RickR

From The Don himself, RickR! Thanks man!   

Please join in. 

Found this online today and even though it's a small tidbit, it does make a lot of sense:
 
"You've coded on a lot of different systems. Which ones did you think were the worst and best, in terms of hardware implementation, development environment, manufacturer tech support (for developers)....?
  Rebecca Heineman: The worst had to be the Atari Jaguar. Forcing everyone to use an Atari Falcon as a dev system and expecting us to use bug ridden and barely working compilers and other tools, it was a miracle any game was completed on that system. Best? The Apple II in it's simplicity. I loved programming the Apple II and then the IIgs, although the IIgs was really slow without an accelerator (Which was likely a marketing decision to force people to buy Macintosh computers). Dev environment? CodeWarrior! I wrote so many plug ins to allow me to use numerous scripting tools, it's a shame it's all but abandoned today, and at least Visual Studio is in a state today that it's my IDE of choice. Tech support? It was 3DO, they did everything they could including sending me at their expense to get training on making code on their platform and going out of their way to make sure I got my games out the door. Pity, their business model wasn't sustainable."   Source: http://ask.fm/burgerbecky/answer/128965555885   Truth be told, the idea of coding and/or completely developing on the Falcon does seems kind of insane, especially considering the extremely limited software available for the Falcon at the time... nevermind the fact that they just completely dropped it only after a year anyway. I completely understand what Atari was trying to do or ultimately wanted to do... create an eco-system where the Falcon was necessary to create games for the Jaguar on and push sales of their computers with hope that software would flourish and soon follow. Obviously there were a ton of other issues preventing that vision from materializing.   That same year the Pentium was released, software options alone would quickly overule any chance of using the Falcon as a standalone development workstation viable, nevermind the obvious speed difference the Pentium chips offered.

If you see something you need, but don't have anything to trade, I'm sure reasonable offers will not be refused! 

If you see something you need, but don't have anything to trade, I'm sure reasonable offers will not be refused! 

These trades are fantastic!

Guys, Mrs. Rowsdower's hat is a piece of art.  So nice that putting it on my ugly head and taking a picture that way would only detract from it's awesomeness. 
 
Oh, and something about a couple of games.  But mostly it's about the hat. 

Another successful trade with the Dower of Rows!
(wrapped in still valid Subway coupons no less!)

 

I bought more Star Wars figures in the 90s from Kay Bee than I did video games.

When I think of Kay Bee, I get a pit in my stomach. I vividly remember walking to my local shopping plaza, sometime in the fall of 1989. I bought a couple of tapes at Bradlees & remember walking around Kay Bee. I was 16 at the time & while I was a huge NES player, I wasn't really into toys that much.

I can only imagine how many great 2600 games I walked past. How many vintage Star Wars figures/playsets, etc. that I didn't even give a second thought. Ugh...

Here's mine:

In high school, I applied for a summer job at Kay Bee.  I ended up making the last cut, but they ended up hiring a really pretty girl from my school instead.  DANG IT!  I can't blame them. 

I also remember that Kay Bee was THE place to get the bargain bin games after the crash in 1983.  ET, Krull, and a bunch of other games I got from there were only $2. 

Sorry for the horrible picture, but my camera batteries were dying!

Package for Omnivision arrived today.   Just my luck, more stuff for the INTV collection courtesy of the NoSwearGamer!

Thanks again!

Looks like fun.

Personally, I found it brilliant!

Oh man, that's a good choice too. 
 
I also like the mini-cab version of Missile Command.  I was thinking when I made my MAME cabinet, I'd use that Atari mini-cab as the model/inspiration. 

Guys, Mrs. Rowsdower's hat is a piece of art.  So nice that putting it on my ugly head and taking a picture that way would only detract from it's awesomeness. 
 
Oh, and something about a couple of games.  But mostly it's about the hat. 

Guys, Mrs. Rowsdower's hat is a piece of art.  So nice that putting it on my ugly head and taking a picture that way would only detract from it's awesomeness. 
 
Oh, and something about a couple of games.  But mostly it's about the hat. 

Guys, Mrs. Rowsdower's hat is a piece of art.  So nice that putting it on my ugly head and taking a picture that way would only detract from it's awesomeness. 
 
Oh, and something about a couple of games.  But mostly it's about the hat. 

Guys, Mrs. Rowsdower's hat is a piece of art.  So nice that putting it on my ugly head and taking a picture that way would only detract from it's awesomeness. 
 
Oh, and something about a couple of games.  But mostly it's about the hat. 

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Added two Swordquest games to post #1.  Folks, take this stuff of my hands.  Please!
 
The swordquests are gone, but there are many more on post #1 to choose from.

Sorry Rick, this is the only one, just found it behind another stack!

So I have this Atari XE game that I can't do anything with. Anyone need it and want to trade? Maybe a decent NES or 7800 game?
 
 

First of all, you can now support the show through Patreon. 
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Since my last post, I opened a new loot crate (with some cool Batman stuff) and reviewed Slalom (NES), and "Really" Impossible Mission (7800)

 

 

Got these from Rows!
Didn't realize Low G is a Taxan game!
BTW, he snuck in the dragon. Any idea what it is from? Neo Pet?

The No Swear Gamer continues to help my INTV collection grow.

I'm not positive about the dragon, but I believe it is a Game of Thrones thing.  I don't really watch that, so I can't confirm!