Machine Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Well this hits alittle too close to home. Below are before and after pictures of our home. The Colorado Forest Fire of 2013 took our home and everything we owned. I did manage to get 3 items out.... 1. Our Dog (Bonnie) 2. Our other Dog (BeBe) 3. I just bought a Sharp NES TV which was sitting on our kitchen table. I really did not have time to think and just grabbed my dogs. Then I saw the TV and grabbed that. My wife called and said to grab my son's stuffed animals. I managed to get a box of my son's toys and his two favorite stuffed animals(thank god!) It was actually worse than most people can imagine since insurance can be a long and rough battle. We moved 7 times in the next 12 months. 4 hotels and 3 houses. We finally settled with insurance two years later.... Oh yeah, I had an extremely large game collection. I owned a couple of game stores for 12 years and cherry picked everything for my collection. I owned almost every game you can imagine for every system out there.....sigh.....tears.....depression. The one picture is of my 69 Cad Coupe DeVille. It was absolutely mint. I got $200 for it from the scrap metal....yeah...... Getting back to the question as far as intellivision, I would just grab the LTO cart. That is the route I have taken. Except Jaguar, I am slowly replacing all my Jag stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeM_Intellivision Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Wow so sorry for your loss. Glad everyone got out ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intellivotion Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 So sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Well this hits alittle too close to home. Below are before and after pictures of our home. The Colorado Forest Fire of 2013 took our home and everything we owned. I did manage to get 3 items out.... 1. Our Dog (Bonnie) 2. Our other Dog (BeBe) 3. I just bought a Sharp NES TV which was sitting on our kitchen table. I really did not have time to think and just grabbed my dogs. Then I saw the TV and grabbed that. My wife called and said to grab my son's stuffed animals. I managed to get a box of my son's toys and his two favorite stuffed animals(thank god!) It was actually worse than most people can imagine since insurance can be a long and rough battle. We moved 7 times in the next 12 months. 4 hotels and 3 houses. We finally settled with insurance two years later.... Oh yeah, I had an extremely large game collection. I owned a couple of game stores for 12 years and cherry picked everything for my collection. I owned almost every game you can imagine for every system out there.....sigh.....tears.....depression. The one picture is of my 69 Cad Coupe DeVille. It was absolutely mint. I got $200 for it from the scrap metal....yeah...... Getting back to the question as far as intellivision, I would just grab the LTO cart. That is the route I have taken. Except Jaguar, I am slowly replacing all my Jag stuff. Wow, that's terrible. I spend a lot of time double checking burners and door locks, wondering if I left something on or open. I couldn't imagine dealing with an impending natural disaster. I really need to finish inventory/documenting/insuring my crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I'd go for my original childhood Apple II, TRS-80 Pocket Computers, and 80486 if possible. The rest is backed-up emulation so a simple restore would fix that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-crew Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Devastating loss Machine for sure, sorry to hear for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Devastating loss Machine for sure, sorry to hear for sure. Wow, I swear that if I were back in high-school, I would pick that as the name of my rock band (if I had one): Devastating Loss Machine! Rock on! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-crew Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Wow, I swear that if I were back in high-school, I would pick that as the name of my rock band (if I had one): Devastating Loss Machine! Rock on! Rock n name for sure. ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Thanks guys! It was a life changing event for sure. The pure amount of time lost with dealing with this kind of thing is endless, seems like it never ends. I should have had separate insurance riders on the games. I now know just about everything about what to do/not do when it comes with insuring that kind of stuff. We spent 7 days sifting thru ash looking for anything of value....gold coins, silver coins, jewerly, etc. We found nothing.... Well, I did find one burnt NES game.(well part of the board). I would love to send it in and get it graded and slabbed! btw, I call dibs on the screen/forum name "Devating Loss Machine"!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crade Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 1.) Boxed Sylvania console 2.) Body Slam: Super Pro Wrestling 3.) Stadium Mud Buggies Everything else I have could be replaced with relatively little trouble (it would be expensive, but that's what homeowner's insurance is for ). Judging from the amount of faith you put in homeowner's insurance I really hope you never have to use it and find out what it's really like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Myself, my mom, and my cats Criss and Holly, Everything else ca be replaced. Oh snap, that's technically four items... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share Posted May 29, 2017 Myself, my mom, and my cats Criss and Holly, Everything else ca be replaced. Oh snap, that's technically four items... Fortunately all family members, friends, and pets get a free pass out of the fire. You still have time to grab 3 games, though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BBWW Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 The insurance policy, the photos and my price records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Fortunately all family members, friends, and pets get a free pass out of the fire. You still have time to grab 3 games, though I prolly take these then. They are one of a kind... But then I won't have a system or games to play them on... https://www.flickr.com/photos/30203515@N04/sets/72157629736738048 https://www.flickr.com/photos/30203515@N04/sets/72157634800361528 https://www.flickr.com/photos/30203515@N04/sets/72157649774625620 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 Neat! Now we're talking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Only 3 items......man, so much great stuff would be melted! For the sake of other collectors, I would probably grab my mint in box Spiker! Volleyball and my Atari 5200 and Vectrex Multicarts. Or Learning Fun 1 and 2 instead. Tough call..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy_Whelan Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 1st Set of Choices 1) INTV controller modded from a NES Advantage (not sure it is still available) 2) CV Arcade Joystick with Pinball Flipper Buttons (no longer available) 3) UltraCade arcade cabinet (no longer available for several years) 2nd Set of Choices if all of 1st Set is Available even if Expensive 1) PS Vita loaded with digital games 2) N3DS loaded with digital games 3) Classic NES styled GBA MAME cabinet can be replaced, all consoles can be replaced, most games can be replaced. Would buy flash carts for ROMs as replacements for most of the games. For games that I cannot get the ROM and cannot replace the game, it would be too difficult to decide which game in that category would be saved and which would be sacrificed so let them all go. Very interesting but depressing topic. Troy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted September 16, 2023 Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 Bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 43 minutes ago, JasonlikesINTV said: Bump Apparently someone was bored this morning.... 😂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+the1hatman Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 I guess I will update my list since Jason is taking us down Memory Lane... 1. Spiker! 2. Learning Fun II 3. Congo Bongo Those would be the 3 hardest pieces of my collection to replace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted September 16, 2023 Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 I can't remember if I ever answered my own question 🤔 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 1 hour ago, JasonlikesINTV said: I can't remember if I ever answered my own question 🤔 Read the manual.....errrr the thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveRider1970 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 I will stay and burn with them. Too many in stake. I will never succeed to have everything back and suffer from depression for years. 😭 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash7 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 GORF Bowling Sea Battle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+the1hatman Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 5 hours ago, JasonlikesINTV said: I can't remember if I ever answered my own question 🤔 You have not. Seems you've been "meditating" on it since January 2017 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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