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RickR got a reaction from Mr SQL in A View of the RickR Sanctum
A view of my attic, where most of my stuff is kept. This is shelf #1 of 2. Someday, I'd like to be able to keep this stuff out for use, but no room at the present time.
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RickR got a reaction from socrates63 in A View of the RickR Sanctum
A view of my attic, where most of my stuff is kept. This is shelf #1 of 2. Someday, I'd like to be able to keep this stuff out for use, but no room at the present time.
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RickR got a reaction from AtariBrian in A View of the RickR Sanctum
A view of my attic, where most of my stuff is kept. This is shelf #1 of 2. Someday, I'd like to be able to keep this stuff out for use, but no room at the present time.
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RickR got a reaction from Retrogamer81081 in A View of the RickR Sanctum
A view of my attic, where most of my stuff is kept. This is shelf #1 of 2. Someday, I'd like to be able to keep this stuff out for use, but no room at the present time.
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RickR got a reaction from - Ω - in A View of the RickR Sanctum
A view of my attic, where most of my stuff is kept. This is shelf #1 of 2. Someday, I'd like to be able to keep this stuff out for use, but no room at the present time.
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RickR got a reaction from Rowsdower70 in Games for Trade
Would you like the smoking or non-smoking section?
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RickR got a reaction from Justin in Games for Trade
Would you like the smoking or non-smoking section?
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RickR got a reaction from nosweargamer in Games for Trade
Would you like the smoking or non-smoking section?
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RickR got a reaction from Doctor Octagon in Show Off Your Successful Trades!
Here we go. From Rowsdower. Three handheld games (have I mentioned I'm a sucker for these?) And the cool hat. And a game I haven't opened yet.
Armor Battle needed a clean. Works great! Did I mention the Mattel handhelds are my favorites? Missing the battery cover, but RickR does not care. A working game = smiling RickR.
Pac Man 2 - needed some cleaning, and the controls didn't quite work. Repaired that with some soapy water and electrical contact cleaner. It's actually a lot of fun with an elaborate maze. For the two game, player 2 controls the ghosts! How cool is that? I'll tell you what, playing the 2 player game with only 1 player == the easiest time clearing the maze I've ever had! Take that "Blinky" -- if that's even your real name.
Dracula - needed the power switch cleaned up, but works great now. It was hard to take apart because it needed a special screwdriver. Found the right one if my magical toolbox. Once you take it apart...there were springs and even a ball bearing to carefully keep track of inside. This game is totally cool. It has multi-color graphics and some really nice sound. Rowsdower says it has more than one screen...but it's so dang difficult, I can't get by the first screen! And check out the "magnified" screen. It must have the evil power of Dracula...because my camera can't focus on it. It's really just a piece of clear film kind of bent into a parabola shape. But cool. Very cool. The battery cover is cracked. Rowsdower temporarily repaired that with a sticker. I think I'll leave that as-is. Otherwise, my fingers will end up glued to something.
THANK YOU!
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RickR got a reaction from LeeJ07 in Show Off Your Successful Trades!
Here we go. From Rowsdower. Three handheld games (have I mentioned I'm a sucker for these?) And the cool hat. And a game I haven't opened yet.
Armor Battle needed a clean. Works great! Did I mention the Mattel handhelds are my favorites? Missing the battery cover, but RickR does not care. A working game = smiling RickR.
Pac Man 2 - needed some cleaning, and the controls didn't quite work. Repaired that with some soapy water and electrical contact cleaner. It's actually a lot of fun with an elaborate maze. For the two game, player 2 controls the ghosts! How cool is that? I'll tell you what, playing the 2 player game with only 1 player == the easiest time clearing the maze I've ever had! Take that "Blinky" -- if that's even your real name.
Dracula - needed the power switch cleaned up, but works great now. It was hard to take apart because it needed a special screwdriver. Found the right one if my magical toolbox. Once you take it apart...there were springs and even a ball bearing to carefully keep track of inside. This game is totally cool. It has multi-color graphics and some really nice sound. Rowsdower says it has more than one screen...but it's so dang difficult, I can't get by the first screen! And check out the "magnified" screen. It must have the evil power of Dracula...because my camera can't focus on it. It's really just a piece of clear film kind of bent into a parabola shape. But cool. Very cool. The battery cover is cracked. Rowsdower temporarily repaired that with a sticker. I think I'll leave that as-is. Otherwise, my fingers will end up glued to something.
THANK YOU!
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RickR reacted to nosweargamer in Games for Trade
Here's another set of 2600 games, this time not from a smoker. Haven't had time to test them all but if you see a game you want, let me know and I will clean and test it.
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RickR got a reaction from MaximumRD in Show Off Your Successful Trades!
Here we go. From Rowsdower. Three handheld games (have I mentioned I'm a sucker for these?) And the cool hat. And a game I haven't opened yet.
