Retrogamer81081

That makes me a rich kid . Thank for the info. It helps.

Who else remembers this monumental event?
 

 

 

 
 
More info here:
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/05/the-eruption-of-mount-st-helens-35-years-ago/393557/
 
 
And here was the view from my front yard...about 70 miles to the south.

 

I own this, excellent system to own, just had mine sent out to get modded to play pal games hopefully can expand my import collection right now I only have ninja golf, I think at some point someone was making an add-on to expand the memory called the Atari xm, but I don't see it happening anytime soon, the only so far is for the Colecovision which I placed my order with atariage which should come out next month along with gradius and pengo

You're in for a real treat. Ballblazer on 7800 looks and plays as good as a PlayStation 1 game!

Just the system right now (I'd prefer to just trade the system, although for the right trade I may try to find a plug and cable for it)
 
I bought this from a smoker and I can still smell smoke on it when I sniff it. I also looked strange to anyone around when I sniffed it.
 
Hard to put a value on it since it is the rarer, expansion port model, but it has the smoke thing going.
 
So I'm throwing it out there to see if anyone is interested in doing a trade.
(Note: Do not physically throw systems)

You literally threw smoke on that console? 
 
I've got a C64C that smells like cat.  Danged if that smell will ever go away.  

Smoke is easier IMO.  You just need to take the thing apart and clean it very carefully/thoroughly.  For anyone who needs a 7800, this looks like a winner to me. 

A great merchandising idea!

I've never owned a pair of Vans but I may have to pick up my first pair soon.
 
http://solecollector.com/news/2016/05/nintendo-vans-sneakers
 

 

 

Half-price day at the Salvation Army today.  Got the stuff below.  The Spongebob plug and play is interesting because it has a slot in it (labeled "Game Key").  Could it be to add more games?
 
 

I figured for $1 it would look good on the wall. Its one of the non collapsible ones with sound effects

Some finds I made at Goodwill yesterday. Not as big a haul as my last two trips, and there were several items left that I was unable to purchase.
 
Anyway, 007 Tomorrow Never Dies(PS1), WCW Nitro(PS1), a Gameboy Advance SP carrying case, and an extra Wii television cable.
For the life of me, I cannot figure out how the GBA SP case is supposed to work. As you can see in that first picture, there are no straps of any kind to hold it still, and nowhere to store games without them banging around, which seems dumb. I tried my GBA SP in it, but slides all around inside. Seems terribly impractical, if you ask me.

Tomy Atomic Arcade Pinball
Pinball (Tabletop)
Difficulty: None
High Score: 20,440
April 27, 2016

I need to take some good photos of my first complete* set (as of this past week) -- Atari 2600 text labels!  While this is undoubtedly the "easiest" of all the various VCS labels to collect, there are still a few difficult ones to snag at reasonable prices.  And, like all Atari cartridges, there are some fun things to point out on the common ones.  Until I have time to set them all up for one big group photo, here's a smaller group of what I feel are the hardest to find:
 

 
AtariAge's rarity guide is super helpful, but it is not without need of some revising.  When it comes to the plain text labels, its biggest flaw is that it rates Flag Capture as a '4', and as the toughest text label cart to find.  Perhaps this was true when the guide was published, but right now the two scarcest are, without question, (A Game of) Concentration and Fun With Numbers.  As of the time of this post, there is not a single (AGO) Concentration to be found on eBay, and there are only four Fun With Numbers carts, two of which are PAL format and one of which is missing its end label.  Everything else, including Flag Capture, can often be found for a few bucks.  I have no interest in ranking their rarity beyond pointing out that the two toughest to find are... the two toughest to find.  Those two titles have some similarities: both started off being sold under different titles (respectively: Hunt and Score, Basic Math), both were not very popular, and both still ended up getting (very rare) picture label re-releases late in the VCS game (1986, in the monochrome gray boxes).
 
Here's another interesting cart... check out this version of Superman.  What does the label reveal?
 

