socrates63 Posted May 24, 2023 Report Share Posted May 24, 2023 Some DS games I picked up today from a local gamer/reseller. He also tossed in a Moon DS cartridge holder since I was getting the game. I didn't know there were holders for single cartridges. Except for Neves which I had never heard of before, I had these on my wishlist for a while now. RickR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2023 (edited) The Genesis/SNES/NES controllers are from the StoneAgeGamer holiday sale this past weekend. This will allow me to join in those high-score challenges with some nice working controllers! Edited May 31, 2023 by RickR Sabertooth, TrekMD and socrates63 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted June 3, 2023 Report Share Posted June 3, 2023 (edited) Super Mario Bros. 3 is a birthday gift from my son and his girlfriend. They thought I had an NES, but I don't. I told my wife that I now have a reason to get an NES 🙂 The others arrived today from three different sellers. I've so far held back from collecting many Atari computer games but I have a soft spot for Atari releases especially the pre-silver box older games and their box art. Edited June 3, 2023 by socrates63 Sabertooth, RickR and TrekMD 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted June 6, 2023 Report Share Posted June 6, 2023 I picked these up earlier today from a local gamer/reseller. He ran a sale in the local FB group last week. The DS library has so many interesting games beyond the obvious/popular ones. In that way, it reminds me of the PS2 library. I had Broken Sword on my wishlist for a long time and found it in the wild a few times but always passed on it. I finally got it because the price was good. I know I have the game for the computer, but I haven't played it yet. Since I've been into handheld gaming lately, I think the DS version may be my first time playing it. The other DS games all received good reviews and they were inexpensive--my favorite kind of game. Tetris 2, on the other hand, is not so well regarded from what I've read. However, it was an opportunity to add an inexpensive CIB Game Boy game to the collection, so I grabbed it although I already had the loose cartridge. RickR and TrekMD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted June 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2023 Of that lot, I only have Scribblenauts...which is a lot of fun. socrates63 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 Mail Order Monsters -- my latest addition to my EA folio collection. My favorite top games for the Atari 400/800 are filled with Electronic Arts' earlier games -- M.U.L.E., Archon, Seven Cities of Gold, One on One. Because of those sentiments, I started collecting other EA games and products released in the folio style packaging. I have around 18 or 19 (photo below). Other companies were also releasing their product in similar folio packaging, and I've picked up a few of those as well. RickR and Sabertooth 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 Here are my latest arrivals... Sabertooth, RickR and socrates63 3 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted June 13, 2023 Report Share Posted June 13, 2023 I finally got a new (non-rotten) disc to go with my case for Mario Kart Double Dash! After this, I may never pay for a GameCube game again. They’re so expensive nowadays and I paid way too much for this. Not that I was ripped off, it just goes for a lot these days. RickR, Sabertooth, TrekMD and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted June 17, 2023 Report Share Posted June 17, 2023 (edited) I finally unboxed my copy of the Atari XP version of Adventure. Here's a short unboxing. Edited June 17, 2023 by Sabertooth socrates63, TrekMD and RickR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted June 18, 2023 Report Share Posted June 18, 2023 Quite, ahem, adventurous! socrates63 and Sabertooth 2 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted June 18, 2023 Report Share Posted June 18, 2023 15 minutes ago, TrekMD said: Quite, ahem, adventurous! I was going for an "Adventure-ey" sound. Here's Missile Command. The music is almost "warlike", but in a Wizard of Oz kinda way. TrekMD, RickR and socrates63 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted June 20, 2023 Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 A couple of other items... Sabertooth, RickR and socrates63 3 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted June 20, 2023 Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 This is a pickup and a PSA. Atari and developer Grapite Lab released a free demo version of their upcoming title Mr. Run & Jump on Steam. You get access to the first world of the game; three levels & a "boss." The Steam demo is available through July 3. I definitely recommend checking it out. It's a very hard but super fun precision platformer. I hope we see more IP like this from Atari. Here's a quick gameplay only