RickR

I'm making tomorrow (Friday) Atari day because I certainly run into more people at work than I will on Saturday. 

Or perhaps for trade for another project?

I have two broken "Touch Me" handhelds on the way.  Keeping my fingers crossed that they can be fixed.  If so, they will be for sale for a nice fair price if anyone is interested. 

Here's the other two in the lot I got.  Both are working now.  Just needed some TLC.  Mostly it was the power switches that went bad. Coleco Football and Milton Bradley Comp IV. 

 
And here's a shot of the whole handheld collection I've been building over many years.  These things are a lot of fun, and don't take up much space.

 
 

I have two broken "Touch Me" handhelds on the way.  Keeping my fingers crossed that they can be fixed.  If so, they will be for sale for a nice fair price if anyone is interested. 

I have two broken "Touch Me" handhelds on the way.  Keeping my fingers crossed that they can be fixed.  If so, they will be for sale for a nice fair price if anyone is interested. 

Here's the other two in the lot I got.  Both are working now.  Just needed some TLC.  Mostly it was the power switches that went bad. Coleco Football and Milton Bradley Comp IV. 

 
And here's a shot of the whole handheld collection I've been building over many years.  These things are a lot of fun, and don't take up much space.

 
 

I need to pick some of those up. Nice collection!

When I was a kid, my father bought a new recliner. (I'm assuming it was new.) A couple of days later, he found a Mattel Basketball wedged in the cushion. That was a good day. 

Here's the other two in the lot I got.  Both are working now.  Just needed some TLC.  Mostly it was the power switches that went bad. Coleco Football and Milton Bradley Comp IV. 

 
And here's a shot of the whole handheld collection I've been building over many years.  These things are a lot of fun, and don't take up much space.

 
 

LOOK what I found!  I got this in a bundle of broken handheld games.  It just needed some serious cleaning, and a new battery connector soldered in.  Now it works perfectly and looks great. 
 
What an uncomfortable name they chose though.  "Touch Me".  Things were quite a bit different in the 70's I guess.  I suppose you'd put on your polyester leisure suit, head on down to the Regal Beagle, and ask attractive people if they'd like to play "Touch Me".  Then whip this thing out of your breast pocket, and everyone gets a good laugh.  Yes, that's exactly how it was in the 70's I'm sure. 
 




 

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They re-made the Mattel games a few years back, and I must say, they were excellent.  They added a volume slider, which was a huge improvement.  Still, I like my originals much better.

I never knew this existed until it came up on the 2600 GBG podcast. I still haven't played any of the games yet, but those will be ther first ones I check out, if/when I get a Harmony cart.

Final Fantasy X HD Remaster, Donkey Kong Jr. Atari 7800, and Ikari Warriors NES.

Monopoly (DS)
Crypts of Chaos (2600)
& Game #200

Galaxian Hack on Stella (which is awesome), Donkey Kong and Dig Dug on my Ms. Pac Man 60 in 1.

Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales (Atari Jaguar)
Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy (Atari Jaguar)
Battlezone (Atari 2600)
 
The first one on the list was played in response to a forum Labor Day weekend challenge over on AA. The second was played in the hopes that I would find something positive to write/say about it for the Atari Jaguar Game By Game Podcast (I did not). The last was because it is every bit as fun today as it was when I was six years old!

Thanks for the review, RP! This is a game that I admit I have always wanted to own. My love of everything Jim Henson demands that I now do what I must to pick up this cartridge!

Double Dragon (MAME) - Love being able to "reverse-elbow".
Ace of Aces (Atari 8-bit) - choppy graphics.  Not very fun.
Dig Dug (MAME) - very fun. 

Double Dragon (MAME) - Love being able to "reverse-elbow".
Ace of Aces (Atari 8-bit) - choppy graphics.  Not very fun.
Dig Dug (MAME) - very fun. 

At-At Commander built a fort out of the Awesome Trade I got from Rowsdower
(The Detroit Lions card included is playing Hide n Seek....and is currently winning)

Get one they are awesome, I only have a few tapes (never tried them) I load everything off of cd, works great.  The best part is showing your friends the tapes!

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!

Thanks MBergeron for a beautiful copy of MLB Baseball!  It's complete, its purty, and its Canarctican!  

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And WOAH NELLIE, it also says "5200 compatible!"