StormSurge

I also like to put Cholula on my pizza. So good...

More prizes! Two books, The Art of Atari and The Game Console: A Photographic History. 2600 Adventure journal. Two Funko Pops, Space Invader & Q-Bert. Super Mario Brothers silicone ice cube tray. More to come!

I LOVE spicy food & sauces but it has to be tolerable. If it’s so spicy that I can’t enjoy the flavor, than that’s no good. This is from my absolute favorite restaurant, which makes pasta from scratch. If you can’t make out the writing, it says “Reaper Hab”. 🔥 Soooo good. I pair it with Buffalo Alfredo sauce.

That depends on how soon you leave Vegas after eating. 💩

The first item I'm ready to announce as part of the raffle/giveaway/reward is an Atari 7800/2600 Control Pad CX78, made by @RetroGameBoyz! Once the winner has chosen this item, it will be shipped directly from RetroGameBoyz. Description Professionally designed brand new, handmade game pad that works great with the Atari 7800 (2 button games) and 2600 (1 button games) and other Atari 2600 (1 button games) joystick compatible consoles and computers. Provides a new way to experience retro games on the original consoles, computers. Also works with Retron 77 and Atari Flashback 8 systems too! Atari 7800 (and 2600) - 2 button - Brand NEW Circuit Board - designed to work with the Atari 7800 console - A direct replacement for Atari 7800 Controller and 2600 Joystick - Much better than the CX78 Euro controller - Super responsive directional pad and fire buttons - Light weight and comfortable - New Black Gloss Case - New 10ft cable - Custom decal (wood grain) - (B) left button - action 1 - (A) right button - action 2 - (B) and (A) both fire button 1 with Atari 2600 games - (Start) moves right (simulates menu selection where applicable) - (Select) moves left (simulates menu selection where applicable) - Does not work with Flashback 9

Thank you so much!!!! Stay tuned to this thread for updates on the prizes!!!!

No way! If people don't trust me, that's tough for them. When I do the drawing, I will do it live & record it. I can tell you right now that I will be shuffling the list 12 times, as that's my favorite number. Also, I'll make sure I have enough prizes for everyone who donates. The winner of the giveaway will have the first pick, then the next in line will have the second, etc. until everything is gone.

I’m going to have to end up paying top dollar for one since I’d be lucky to know how to plug it in let alone build or restore one. I’m extremely jealous of your skills!!!

Sooooo... 😀 Several of you have already been kind enough to donate to my Extra Life fundraiser this year. You guys got me off to a great start (I'm currently at 41% of my goal) but I'm always looking to do more. The event is coming up in a few weeks (November 2) and while you can still donate through the end of the year, I want to make another push to exceed my goal on or before gameday. Therefore, I've decided to do a raffle similar to what @Atari Creep did for his Alzheimer's Walk fundraiser. For every dollar donated (retroactive for all of you who have already donated!), you will receive one entry into the drawing. Now you must be wondering, "What are the damn prizes??" That's a great question. Stay tuned & I will be posting them here over the next couple of days. I have some ideas already and they include gift certificates relevant to the retro gaming scene, some classic toys and who knows what else I can find. Mainly, it will be gift certificates since you guys already wiped out my excess retro game collection. Here's the link to donate: Storm's Extra Life Page (Our own @fergojisan is part of my fundraising team. You can join too and together, we can rule the fundraising galaxy not as father and son but rather as good pals.) Disclaimer: Only those who let me know that they donated for the giveaway will be entered into the drawing. Again, those Atari.IO members who have already given are already entered but none of the other donors from outside Atari.IO who have already donated will be. That said, with @Justin's blessing, I may open it up to other retrogamers, nerds, etc. from my Twitter & IG followers and possibly the very few posters who know of me at AA. ----------- What is Extra Life?? It's a 24 hour gaming marathon (EDIT: 25 hours! Daylight Savings Time!!) to raise money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Since its inception in 2008, Extra Life has raised over $50 million for sick & injured kids. I'm raising money for the Connecticut Children's Medical Center (yes, I know I live in NY now, but it's basically CT. It's a long story.) All donations are tax-deductible.

That is AMAZING!!! Great job!!! One of these days I will have a cabinet.

That Blip football homebrew is awesome looking!! Great job all!

Lee, I'm so sorry to hear this. I just saw Creep's video today. As someone who gave away EVERYTHING from my childhood & have since rebuilt a lot of it, you won't notice one bit of difference when playing the classic games you remember. You'll only remember the good memories & feelings that those games provided for you in the past. Hopefully you can get the insurance company to pony up some more cash to help offset the cost of buying pieces back. I wish I still had stuff left to giveaway! I'll be happy to do whatever I can do going forward. And once you guys settle in and the pieces start to fall back into place, keep your brother 1,000 feet from the house. 😉

That was fantastic! I've only seen the first episode of season 3 but the mall certainly looks glorious. I LOVE that Orange Julius!!!! Perfect!!

Welcome Rocky!

https://www.lifewire.com/youtube-to-mp3-4157773

Fries up!!

In my first blog post here, I talked about how I wanted to use this blog to document so many of the wonderful memories I have of growing up. In thinking about that, I've often wondered the best way to do that. By year? By topic? Some other way? I don't think there's a right or wrong way, but I think I've come up with an interesting way. I'm going to sort them by the homes I've lived in & others that are special to me. I'll be starting with my first home and end with my current. Along the way, there are a lot of others. You'll probably learn a little more about me than you'd care to but hopefully you'll be entertained as well. (Not my bedroom above. 😀)