the football game I had as a kid.  Sadly, football does not work.  Basketball does though.  
 
I also got (not pictured) a really nice junk box item. 

Well, they aren't to scale...but I think it looks pretty good!

It turns out it's a Micro Machines Star Wars Millennium Falcon playset.  All of the figures and ships that came with it are missing.  Still, kind a cool thing to find. 

Some good stuff today:
 
The Fisher Price movie was a gamble, as it had no label.  It turned out to be "On My Way To Sesame Street", which I didn't have.  I'm now up to 2 movies in my collection!
 
The Millennium Falcon was kind of a impulse buy.  I got it because It thought it would look cool hanging from the ceiling in my garage.  It has a mark of "1995 Galoob".  And lots of little moving parts and cubbies.  Not sure what this was.  I need to do some research here.  Greenween, do you know?
 
And the two handheld games are actually from Ebay.  I bought these knowing they were knockoffs because that's the football game I had as a kid.  Sadly, football does not work.  Basketball does though.  
 
I also got (not pictured) a really nice junk box item. 

Believe it or not, I actually would like to get copies of Buster Douglas Boxing and Arnold Palmer Golf on the Genesis.
 
If you want, you can set them aside, until I have something you want as part of a trade.

I could use Zaxxon and Congo Bongo for C64.  Any idea what the Parker Brothers one is?