video. I'm playing as "Ms. Run & Jump." socrates63, TrekMD and RickR 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted June 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 It's rare for me to find old original 2600 carts that I don't already have. But when DKOldies had a B1G1 sale on Atari carts, I was lucky enough to find these two. The video card is an R9 270 bought used on ebay for my garage PC. Sabertooth, TrekMD and socrates63 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted June 22, 2023 Report Share Posted June 22, 2023 I met up with a local gamer to buy the DS games. Since it was on the way back home, I took a slight detour to visit a store run by a local gamer/reseller turned brick-n-mortar business dude. I picked up a loose Raiders of the Lost Ark because in the near future, I plan to buy the cartridge display case for it. I didn't want to use the one in the box that's in my collection. emt1171, TrekMD, RickR and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 Mail call -- I'm sure many who grew up with the Atari 2600 will share my sentiment that Activision was an amazing company. Their games wowed me as a kid and showed off what was possible with the 2600 in the hands of creative and talented developers. When I started collecting for the 2600, my first goal was to collect all Activision games for the 2600. This weekend, that goal was accomplished with the addition of Cosmic Commuter. I was resigned to having CC as my lone cartridge only Activision game in my collection because a CIB copy is difficult to find and even more difficult to find for a reasonable price. A collector/reseller who I've bought from before reached out to tell me that he was downsizing his collection of rare items. This copy came from his collection. Over the past few years, I also bought Activision repro patches (the first Achievement/Platinum in gaming?). Some are for games that never had official patches. Activision mailed a patch if you achieved a certain score in the game and mailed in a photo of the TV. I believe I shared them here before. Also shown are a couple of repro Activision game cartridges (Kabobber, Hard Head). I believe these are prototypes and were never released. So celebrate with me this milestone in my collecting 🎉🥳🍻 I will add this one caveat. This collection is complete only for North America. Activision released Fighter Pilot in the EU, and I don't have that. However, I do have Tomcat: The F-14 Fighting Simluator by Absolute, and Fighter Pilot is a rebranding of that game. RickR, Sabertooth, TrekMD and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 Very cool! Congrats on getting all of the Activision published titles! socrates63 and RickR 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted June 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 That is so cool to see them all together. Congrats Sabertooth and socrates63 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 Very nice! I recognize some of those patches. 🙂 socrates63 1 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 24 minutes ago, TrekMD said: Very nice! I recognize some of those patches. 🙂 I saw today that Tom is selling patches on ebay. I think I'm probably missing a few like his StarMaster patches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 4 hours ago, socrates63 said: I saw today that Tom is selling patches on ebay. I think I'm probably missing a few like his StarMaster patches. I designed some of those you have there: Double Dragon, Rampage, Fighter Pilot, Kung Fu Master, and Commando. 😉 RickR and socrates63 2 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 12 hours ago, TrekMD said: I designed some of those you have there: Double Dragon, Rampage, Fighter Pilot, Kung Fu Master, and Commando. 😉 😮 👏👏 Nice! Great job, Doctor Trek! TrekMD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted June 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 An orig Evercade (with 3 carts) and 4 extra carts...plus a bunch of cool extras. Purchased from Chris the AtariCreep. Creepin' it real. Sabertooth, TrekMD and socrates63 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 15 hours ago, RickR said: An orig Evercade (with 3 carts) and 4 extra carts...plus a bunch of cool extras. Purchased from Chris the AtariCreep. Creepin' it real. Noce score. Let us know what you think of the OG Evercade. The Lynx Collections are two of my favorite carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 17 hours ago, RickR said: An orig Evercade (with 3 carts) and 4 extra carts...plus a bunch of cool extras. Purchased from Chris the AtariCreep. Creepin' it real. Nice!! For all the hate it got, I never ran into any issue with the OG Evercade - sufficient battery life and always ready to pick up and play! Evidently there's an Evercade club on this site that went dormant at some point? RickR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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