Armor Battle needed a clean. Works great! Did I mention the Mattel handhelds are my favorites? Missing the battery cover, but RickR does not care. A working game = smiling RickR.
Pac Man 2 - needed some cleaning, and the controls didn't quite work. Repaired that with some soapy water and electrical contact cleaner. It's actually a lot of fun with an elaborate maze. For the two game, player 2 controls the ghosts! How cool is that? I'll tell you what, playing the 2 player game with only 1 player == the easiest time clearing the maze I've ever had! Take that "Blinky" -- if that's even your real name.
Dracula - needed the power switch cleaned up, but works great now. It was hard to take apart because it needed a special screwdriver. Found the right one if my magical toolbox. Once you take it apart...there were springs and even a ball bearing to carefully keep track of inside. This game is totally cool. It has multi-color graphics and some really nice sound. Rowsdower says it has more than one screen...but it's so dang difficult, I can't get by the first screen! And check out the "magnified" screen. It must have the evil power of Dracula...because my camera can't focus on it. It's really just a piece of clear film kind of bent into a parabola shape. But cool. Very cool. The battery cover is cracked. Rowsdower temporarily repaired that with a sticker. I think I'll leave that as-is. Otherwise, my fingers will end up glued to something.
THANK YOU!
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RickR reacted to The Professor in Show Off Your Successful Trades!
I wonder how often Henry Thomas is asked to autograph E.T. carts
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RickR reacted to AtariBrian in Your first car
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81 Firebird, Long hair and bad mustache not required, but recommended.
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RickR reacted to StormSurge in Your first car
No photos, thankfully, but mine was a 1980 Buick Regal which I bought in the summer of 1992. It was a boat and did not run well. I don't think I spent more than $500 on it, so I guess I should have been happy it ran at all. I certainly don't have any fond memories of the six months I had it.
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RickR reacted to nosweargamer in The No Swear Gamer
Since my last update, I showed what I took out of the recent Arcade USA Retro Junk Box, reviewed the Atari 7800 games Robotron 2084 & F-18 Hornet and also covered the 2600 versions of Dig Dug and Pete Rose Baseball.
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RickR reacted to Arenafoot in Your first car
I got my 1983 Toyota Camry LE 5 door in 1989 w/ 39k miles. Then bought a LeBra for it and then had the 7 windows tinted with limo tint all around.
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RickR got a reaction from Justin in Millipede is MythBuster Adam Savage’s Favorite Video Game
That guy has a lot of really cool toys. Living the dream.
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RickR got a reaction from Rowsdower70 in Your first car
Here's mine. Loved this car. Very reliable. Had a bench seat! I sold it in 1990 when I bought my very first new car (a 1990 Honda Civic). If I ever collect old cars, I'm going to start with a really old Toyota or Honda.
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RickR got a reaction from Justin in Your first car
Here's mine. Loved this car. Very reliable. Had a bench seat! I sold it in 1990 when I bought my very first new car (a 1990 Honda Civic). If I ever collect old cars, I'm going to start with a really old Toyota or Honda.
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RickR reacted to Yo-Yo in Your first car
I thought it would be cool if we could post photos and share stories of our first car
My first car was AMC Eagle 4 x 4 station wagon. I think it was a 1986 model. AMC owned Jeep then and put a Jeep powertrain in an older AMC Sportabout wagon design. It had lots of power, room for all your gear, drove like a car and it could plow through mud and snow like a Jeep. My friends and I would take this on camping trips and tailgates and had lots of good times at a drive in movie theater that was still around back then. I can't find a picture of it right this sec but here's what it looked like in the brochure:
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RickR reacted to Justin in Millipede is MythBuster Adam Savage’s Favorite Video Game
I have a new post up on the blog about Adam Savage and his love of Millipede. Adam Savage is co-host (along with Jamie Hyneman) of the Discovery Channel television series MythBusters. Adam is absolutely enthralled with Millipede, and has been ever since he first discovered the game as a teenager while working at a bar as a busboy in 1984. He recently purchased a Millipede arcade machine which he found Craigslist, which he then modified and tries to play every day. Adam plays through a few levels of Millipede and gives a good demonstration of the game in a “Show and Tell” video which you can see on the blog.
Check out the article on the blog: http://www.atari.io/atari-millipede-mythbusters-adam-savage/
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RickR reacted to nosweargamer in Games for Trade
Sorry Brian. Rick knew you would want it, so he traded for it as soon as he could!
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RickR reacted to Yo-Yo in Starpath Supercharger seems kind of cool....
I've never used a Supercharger but I always liked the idea of it. And that you could get those CD/MP3 compilations. I thought the games looked closer to the NES or at least Coleco than some of the regular 2600 games that were out at that time.