RickR

Well, whether frying or bug, it is quite useful! 

I don't think that's considered "frying".  Just a bug maybe?
I remember Pitfall 2 had a frying effect where you'd start somewhere different.

The beginning.
 

 
 
 
I love the 5200. It's vastly underrated. 
I love it. It looks so good! It took me, my brother and an appliance dolly to bring it up 15 steps to the 2nd floor. Just found the user manual online. It weighs 171 pounds. 
 
Not really sure what I'm gonna do with it yet.

This was done by either flicking the 2600 power switch on and off rapidly or sometimes merely inserting or removing a cartridge with the power on, weird glitches and effects caused by power fluctuations. I was reminded of this after just watching this video by no swear gamer on youtube. 
 
https://youtu.be/F4Zb-rFPu2I
 
lol, for better or worse I use to FRY my 2600 games continuously back in the day, honestly was not even aware of the term frying, thought it was a silly thing I discovered myself, no doubt many thought that. In Firefighter I think it was called? Got my fireman stuck in the building with no victims to rescue, you could get some odd effects flicking the power switch. Used to get similar effects on Colecovision running a butter knife along the terminals of the expansion port...now THAT might have just been me.

Here's some pics of my collection that I made during the sale.
 
 

I had a subscription for most of the run.  I found the first issue at K-Mart while looking at Atari VCS games and was immediately hooked. 
 
I sold my complete set of Electronic Games a few years ago.  Issue #1 alone brought in close to $100.  A lot of people ask me how I could sell something like that?  Well, they took up a lot of room.  And I didn't have the means to store them properly for long-term preservation.  They were just sitting in a crate in my garage.  I felt like every time I pulled out out to read, I was diminishing the value.  When you get that fear of even touching your stuff -- when you are no longer really enjoying it -- I find for me personally -- that's the time to sell it.  I don't ever want to have stuff I fear to touch and can't use. 
 
Furthermore, my set was very well used.  I read them cover to cover multiple times.  For the money I got, given the condition, I felt like the value would never be higher. 
 
I did keep a book called "Confessions of the Game Doctor" by Bill Kunkel, one of the founders of the magazine.  It's a fascinating read and has a ton of stories specific to that era of videogaming.  If you ever find a copy of that book, I highly recommend it. 

I'm asking myself right now -- any regrets for selling?  My brain says "Nope".  So there you go.  Having the PDF versions is good enough for me. 

I should have taken a pic of all the mess. ????
 
I just started moving into my new apartment today. I have about 90% of my games there and only a Super Nintendo I didn't know I had that I found in a random box I had in storage. There was also an Atari 5200 with the hookups but no controllers. I also got my 32" Sony Trinitron in the room too that I've had in storage for 2 years. Finally tried it to see if it works and it does. We played some Tetris on it and it looks so nice. So happy I'm finally using my Trinitron crt! Can't wait to get everything all set up.

Ah, the ol' "blank slate".

Have fun with it.  Looks like a really nice space.

Coming soon...

Don't be sorry, we all know it takes a lot of time. I'm sure it will turn out great.

Any of the Burgess Meredith episodes, with "Time Enough at Last" being the highlight.  There's just something about this actor that fits the show to a tee. 
"To Serve Man".  Richard Kiel as the main alien is just about the most perfect casting of all time. 
"It's a Good Life".  Billy Mumy, the creepy jack-in-the-box, the absolute perfect story. 
"Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?".  Wonderful ensemble cast.  I love the ending.  The Martian is the only person I know who could hold an N64 controller correctly. 
"The Howling Man".  Terrifying portrayal of the devil.

Here is the entire archive of magazines:
 
http://www.digitpress.com/library/magazines/electronic_games/electronic_games.htm

Any of the Burgess Meredith episodes, with "Time Enough at Last" being the highlight.  There's just something about this actor that fits the show to a tee. 
"To Serve Man".  Richard Kiel as the main alien is just about the most perfect casting of all time. 
"It's a Good Life".  Billy Mumy, the creepy jack-in-the-box, the absolute perfect story. 
"Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?".  Wonderful ensemble cast.  I love the ending.  The Martian is the only person I know who could hold an N64 controller correctly. 
"The Howling Man".  Terrifying portrayal of the devil.

A BIG thank you to correagonzalez, who not only gave me my first Vectrex game through the Retro Junk Box, but who also mailed me my first Vectrex overlay to go with the game!!!

Oh, and my joystick adapter arrived today in the mail.  Boy, that was fast shipping!

I never realized until now just how out of proportion those barrels are to the rest of the game graphics! Those barrels must be like 25ft tall!

It was "Electronic Games". I have them all in PDF form. I can find your issue tomorrow if you like.

It was "Electronic Games". I have them all in PDF form. I can find your issue tomorrow if you like.

The very first purchase I made for once I got an Atari 800XL computer was "The Entertainer" pack, which came with Pac-Man, Star Raiders, and a joystick.
 

 
The 8-bit version of Pac Man is really great.  I still love playing that version now.  It's a lot of fun to play and reminds me of being back in 1983 again....  Oh, and Star Raiders is one of my all-time favorite games.  That Entertainer pack was the best thing. 
 
 

I have a Jr, a gift from RickR, I believe. I really love its compact shape, really a sleek design.
It's more attractive than the original, IMHO.

The TI also has a very lively homebrew scene.  There's a yearly meeting "FestWest NW" coming up this Saturday in Vancouver, WA. 

It's a computer with some quirks.  The multiplexer-driven memory is probably the biggest fault.  Also, the complexity of adding anything other than a tape-drive for storage is a turn off.  Luckily, most of the software available is on cartridge. 
 
But overall, it's fun.  There are a lot of very unique games.  Parsec and Alpiner stand out.  The talking version of "Super Demon Attack" (on disk or the multi-cart) is outstanding...probably the best version of Demon Attack on any system. 

I didn't pick up the case yet, although I put the listing on my "watch list".  I figured I'd try out the board first.
 
I do already have the Amiga sticks.  They are just ok IMO.  The sticks are very tiny, but they do respond well.  I think using an Atari joystick will be ideal.  I also have a converter to use Atari sticks on the Odyssey 2.  Once you've tried the best, you can't go back to those other sticks

For people who just want to be gamers and not get the TIPI unit to go with a RPi 3 expansion for the TI-99/4A, the next two items are a most and go together like Milk and Cookies...
 
 
A 32K sidecar Memory Expansion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S5DELwC-6I
 
And a nice black and silver case to enclose it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoSdp8-6P1I

I don't have a link...just my own memory and experience.  I started a post here on the forums a few years ago, but I don't think there was much interest so i stopped.
 
http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/988-8-bit-games-that-were-re-written-for-5200/?hl=%2Bspace+%2Binvaders

The very first purchase I made for once I got an Atari 800XL computer was "The Entertainer" pack, which came with Pac-Man, Star Raiders, and a joystick.
 

 
The 8-bit version of Pac Man is really great.  I still love playing that version now.  It's a lot of fun to play and reminds me of being back in 1983 again....  Oh, and Star Raiders is one of my all-time favorite games.  That Entertainer pack was the best thing.