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10 hours ago, TrekMD said:
That's a very nice collection. The carts looks pristine.
Well, Defender, Q*Bert, Popeye and River Raid needed a little help. When I got them their labels were totatal trash, so I had to remake the labels. Defender was a little more difficult as I needed to buy special silver cardstock to print the image on.
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22 minutes ago, DegasElite said:
I found it. Sorry for my question. I should have known the topic on Dragon's Lair on the TI99 was in here somewhere. I was looking at my forum feed and not the actual topics in the Texas Instruments listing on this site. My bad. Thanks. :O)
No need for apologies. Sadly new copies are no longer available of that game, but every once in a while a used copy comes up for sale. I suck at the game personally, but because of it's uniqueness and total awesomeness it's the only boxed game I've ever wanted to have. Tursi is one of the TI greats to be sure, and a great guy too.
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6 hours ago, RickR said:
I remember you telling me when I first got started with the TI to avoid the "tan" colored units. I had no idea!
No kidding! There can be a lot of "issues" for a Newbie when it comes to getting a beige unit. The worst problem is the keyboard itself, most of those units have a Mitsumi (membrane) keyboard that self-destructs over time. Not being able to run third-part cartridges can be another issue with a good portion of them, so I steer all newbies to the black and silver version that says 1981 on the screen. It took me eight freaking years to FINALLY locate a non-Mitsumi in good condition that would also work with non-GROM cartridges. I'm now using it as my "portable system". Yes, portable, I've been known to take my TI with me when I go places. 😄
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23 hours ago, RickR said:
You know it's a "Classic" when it takes a 9v battery! 😜
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You've got some really good ideas there @RickR! All five of those bullet points get a 👍! If you could take on a couple of those, it would be awesome. I also like @Marco1019's idea of emulation under the Mac platform, unfortunately I have no Apple products and will not be of any help there. I've heard of something called Wine, that may be of use integrating some Windows only items, but don't know.
@Justin is right on the mark when it comes to this being a friendly place, in fact it's the major reason I'm here. 🙂 If we all chip in and spread the word, I think it'll build things up quicker. No one person can do it all, and some may not like hanging out at a place where one person dominates everything. The more the merrier is one of the major goals right?
Yes, again I think @RickR has a valid point, especially as we are starting out, keeping it simple and fun. Later as more come on board if they want, more in-depth topics will probably just come about. Rick, would you be willing to start a thread something like, "A Beginners Guide to Getting into the TI?" You've shown you have a firm grasp on the entry level aspects. If you want, I'd be willing to make some support videos for your posts.
A month on each game sounds good, maybe even a poll letting users pick between some choices for the person who decides to take on that role? Letting users volunteer for month might also be an option that will let others feel more involved.
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Nice! I like seeing things restored, especially when finished.
I had a friend, who has since passed away, who picked up an old used game at a thrift store a few years ago and man that thing looked like garbage to me. But the first thing he did was disassemble the case and stick it in the dishwasher. After that he spent a few days with a bottle of scratch remover and some rags, after that he had me make him up some labels. When it was done it looked brand new... unless you got up real close and inspected it.
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On 2/19/2021 at 3:51 PM, TrekMD said:
I suppose you could always try selling them.
23 hours ago, DegasElite said:I would keep the original cartridges for their collector's value. After all, if they aren't played as much, that reduces wear and tear on the system and cartridges. But, that would be up to you, of course. Just a friendly thought, anyway.
Well that's the problem, from what I've been told they are all 'common cartridges' with little to no value, so selling them would be like giving them away for less than what I paid, and keeping them will be out of the question when I downsize.
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4 minutes ago, TrekMD said:
I love the AtariMax cart. I got that first after I bought my 5200. Now I have more carts but they are mostly homebrews. 🙂
I was just the other way around. I got a bunch of cartridges first, then got the AtariMax. Now I'm stuck with a buch of cartridges I never use.
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4 hours ago, nosweargamer said:
What did you think of Picard?
On my scale I give it an 8 out of 10.
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Over the past few years there have been some really amazing new 'homebrew' games and some impressive ports. The question arises, where does one start when showcasing so many cool games? Well, I couldn't answer that question, so I closed my eyes and picked one. So, here we go...
PENGO - Yes, Pengo, not a cheap copy or imitation, but a pretty accurate port of the Sega blockbuster.
Give it a shot, and tell us what you think!
In the future all of the "goodies" appearing in this thread will be indexed for easy perusal and downloading, but in many cases the physical file will be in this thread.
EDIT - Please note, you'll have to be signed in for the download to be available.
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8 hours ago, Justin said:
I'd like to give a special THANK YOU to @- Ω - for stepping up as Atari I/O's first TI-99/4A resident expert and offering to get the TI conversation started in the Forums.
Thank you. I'll not let it go to waste! I have most of Tuesday & Wednesday off next week, so I'll "start construction" then. It's going to be fun!
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My favorite episodes...
DS9 - Past Tense (Parts 1 & 2) - I combined both these episodes into one "mini movie". One of my favorite genres in SF revolves around time travel.
ENT - Storm Front (Parts 1 & 2) - I also combined these two episodes. These two can stand on their own, even taken out of the ongoing storyline.
TNG - The Inner Light
TOS - City on the Edge of Forever - Yeah, another time travel related episode, of which there were three in TOS IIRC.
PIC - I cannot pick one in this series as all 10 episodes were part of the same storyline.
VOY - Blink of an Eye - A stand alone episode covering the development of a civilization in a few hours due to a time differential.
FAN - 4 Years War (Prelude to Axanar)
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Star Trek fan, who me? Yep! Take note though, that "Discovery" is not on my hard drive, I think that speaks for itself.
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3 minutes ago, Gianna said:
I can't believe this was posted almost a year ago 😓
Yeah, pretty sad huh!
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... but I gotta admit, some of the cinematography looks great!
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Well, I was going to see this around June or July of LAST YEAR...
TRAILER #1
... then it got put off until Christmas 2020 due to COVID-19...
... then it got put off AGAIN until later this year...
TRAILER #2
... and while I'm not a big Tom Cruise fan, my lady is getting impatient, so yeah, I'll be watching this one.
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44 minutes ago, Justin said:
I like that a lot! Let me work on this and you'll see a new Texas Instruments Sub Forum appear within the next few days.
Thank you! If it's also possible, I'd like perpetual edit capability on the first message of the "TI GOODIES" thread so I'll be able to update the files listing with all the new stuff as it appears further on down the thread as time goes by.
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I noticed the video in message #1 was 6 years old and no longer available (deleted), so I decided to update with the latest photo of my system.