 
Copies of Superman with their copyright information on one line only contain a version of the ROM with a game-breaking glitch wherein one can avoid becoming Clark Kent by using x-ray vision for a few seconds when the game immediately starts.  The bridge still explodes and scatters pieces throughout the game world, but a second bridge remains in place, meaning you can win the game simply by rounding up Lex and his henchmen before going to the Daily Planet.  Wonder how they learned about this bug...
 
*Finishing up with a comment about what constitutes "complete" -- with Atari, I feel you sorta have to decide to draw the line somewhere.  Some titles were released with text in different colors (I believe Brain Games has the most color variants, but I'm not sure).  Some titles have labels with slightly different size text.  Some use slightly different fonts.  Here's an example of the font variation from my collection:
 

 
The Video Olympics cart is a later release, and uses a new styling of the original font -- some letters have gaps (check out the lowercase 'd' in Video Olympics compared to the one in Sky Diver), while some letters are totally different (check out the lowercase 'r' in "game program" , the angled stroke in the lowercase 'e', and the shape of the lowercase 'y' compared to the other cartridges).  Only a few cartridges were released in this second font style as far as I know.  The text labels for Championship Soccer, Dodge 'Em, Maze Craze, and Video Checkers were *only* released with this font style.
 
What I'm driving at here with all this is that my collection would balloon in size if I were to truly go for EVERY possible variation.  And really, I have no business judging anyone's collecting tendencies given my own fascination with minutiae, but I do question just how much joy a person can derive from having both the blue text Bowling *AND* the red text Bowling, you know?  But... to each their own! 

Galaga (7800)
Enduro (2600)
Vanguard (2600 & 5200)

Enduro
Atari 2600
Difficulty: Default
High Score: 12,750
April 20, 2016

Galaga (7800)
Joust (2600)
Battlezone (2600)

Pole Position (graphic hack - 2600)
Shinobi (MAME) 1Kade - 3 day Score Challenge
Galaga (7800) Atari.io HSC 

Chopper Command
Atari 2600
Difficulty: Game 3, Difficulty B
High Score: 127,800
March 25th, 2016

S.T.U.N. Runner (MAME)
Mr. Driller (MAME)
Stay Frosty 1 & 2 (2600 Stella)

I got a digital controller recently, and it made a HUGE difference in the playability of many 5200 games.  Mine is the "Coin Controls Competition Pro".  It has a Y cable built in.  You plug that into the 5200, then a standard 5200 controller into the Y portion (you use the Start/Pause/Reset and keypad on the standard controller). 
 
Played River Raid and Berzerk and was amazed at the difference. 
 
The joystick itself is great, but the button placement is pretty bad. 
 
 

I'm glad they chose to use Missile Command as the most prominent artwork on the cover. I just shot that in high resolution for a new slide on the home page. It's iconic of Atari's artwork from that era 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2016/04/08/first-look-book-celebrates-art-atari/82785834/
 
$39.95.  Looks like something that a lot of us here would love.
 

 

Ikari Warriors
Atari 7800
Difficulty: Novice
High Score: 1,144,700
February 21, 2016

Coleco Chameleon Boss Confirms Console “Officially Tabled For Good”
 
 
 Well thank goodness he cleared that up, you know confirming what most have known for weeks now. LIKE HE HAD A CHOICE. So many holes in MIKE'S claims which is obvious to anyone who has been following this fiasco from the start, since his post though others on AA continue to shed the light and truth, not sure why he continues to think he can fool people, it is getting real pathetic at this point ! People really need to stop listening to this guy and giving him the benefit of a doubt, if anything sounds like he is attempting to appease people once more before he introduces his next great project. 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npOrT6clYW8
 
Post on Atariage (his original post to read for yourself, of course most of his claims are already being kicked into the dirt where they belong) 
 
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/247145-coleco-chameleon-hardware-speculations/page-315
 
Mike just STAHP 
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGVjLKmWCFo
 
Bonk's Adventure
TurboGrafx-16
Difficulty: None
High Score: 128,820
April 2, 2016