RickR

I have another one for trade.  Just need to test it out.  PM me. 

Next up is Atomic Robo Kid for the Sega Genesis.
 

 
This is one of those games that attracted me from afar in the early days of the Genesis due to magazine screen shots and the weird box art, but never enough to rent or buy.
 

 
This one is a former Blockbuster rental with label damage (might be why I got it for a good price). Rental code N? Perhaps it's a new release!!!
 
I'll post more in the days to come, saving some of the best for last!

Thanks so much all.  Tough day.  Glad to have the distraction of friends and fun here to take my mind off all that for a little bit. 
 
I've got the #1-4 list from NSG (great list, by the way) done for years.  Keepass is a godsend for #2.  I highly recommend that program to store all that kind of stuff. 

SWEET! 

and saved the best for last. I was like a kid at Christmas when I pulled this out!! Thanks again StormSurge!

I've been wanting to buy one of these for a few months!!

Gamecube, Ps2 and Xbox 360!

Sega games!

Atari 2600 carts

Damn!! Thank you StormSurge!! Blown away over here. Here are some pictures of what I received. First up is a giant stack of manuals. So many manuals!

Thanks so much all.  Tough day.  Glad to have the distraction of friends and fun here to take my mind off all that for a little bit. 
 
I've got the #1-4 list from NSG (great list, by the way) done for years.  Keepass is a godsend for #2.  I highly recommend that program to store all that kind of stuff. 

Thanks so much all.  Tough day.  Glad to have the distraction of friends and fun here to take my mind off all that for a little bit. 
 
I've got the #1-4 list from NSG (great list, by the way) done for years.  Keepass is a godsend for #2.  I highly recommend that program to store all that kind of stuff. 

I thought I'd share some pictures of my Atari 7800 Kiosk that I assembled during the earliest days of this website, in 2001. This is not an original kiosk from Atari as to my knowledge there was never an official Atari 7800 retail kiosk, aside from Atari's display at the 1984 Consumer Electronics Show - so I decided to make my own. Unfortunately this kiosk no longer exists and these are likely the only pictures I have. I may attempt to build another one of these kiosks sometime in the future.
 
I made this kiosk mostly using the structure of a generic Toys R Us game kiosk from that time, along with some other components and custom parts. The Atari 7800 Kiosk is about 80% complete in these pictures. Custom "Atari 7800 ProSystem" signage, controller mounts, custom wiring and a larger Sony Trinitron TV were added a bit later on. Custom Atari artwork was made for the sides of the kiosk which you would not have been able to see in these pictures. Additional games would hang from the back pegboard panel on either side of the first 7800 box, and a more substantial set of games were displayed on the two shelves below. Atari 7800 systems and accessories were displayed on the bottom shelf, and Atari Lynx systems and games were displayed on the upper shelf. All items displayed were brand new.
 
I had considered mounting a flat screen monitor against the back panel where you see the first Atari 7800 box hanging, but I opted not to do this. While I wanted the kiosk to be really cool, I also wanted it to look and feel as if it could have plausibly been used in a retail space during the 7800's lifespan. Flatscreens were pretty new in 2001, and that wasn't really the feel I was going for.
 
These pictures popped up when I found some old images from the earliest days of this website (2000-2002) on an old laptop this week. There's some really cool stuff in there that I can’t wait to share with you over coming weeks. I'll be posting more soon in a new thread giving you a glimpse into life at Atari I/O / Atari7800.com back in the day. Be sure to follow our Facebook and Instagram as I'll be posting on there too! Enjoy 

Thanks so much all.  Tough day.  Glad to have the distraction of friends and fun here to take my mind off all that for a little bit. 
 
I've got the #1-4 list from NSG (great list, by the way) done for years.  Keepass is a godsend for #2.  I highly recommend that program to store all that kind of stuff. 

Starting on March 5th, I had an amazing week on eBay (actually more like 5 days).
Not only did I find some cool stuff at good prices, but I also sold enough to cover my purchases.
On this thread, I'm going to share some of my purchases as I open them up and test them.
 
First up, Shadow Squadron for the Sega 32x.
 

 
I got this for a great deal loose. I remember having a blast playing this at a friends house when it first came out. 
I recall that it had a great two player mode and was actually more fun than the 32x Star Wars game! 

Couple of Facebook finds I've made recently.
FF8 was $15, and Magical Starsign was $11.

I also wonder if psychologically it might be a little harder for us gamers to deal with mortality, since we tend to play games that constantly give us extra lives, continues, save files and the ability to reset at anytime. That could make it harder to come to grips with the single life we are all given. I'm sure it doesn't apply to all gamers, but there might be something to it. Just a random thought.

