RickR

Congratulations RickR!
 
Congratulations @RickR on your ULTIMATE score! I want to thank EVERYBODY for participating in our little event this year, and for celebrating the life and works of Howard Scott Warshaw who went for so many years without recognition, carrying "the blame" for the video game crash. I hope doing HSWDAY once a year is a fun way to break out these old games and appreciate them for what they are. I hope everyone had a good time playing Ultimate Yars!. Congrats to @RickR @greenween @atarilbc @TrekMD @kamakazi20012 and @Atari Creep for being among the most elite Yars' Revenge players! I'd like to encourage RickR to post his new high score on the Scoreboard, and maybe this Challenge can continue on! 
Our next High Score Squad Challenge will be for the TurboGrafx-16!
 
 
 ULTIMATE YARS FINAL STANDINGS 
 
1   RICKR                                     216,578
2   GREENWEEN                         212,454
3   ATARILBC                              109,885
4   TREKMD                                   67,007
5   KAMAKAZI20012                   49,420
6   ATARI CREEP                          37,092
 
 

Here is the stuff I added to the box. 
Dang it, I meant to take that N64 wrestling game!  Oh well, maybe next time. 
Thanks everyone. 

Whoops!  Chas10e let me know that the manual for Blip football was hiding in the Skiing box.  He's the master at efficient Tetris packing.
 

Here is what I took.
First of all, I feel that this Elmo's 123's was put in there specifically for me by NSG.  If so, THANK YOU.  It looks good next to my Elmos' ABC's.  And it reminds me of my oldest child when he was a toddler.  Priceless.

 
And here's the bulk of what I took.  I feel like the PSP games were in there for me, and I thank you, mystery giver, for them!  Does anyone else collect for PSP? 

I really agonized over the Wico 5200 stick.  It's so cool, but I feel selfish for taking it.  At the same time, it took up a lot of real estate in the box!  NSG or Willie, if one of you would like it, I'm happy to ship it to you separately. 
The football homebrew is so cool!  It's a 2600 version of the Mattel handheld football.  In case you don't know, I'm the weird gamer that really loves sports games.  So that game and the SNES baseball will be played a lot. 
I also hogged the 2600 games, figuring Willie and NSG probably already had them.  The boxes are a little rough, but I really dig the price tags.  Activision Skiing is a game in which I earned the patch, so having a boxed copy is really nice.
Oooh, and an NSG card pack.  I'm hoping for a few Oregon Duck players in there!
Below is some stuff I took mostly to get the space for more games in the box.  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, if anyone wants any of this, I'm happy to ship it separately.  Given that, the Star Trek book will be read and enjoyed, I promise.  And I really like the ESPN movies.  And the multi-system cable is handy.


Lastly, I want to say THANK YOU to all of you.  Especially NSG for hosting the box.  It really is a lot of fun. 
The box is stuffed full again, and I'll get it out to Willie as soon as I can. 

Sorry for the delay.  I'll have pictures up soon.  I'll be honest...I could keep every single item in this box.  It's that good this time.  Really nice job, guys.  Reluctantly putting a lot back now. 
 
 

👌  It's an awesome touch! 

Arrived today.  It's hard to see, but the dot-matrix address label is a nice feature from chas10e!

I'm slammed with work, but I'm going to try to get this out on Wednesday.  Willie is next I think.
 

Hey Hey Hey!  You got some nice stuff to play. 

 

That is a really cool item right there. 

I just got back from Pinburg 2019 sorry for delay ( no I didn't win any tournaments this year ... mebbe next year )
I put in
a Sears Pong controller multi console AV cable GB games: Super Mario 2; Yoshi; Dr. Mario GBA games: Series of Unfortunate Events; Super MArio Advance; Finding Nemo; Mamco Museum; (think) Midways Classics? ; Yoshi's Island; Mario Kart Super Circuit DS game Mario Kart DS Atari 2600games  Skiing cib Mouse Trap cib ( could have been nibbled by a mouse :P ) Synth Kart; Blip Football a Wico stick for 5200

The next box should be "water" themed. 
 

Congratulations atarilbc!
 
Congratulations @atarilbc on a most excellent high score! Did you guys enjoy Robotron on the 7800? I'd like to offer @RetroGameBoyz a very special welcome to the forums! The new dual-pad Atari 2600/7800 controller is a great new addition to the platform! You guys posted some seriously impressive scores on a very challenging game. All of you give yourself a pat on the back, I hope you all had fun with this one! Congrats to everyone who played! I'd like to encourage atarilbc to post his new high score on the Scoreboard, and maybe this Challenge can continue on! 
Our next High Score Squad Challenge will be for the TurboGrafx-16!
 
 
ROBOTRON: 2084 FINAL STANDINGS
 
1   ATARILBC                              408,475
2   CHAS10E                               278,350
3   RICKR                                     231,675
4   GREENWEEN                         160,025
5   KAMAKAZI20012                138,200
6   ATARI CREEP                        134,800
7   CONTROL ISSUES                  68,050
 
 

I'm playing on a 2600jr with a Harmony cart, and the joystick has been modified to use microswitches. 
 

This is my strategy for the whole game.  Shoot em mid air only.  The score racks up pretty quickly.  But it gets really hard when that stupid dash starts flying around at full speed. 

216578

That's what I said when you posted your score....NOOOOOOO!  Two old farts battling it out.  I love it. 

Wanted to mention that I recently did a BennVenn LCD upgrade in a clients Lynx II. It is a much simpler installation as only one easy to remove component has to come out and with the new brackets for the LCD they essentially drop in easily now to replace. Still requires nearly the same amount of soldering, but it is all along one side and area of the Lynx II making the installations look cleaner overall.
The picture from this newer LCD is softer but I think I like that more. It does show horizontal pattering across the image but not enough to really detract from the game at all. You can adjust the brightness levels of the BennVenn LCD but on the one I did the changes were very subtle and I'm not sure it needs it. 
But yeah, for roughly the half the cost you can get excellent output from a Lynx II with the new BennVenn kit. 
 

Here is the stuff I added to the box. 
Dang it, I meant to take that N64 wrestling game!  Oh well, maybe next time. 
Thanks everyone. 

Here is the stuff I added to the box. 
Dang it, I meant to take that N64 wrestling game!  Oh well, maybe next time. 
Thanks everyone. 

This is my list which I put in the box, I had some pictures but I deleted them by mistake.
Terminator 2 genesis
Cyborg justice genesis
Baseball nes
Fat Albert Atari 2600
Midway collection PS2
Gravitrex for vectrex
Tmnt DVD season 5
Thanks to everyone who participated.

Here is the stuff I put in the box...

The Box Has Finished It's Journey! Here's what I put in, and what was in the box when it came back:
Thank You @TrekMD @correagonzalez @chas10e @RickR @Willie! !!!
Please post pics or a video of what you put into the box.
 

I tried, great job Rick!