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This has been great! Hope we can keep this going

This has been great! Hope we can keep this going

Cleaned up my list on the first post -- removed all those that are gone.  Thanks everyone, my dup box is now much smaller!

Wanted to post a picture of some Atari Games I have up for trade.   I'm seeking either an A/V modded 2600 or one that is in reliable condition, prefer sixer.  Crypts of Chaos for Atari 2600, and Tower of Doom for INTV.   But I'm a reasonable man if you have anything to offer talk to me!

Warms the token-filled cockles of my arcader heart to see this.
 
Pac-Man changed the playfield from visual and sound design standpoint when it emerged onto the scene.
That simple, yet effective constant-nibbler avatar, those bright colors in a suave, loungey-chic dark blue maze, that waka...
 
Irrestible then and now.
 
Truly deserving of celebration.
I hope today's fans get to play a cabinet version to get that immersive arcade feel.
 
Nothing beats playing this with an actual mounted joystick.

it was great having ReadRetro (Mike Kennedy) coming to chat answering questions about his new retro system and such not to mention giving a clear Atari Jaguar casing and cartridge for trivia and free didgital copy of Retro Magazine. Hopefully he can be active in the community here.

I'll be watching this later! 5200 is an incredible system! I just need to do some work on my controllers, the Trakball is very nice though.

What, can't spare an E.T.?

WARNING, I CUS ALOT


The Atari Creep: Updated room tour!:
 
 

 
 
 
Here is an older video I thought you would dig. I have never seen or heard of these before. Check it out.

The Atari Creep: Attack of the Clones: Clone 2600 with 32 built in games
 

http://www.cowlitzgamers.moonfruit.com/

Hey all:  Today was the day for the Cowlitz Gamers for Kids show in Longview, WA.  That's about 50 miles away for me, so I decided to go.  And here are some pics to share. 
 
It's a great cause, but the show is pretty small.  They're in a new space this year, and it seems much smaller than when I went a few years ago.  No arcade games to play was kind of a bummer.  But they had some really nice sellers, which was fun. 
 
This was the free-play area.  No real exotic systems, and it was pretty small this year. 

 
An overview of the booths.  Lots of cool stuff here.  There was one Jaguar for sale ($150!  A little too rich for me), a Vectrex, and bunch of the more modern Nintendo stuff.  Good deals on systems.  A boxed Odyssey 2 for $40.  Atari 2600's for $50.  Sega Genesis seems like the low point of collecting these days...$10-$20 will get you a nice Genesis at a show like this.  Find a show like this if you want a particular system!

 
Trophies for the Super Smash Bros Brawl (Gamecube) tournament.

 
WOAH!  Look what I found.  Yes, I did come home with it.

 
Atari carts can still be found.  Which is good. 

 
More overview

 
Atari Pinball!  That knob is exactly the same as the VCS paddle knob.  Nope, I didn't buy it.

 
Someone decked out a VCS in pirates' booty for the silent auction.  Very cool.  Reminded me of the Swordquest prizes. 

 
More Atari stuff.  Good.  Can't let Nintendo have all the fun.

 
Action figures too.

 
 
It was a good show.  I didn't stay long thanks to a sudden migraine.  Plenty of fun. 

Great videos MaximumRD! Justin introduced me to your videos a while back and got me hooked. Honestly I wish you were able to make videos more often, whenever you post them here I save them for when I have time to enjoy them all the way through.. I make a meal of them! There's a lot of showboating on YouTube and people trying too hard to be something they aren't. Some are overwhelmingly critical or vulgar because they think they have to be.  By contrast your vids are well done and you come across as a really genuine guy who loves gaming.

and beer tasting! 

and beer tasting! 

Great videos MaximumRD! Justin introduced me to your videos a while back and got me hooked. Honestly I wish you were able to make videos more often, whenever you post them here I save them for when I have time to enjoy them all the way through.. I make a meal of them! There's a lot of showboating on YouTube and people trying too hard to be something they aren't. Some are overwhelmingly critical or vulgar because they think they have to be.  By contrast your vids are well done and you come across as a really genuine guy who loves gaming.

Latest vids! 
 
Thought I would join many who responded because WHY NOT? lol.    A response to Novabug's Friday Foursome video found here: https://youtu.be/NJFPOcpMXyc   All are welcome as always to comment and respond here BUT please if you are doing a video response please direct it towards Novabug's original video. Drop by, say HI and tell'em MaximumRD sent ya!  https://www.youtube.com/user/Novabug  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz_d0-EctMg
 
 
 
And my very latest just posted last night...............
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcBBRwBLaPo
 
Alternative Game Controls # 1- Sensor & Touch.    Looking at some aftermarket alternative controller options for popular Gaming Consoles. I will be showing a couple Turbo Touch 360 gamepads by TRIAX for the Sega Genesis / Megadrive as well as the Suncom Sensor for ColecoVision and lastly throwing in as a bonus (it is not really in the same category being more like a Intellivision DISC) I will look at the Quickshot NES QS-126 for the Nintendo NES.    Kevin Dean Twiner Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRU4LtQ60T5RcyT0WNt6Q9g google+: https://plus.google.com/116351497197962037806 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kevindean.twiner   Suncom Sensor ColecoVision: http://megalextoria.blogspot.ca/2013/04/suncom-joy-sensor-for-colecovision.html Triax 360 Turbo Touch  http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Turbo_Touch_360 http://www.cheating-game.net/cheat-code/-of-the-triax-turbo-touch-360 http://gaming.wikia.com/wiki/Turbo_Touch_360 Quickshot NES QS-126 http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-027-H-00500-A http://www.justgovintage.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_37_39_73&products_id=4064&osCsid=cordije77essupptfshbjpiqa6

unfortately they did no show for chat, I did tell them to continue this post and come to the next weds chat

TTTrades!!!!!!!!!!  Thanks Greenween!

Woah!  That is awesome!!

I also have and intellivision that work great, it's a little dinged up and the foil is missing on one controller, but still looks great in it's woodgrained glory. 

Deleted and made an updated list.

Deleted and made an updated list.

There are other versions of the story and Nolan skips past the part about him hemorrhaging CEC/PTT money into creating Sente, but Robert Brock being the largest CEC/PTT franchisee, going through the whole franchise process and then going AWOL at the last minute is absolutely true. Not just per Nolan's story, but Gene Landrum's as well as the courts.

Thanks! I have most of the rest written, I've just been delayed. Will try to finish it up soon!

I already have my awesome Atari shirt, now I know which day to wear it!. Also, every day I rock my, "I'd rather be playing Atari games" license plate frame on my Prius (commuter car, Cobras don't get 40mpgs).