Heh. I've been working on #4 my whole life. I'm amazed that my annual physicals have always come back good (basically, the only thing ever wrong with me is a vitamin D deficiency, most likely because I usually have my physicals done in the winter) despite my obesity. Thankfully my family has good genes; long life runs in the family. But I want to treat those genes the best I can.

First off all, my heart goes out to you and your fam Rick, and I'm glad your ok Sean.
 
I'm not a big fan of roadside memorials any more than I would be if someone put an X where someone dropped dead in a house, school or store. They may slow down some drivers, but my guess is they cause more of a distraction. 
 
For the most part, even though there are things I still want to accomplish in this life, I'm perfectly at peace with my own mortality and what lies beyond. And both my wife and I have term life insurance, so if anything happened in the near future, we'd be able to grieve without worrying about money so much. Imagine raising four kids and trying to pay all the bills as a single parent while grieving at the same time. No thanks.
However, this post did remind me of few things I should get done sooner than later:
1) Get wills done for my wife and I so that if we both died together, our kids would be set up with who we'd want them to be raised by.
2) Get an "I love you" paper done for my wife, so if I did die, she'd know how to access the stuff I mostly handheld, like bank accounts and such. So basically a list of were to go and what passwords to use.
3) Spend more time with the kids. Especially, one on one time, which is not always easy with multiple kids. 
4) Take better care of myself physically, if for no other reason than my family's sake.
 
It may not be fun to think about this stuff, but if anything did happen, it would be very beneficial for the family.

Good God, I'm so sorry, RickR.   You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.
 
My healing really isn't much -- I wasn't hurt too badly; I limped the rest of the way to work (and I was able to take my bike over for a really quick repair and was able to ride eight miles home the same night) and my knee recovered within a few days, and my arm is just a little sore, just maybe a sprain, if that....the $241 (AFTER insurance) X-rays revealed that all was good.
 
Thing is...it's hard to talk to my wife about this stuff because it's hard for her to *hear* it...she doesn't want to think of losing her husband. I didn't even tell her about the instructions I typed up.

Interesting post....today is my father's funeral...leaving here in about an hour.  It's going to be a hard day.
 
Anyway, when my father died last weekend, my wife asked me something similar -- about who to contact if I were to die about all my "collection" and stuff.  She knows some of it is valuable, but mostly that I'd probably prefer it go to someone who would enjoy it instead of just giving it to goodwill or something.  Gut punch, although she didn't mean it like that. 
 
Well, I haven't done squat about it, and I guess we'll cross that bridge at some later date. 
 
My advice to you is to make some simple instructions when you are ready.  Nothing fancy.  Make sure your wife knows them.  Getting too specific makes it more morbid.  It'll probably be easier once you are fully healed.  And if you do it, don't think about it anymore after that. 

Interesting post....today is my father's funeral...leaving here in about an hour.  It's going to be a hard day.
 
Anyway, when my father died last weekend, my wife asked me something similar -- about who to contact if I were to die about all my "collection" and stuff.  She knows some of it is valuable, but mostly that I'd probably prefer it go to someone who would enjoy it instead of just giving it to goodwill or something.  Gut punch, although she didn't mean it like that. 
 
Well, I haven't done squat about it, and I guess we'll cross that bridge at some later date. 
 
My advice to you is to make some simple instructions when you are ready.  Nothing fancy.  Make sure your wife knows them.  Getting too specific makes it more morbid.  It'll probably be easier once you are fully healed.  And if you do it, don't think about it anymore after that. 

Ep 326: James Buster Douglas Knockout Boxing (Sega Genesis)

Facing one's own mortality is not an easy thing and most people avoid writing instructions or saying anything about their wishes because of this.  Writing down your wishes is not a bad thing.  In fact, it is a good thing as you are taking the responsiblity of making those decisions from your loved ones.  Just because you write it down doesn't mean you're looking to die or that you're suicidal.  It is a fact of life that we all will die at some point.  We just don't know when, though we expect it to be when we are old.  Many people don't express their desires to anyone and end up being tortured by machines, tubes, and devices that are used to keep them alive artificially.  Maybe they didn't want that but they never told anyone and their family just did what they thought they had to do by keeping their family member "alive."
 
So, don't feel mortified.  Even if some of the stuff you wrote was not something anyone would put in a will .

Haha
 
 
Haha that's officially the Post of the Week, Rick 
 
I don't know if I can get to Day 10 or not, but I love this game and I'm going to drive this thing as far as I can. Good luck everybody!