+OLD CS1 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I... uh... I got nothin'... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 You guys are cracking me up! Thanks for the laughs I needed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 Any TI 99 ER 's from Virginia? << Ebay Auction >> 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I keep looking at that one, but I could see the reaction of She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed if they showed up in the house. . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 Ksarul, "looked up She-Who-Must-Be-obeyed" on the Internet... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 One of my co-workers co-opted the title as her own at work today. She definitely liked the idea, especially as a management adjustment tool: I am She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, now DO WHAT I SAY! I had to laugh--then she saw that I had my vampire teeth in and she quickly scuttled off to her office. . . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Ksarul, "looked up She-Who-Must-Be-obeyed" on the Internet... This is really reflective of your age (and mine)... Few of the younger folks remember this goddess 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeBo Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 This is really reflective of your age (and mine)... Few of the younger folks remember this goddess But even she got discarded for a newer model when a perfect 10 came along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitkraft Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Not my perfect 10! Honey Rider all the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeBo Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Honey Ryder was hot, but Valenka is still my fav bond girl (and continues to sizzle (with a kick) in CineMax's Banshee.) That being said though, does anyone beat Raquel Welch in One Million Years BC or Jane Fonda in Barberella??? (Not to mention Brigitte Bardot in anything (or nothing)) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Hard questions, PeBo, hard questions. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 Actually my favorite Bond girl was a later model... There was just something about her eyes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 eBay Auction -- Item Number: 291771154534 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitkraft Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 eBay Auction -- Item Number: 291771154534 Hmm, rare item, high price, seller with no feedback as seller and only one feedback in the last year? Seems legit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 a cartridge listed and sold on ebay about one year ago... (only cartridge) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I was lucky enough to obtain an Espial cartridge along with an original Miner2049er cartridge a year ago because a buddy no longer wanted them. I'm not real impressed with the game, but I have never seen many of them pop up on ebay and when they do they usually go for a decent price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Yeah. I picked up and quickly sold my Miner 2049er. It is a terrible game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LASooner Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I was stuck by how your Avatar seems to be saying this 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeBo Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Way above my snack-bracket for that game (and he won't ship to Canada anyway). Miner2049 (and Captain Beeble) were the first two Atari 800 games I ever played, and were always favorites back in the day so I have a particular affection for the Bounty Bob platformer, and picked it up as soon as I discovered it existed for the TI a couple years ago. Graphically the TI version is spot on (except for missing elevator labels), but while I can still make it through the first 6-7 levels of the Atari version (actually completed it a couple times), I can't make it past level 3 on the TI. Never liked the use of the sidecar expansion slot for these games though,,,I understand WHY they made them, but always concerned about the extra wear and tear on a port that was never designed for repeated swapping. And if I am going to wear out the expansion port for a game, I'm not going to spend $500 to do it (and it sure as heck isn't going to be Espial) Don't see it with box and manual very often though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitkraft Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Everybody is talking like this is legit. Am I the only one suspicious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Way above my snack-bracket for that game (and he won't ship to Canada anyway). Miner2049 (and Captain Beeble) were the first two Atari 800 games I ever played, and were always favorites back in the day so I have a particular affection for the Bounty Bob platformer, and picked it up as soon as I discovered it existed for the TI a couple years ago. Graphically the TI version is spot on (except for missing elevator labels), but while I can still make it through the first 6-7 levels of the Atari version (actually completed it a couple times), I can't make it past level 3 on the TI. Never liked the use of the sidecar expansion slot for these games though,,,I understand WHY they made them, but always concerned about the extra wear and tear on a port that was never designed for repeated swapping. And if I am going to wear out the expansion port for a game, I'm not going to spend $500 to do it (and it sure as heck isn't going to be Espial) Don't see it with box and manual very often though. The sidecar was to defeat the qi console's ROM cart block on the cart port. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 But ROM cartridges were not really blocked, they were just not listed in the selection list (which is bad enough). So did the game autostart on power-up, that is, without Master Title Screen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeBo Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 The sidecar was to defeat the qi console's ROM cart block on the cart port. Greg And it was an imaginative way to offer the games without the need for memory expansion or cartridge GROM support. But still not ideal. We sure do live in a different world as far as software licensing is concerned. I get that hardware manufacturers back then made most of their money off the software, but I often wonder if TI didn't shoot themselves in the foot with the QI os blocking 3rd party carts (although I guess by that point the 4A's fate was already sealed.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeBo Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 But ROM cartridges were not really blocked, they were just not listed in the selection list (which is bad enough). So did the game autostart on power-up, that is, without Master Title Screen? Miner2049, (which also uses the expansion port) appears in the selection screen like a regular cart, and if you look at the pics of Espial, you'll see it had a reset switch right on the cartridge (and I believe it DID autostart when you turned on the console.) Not sure about Arcturus (although if someone would like to send me an original Arcturus cartridge, I'd be more than happy to plug it in and report back). Aw c'mon, it's for a good cause. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeBo Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Everybody is talking like this is legit. Am I the only one suspicious? I doubt if anyone is going to bite with a STARTING BID of $500, so if it is a con, he's not the brightest con artist. I'd be more suspicious if he had set the starting bid much much lower, and offered int'l shipping. If you're gonna run a scam you want the widest audience possible to ensure you hit a few suckers. This guy is restricting any possible sale to the tiniest handful of folks from a total pool of maybe 300-400 enthusiasts/collectors (and even fewer, since he only ships to the U.S.). Nope, I think it's real, that he happened across it, found out it is extremely rare (especially with box and manual) and just has no idea what the value of 'extremely rare' is within the comparatively small TI community. If he had listed it at $100, he probably would have sold it for $250-$300, but $500 is really pushing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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