RickR

Here's what I got in trade from Rowsdower70.  It's a long story.
 
My PS2 died.  So I contacted Rowsdower, who nicely arranged this trade.  And then while the fat PS2 was on the way to me, I found the slim at a thrift store for $15!  So now I have two.  Father and son. 
 
Rowsdower is a lifesaver, and he brings good luck!  And Magic cards. 

I'm working on a package for you Lee.

I'm working on a package for you Lee.

Now THAT is a good idea!   Mel Tillis approves!

I have decided to make up a small want list. Nothing too fancy.
 
UPDATE: Willing to take any kind of used gaming related junk that folks don't want anymore, and don't care to add to junk boxes.
 
ATARI:
A working 2600 or 7800.
Any 2600 game I don't have already. (Especially Crystal Castles, Pole Position, Phoenix, or Millipede.)
Any manuals I don't have.
Keyboard Controllers for 2600
Lynx
 
COLECO:
Colecovision
 
MATTEL:
Intellivision
Intellivision games! (Especially Tower of Doom, B17 Bomber, Buzz Bomber, or Royal Dealer)
Intellivoice Module
 
NINTENDO:
An NES controller
Any NES game (Especially Metroid, The Legend of Zelda, Ice Climber, Clu Clu Land, or Excitebike.)
A Gameboy
Gameboy games
Gameboy Advance games
Gameboy Advance SP Charger
e-Reader cards
SNES
N64
GameCube
GameCube controller
DS/3DS games
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SEGA:
Any Genesis games (especially Sonic, Altered Beast, Ristar, Ecco the Dolphin, or Comix Zone.)
Taz Mania (Genesis), game only.
Power Base Converter
Sega CD
Any Dreamcast game. (Especially Sonic Adventure, Phantasy Star Online, Skies of Arcadia, or Shenmue.)
Dreamcast VGA cable or Dreamcast AV Cable
Dreamcast controller
VMU
Dreamcast Web Browser
Gamegear
 
SONY:
Any PS1 games
Any PS2 games (nothing rated M)
Any PSP games (Again, nothing rated M)
 
MICROSOFT:
Xbox games
Xbox 360 controller
 
Items I have for trade:
Combat
Pac-Man
Lumines for the PSVita. Brand new and unopened.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the Xbox 360, disc only.
L.A. Noire for the Xbox 360, missing box and disc 1.
Possibly others.

The best part of this story is the marketing guy who pushed to not release it.  A few small changes would have made the game a lot better.  Black background, blue maze, for example.  And remove the eye on Pac-Man.  They do mention that a lot of other programmers thought it was a tremendous accomplishment on the 2600, and it is.  Especially when you consider it was Tod Frye's first game!  But that's the frustrating part....just a few small changes.....
 
One part I still don't understand is the lack of oversight at Atari.  It always seemed like the programmer didn't have to listen to any input from other developers or a supervisor.  The decisions they made went unchallenged.  I'm not sure if that's entirely accurate, but it seems to be implied in a lot of stories like this. 
 
This was a good read, and thanks for posting it. 

Ep 45: X-Men

Ep 28: Jackal

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. 

Tempest is also a great choice!  Any vector game really, since those aren't quite the same in MAME. 

That sit down cabinet Star Wars is soooooo cool!  Made you totally feel like you were in an X-Wing!

I think my "lottery" splurge would be a Tron machine, in all it's black-light glory!  It's hard to find a good image that does it justice...but this cabinet in a dark room.....oh baby!  It's not Atari, I know. 
 

<-- BINGO!
 
<-- I agree
 
<-- Bzzkptpl Zypfflpztl (translation:  Tod Frye and my namesame Ray Kassar)

I love the Supercharger. I don't use it as much now since you can play the roms in Stella. The games I've played so far are pretty great!

<-- BINGO!
 
<-- I agree
 
<-- Bzzkptpl Zypfflpztl (translation:  Tod Frye and my namesame Ray Kassar)

How would they have really known that though? Video games were still a brand new thing. These things were all being done for the very first time and this was one of the first times an arcade port of this importance had been done. Space Invaders was the first port of an arcade game that brought a lot of success to the 2600, and it was different than the arcade version.
 
You would think Atari's own play testing and focus groups would have resulted in a "Pac-Man that plays just like the real thing" but that wouldn't happen until the 5200. Because of that I say Tod Frye had more of a hand in the collapse of the video game market than Howard Scott Warshaw ever did.

I've been keeping my eyes open for a reasonably priced TurboGrafx 16, but so far, it's eluded me.  They are pretty hard to find. 

The best part of this story is the marketing guy who pushed to not release it.  A few small changes would have made the game a lot better.  Black background, blue maze, for example.  And remove the eye on Pac-Man.  They do mention that a lot of other programmers thought it was a tremendous accomplishment on the 2600, and it is.  Especially when you consider it was Tod Frye's first game!  But that's the frustrating part....just a few small changes.....
 
One part I still don't understand is the lack of oversight at Atari.  It always seemed like the programmer didn't have to listen to any input from other developers or a supervisor.  The decisions they made went unchallenged.  I'm not sure if that's entirely accurate, but it seems to be implied in a lot of stories like this. 
 
This was a good read, and thanks for posting it. 

Yeah I never even heard of the master system until I came across some used 9 pin controllers and asked what they were for.  I went home googled it, ebayed one and noticed that is what they play on the regular show (yeahyuh). 

The Wii is good for emulation, and really easy to hack. But like MRD said, a Windows machine...even a cheap used laptop, would be a best bet.

NSG makes a good point. Never underestimate the influence of Super Mario Bros. Biggest killer app of all time.

Let's not forget the Sega SG-1000, which was also pretty darned awesome.

NSG makes a good point. Never underestimate the influence of Super Mario Bros. Biggest killer app of all time.

I bought a Master System for one reason and one reason only:  Phantasy Star.

I was the ONLY kid I knew who had one, and I never picked up any other games for it.  I could only get them at Toys R' Us, and they were too expensive to risk bad titles.

As it stands, I paid 74.99 for Phantasy Star, and I think the system was 129.99 when I got it.

The Wii is good for emulation, and really easy to hack. But like MRD said, a Windows machine...even a cheap used laptop, would be a best bet.

The Wii is good for emulation, and really easy to hack. But like MRD said, a Windows machine...even a cheap used laptop, would be a best bet.