Sabertooth

I enjoyed your review of this game on your Blog! @Sabertooth

Thanks, Justin! I appreciate it. At the time of the blog I hadn't yet unlocked the VCS Challenges. They were really difficult. I may try a video review (my first) but work has been insane of late! 

I would love to see that! 👍🕹️

WOW!  That's cool.  Enjoy. 

Just read your new Blog post! Excellent review! Looks like an amazing game!

Here's a spot on review of the game. (Switch)

https://youtu.be/q3rwx3mX7EM

Cool, thanks for the heads up.

Where did you play that at? The arcade scene in the greater Seattle area is pretty lame.

That looks super awesome. I need to find one of these to play

@socrates63this was at a Dave & Busters. They had a lot of fun retro updates. Space Invaders, Giant PAC-MAN and Galaga, Four Player PONG, a new version of Rampage based on the recent film. Centipede was my favorite of the bunch despite the lack of a track ball. 

Incredibly done.  I look forward to seeing the games in more detail.

I had a case I mentioned in the "recent finds" forum thread.  I bought 3 SMS games.  Two of them had the wrong game in the casing.  I was able to salvage two of the three.  I contacted the seller, and they gave me a 1/3 partial refund.  Very fair.  I left a positive. 

That's the thing isn't it? Even though I was disappointed, if someone tries to make it right or at least acknowledge their responsibility, I'm good. It didn't need to go the way it did. 

Also, the 50s board game story is heartbreaking. I don't get that kinda disregard for your customers. At least they refunded your friend. 

I had a few cases where the item arrived damaged or didn't match the condition described. I always offered the seller that I'd keep it for a partial refund, and they've always accepted my proposal for a partial refund (usually around $5 on $15-$20 item). I usually don't do this and will just accept the item and go on with my life but have complained in a few instance. In this case, I wouldn't bother with USPS either as Rick suggested. I'd suggest going directly to ebay and reporting that the item arrived damaged and you want a full refund.

A month ago, I bought an Xbox 360 game on ebay. It was supposed to be in "good" condition, but when I got it, most of the cover had water damage. The angle and lighting of the photos in the listing did not show the damage nor was it disclosed. I notified the seller and provided photos. I offered to keep it if he gave me $12 refund (it was $20 + $4 shipping), but he asked me to return it for full refund  instead (although the listing indicated that the seller does not accept returns).

At that point, I didn't want to interact directly with the seller, and I triggered ebay's return process. It was very smooth and fast. I was a little surprised to see that the shipping cost would be refunded and ebay even provided a free return shipping label. In all my years of purchasing from ebay, this was my first return. As a consumer, ebay's return process gave me confidence.

@RickR - it's available on multiple platforms: VCS, Windows, iOS, Android, Xbox One... 

The version the VCS is optimized for that platform and contains some additional Atari content. 

https://www.antstream.com/

Very cool.  I had not heard of this.  I will check it out.  Thanks!

For giggles I downloaded it to my Windows PC. It plays exactly the same. 

Great article.  I love BEST.  I do feel that twinge to "be careful" when I do order, but actually speaking to Bradley is always a pleasant experience for me. 

I've ordered two or three times from both Best and V61. I never knew about getting banned from Best 😆. I always followed the instructions and things went smoothly.

My last purchase had a minor hiccup because of a comment I made on the phone. Since he didn't take paypal, I called in to give him my credit card number. Well, I mistakenly called during non-business hours, and naturally, no one answered. I got a hold of Bradley on a later call and made the mistake of mentioning that I had called once previously and no one picked up. He seemed slightly annoyed 😄

Lance, on the other hand, has been much more cordial and easier to buy from 😄

Looks like fun. 

Thanks for mentioning that it's a Sega.  I was wracking my brain trying to remember who made carts with those ridges.

I'm going to guess "Tac-Scan". 

It's not Tac-Scan @RickR. The variety of cart styles is one of my favorite aspects of the 2600! 

And the mystery cart is: 

Buck Rogers

I have read it and loved it.  I bought the Kindle version a few months ago. 

I had his "Once Upon Atari" video series in the 1990s, it was fascinating 

Wow! Would love to hear your thoughts about the classic style joystick

@Justin - So far the controllers are the most interesting thing about the hardware. The Classic Joystick works great as a paddle in 2600 games and as a rotary in Tempest arcade on the Vault. The game Thrustlander implements the rotation function wonderfully. As a normal 🕹️ it is also very nice. I've used it on Antstream for PacMan and Lock N Chase and it's been great. I'll probably do a full blog post once I spend more time with it. 

I agree.  I'm going to miss them. 

There's a lot of hate on-line about Fry's that I don't quite get.  A lot of people lost jobs.  And I'm really going to miss being able to go and actually see and touch the items I need.  Sometimes, you need that ability to help decide how to solve a particular problem. 

Fry's.  R.I.P.  You will be missed. 

One of the only stores I would just go to just to browse/walk around.   

Each store, perhaps a bit outdated, had a decore and even store exterior around a theme with my favorites being the Aztec and ancient Egypt.  For example in the Egypt theme store had some computer display desks where supported by large black ancient cats rather than desk legs and hieroglyphics on the walls.

Will also miss going there to find cables that other stores don't stock in store.

For the year prior the pandemic could tell it was going down hill fast as the shelves were half empty and with poor online solution could tell they were not going to make it long when the pandemic hit.

Have you tried Console5? They might have what you are looking for. :O)

www.console5.com/store

Any of those choices will be awesome. 

Thanks @HDN! Yeah, I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. It was one of those last minute ideas... My girlfriend and daughter with both quietly skeptical before they saw it. LOL!  It was important for me to cover different games/iterations, including Atari 2600 Pac-Man. I'm glad that you like it! 

Thanks @Justin! It was a fun project and really cool as a fan for Bandai-Namco to repost! 

That is super awesome @Sabertooth! Not only are the decorations fabulous, the photos really pop.

Your recognition by Namco should definitely be logged in NSG's post about someone big tweeting you back 👍

Congrats ! That's awesome! 😮😎🤘

I got one too about a week ago...but it has yet to arrive.  Exciting! 

Progress pic on the PAC tree. 

Well done!  Those are pretty sweet.

Thanks, Rick! I've always wanted to do a retro tree. Pacman seemed like a good choice for the 40th anniversary.

Good to know! I'd like a McWill Lynx but the price is 😮 Maybe I'll dabble in Evercade and its Lynx games instead.

I've really enjoyed the Evercade. The collections so far have been pretty good, the screen is nice and HDMI out is a great touch. Also, having the collections on carts is fun and unique for an emulation system. I'm hoping they do a console version that takes the same software. 

P.S. In my humble opinion, The Cars 1979 eponymous debut is as close to a perfect record as exists in rock music. 

Oh man, super cool post. You've definitely got that Atari swagger.