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  1. Updated version It bugged me that I couldn't match the proportions of the original, so I traced over it. I also recreated the "mathematical symbol border" around the Light Cycle grid from the movie and added it. I like the effect. Full version available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uRRJbU6R1EMZDSUMFm-1N_pf5uscRAV1/view?usp=sharing
  2. I've always liked this ad for Discs of Tron and Adventures of Tron, but never cared for the bright yellow and pastels color scheme. So I rebuilt it using more accurate Tron colors and assets: Download the full size image here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wc4ojfhrsExPH5qPsESFhxQzJjFVlY2h/view?usp=share_link I got the Recognizers using this 3D model. The perspective of them in the original is off, so I distorted the model to make it fit better. If you look carefully you'll notice some of the lines curve a bit. It was the best I could manage without directly tracing over the original, which is a lot more work. Haven't ruled out going back and doing that though. I got the Tanks from this 3D model, which I recolored to make them closer to the movie. The Tank fire is pieced together using captures from the movie. Tron logo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Tron_(Disney)%2C_Logo.svg/10560px-Tron_(Disney)%2C_Logo.svg.png M-Network logo: https://seeklogo.com/vector-logo/86577/m-network I'm not really an artist but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
  3. I recently picked up a Nintendo Popeye tabletop. I actually got one as a birthday gift in the mid 1980s. They are expensive nowadays, but I had a lot of fun with mine back then and had been wanting to get one again, and finally found one at a not too crazy price. It runs on two C batteries and doesn't have a power jack. I don't need C batteries for anything else and don't want to buy them just for this, so I've been looking for replacement options. I've found a few things online but they seem kind of cheaply made, not sure if these are really safe to use on vintage electronics like this. https://www.amazon.com/Replacement-Eliminator-Flameless-Decorative-Electronic/dp/B0829466Y3/ref=sr_1_2?crid=WYO1NMR7RMKY https://www.amazon.com/S-YUWEN-Eliminator-Electronic-Replacement-Batteries/dp/B08TLZ69VN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2WYOW7KM5ACH3 I know about the old Coleco Perma Power battery eliminators too, but I think those are only good if you're replacing four C's, not just two. At least, that's what it looks like to me, I've never actually owned one. I've also seen adapter spacers like these that use AA batteries inside of a C-shaped shell. I have plenty of rechargeable AA's already so this would be a good solution if they work. But from what I've heard they aren't super reliable. Anyone have any recommendations for good battery eliminators?
  4. Oh interesting, I didn't realize these arcade titles got board game adaptations. I knew of several others -- I have Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Zaxxon -- but not these. Might have to track down Turtles... the Odyssey2 version was one of my favorites growing up and I love the original arcade as well.
  5. I just picked this up and couldn't like it more. A sales circular for Zayre that have would shown in up mailboxes before Christmas (1982, I believe). There were no Zayre's stores in my area growing up, but this brings back a lot of memories of looking through old Kmart ads and daydreaming about buying all the games they advertised. I'm probably going to frame this and hang it up in my game room. The other side advertises three Entex handhelds (identified as board games for some reason) and other electronic games like Comp IV and Electronic Detective. I uploaded full-size scans of the whole Atari side and the electronic games portion of the back. Links below if anyone wants them (warning: really big files). Scan of Atari side Scan of Electronic/handhelds ad
  6. I saw this on eBay for just a few bucks and had to buy it: This cart must have meant a lot to someone in their childhood. We can guess the label got damaged or fell off a long time ago (since it's a Parker Bros. cart I'm guessing it fell off), so the owner drew their own and affixed it with a heck of a lot of scotch tape. The artwork is all in colored pencil, and it looks like a kid's effort, but not bad -- better than I would have done as a kid. The colors don't exactly match the game, but they seem appropriate, and the appearance of Spider-Man and the guys in the windows is pretty accurate. The artist even included the lives indicator (the brown spider) and web fluid bar at the bottom of the screen! The artist embellished the end label a bit with yellow crisscrosses that I assume are meant to be webs. Impressively he even got Spider-Man's name fully correct by including the hyphen. I especially like how he misjudged the space available and had to cram the letters in "man" to get them to fit. I remember that happening every time I tried to draw stuff as a kid. On the back we have a name I assume to be the artist's. The silver ink bled and has faded a bit, but I make it as "Property of Carlito S." (or possibly "Carlton", but I think I see a faded letter i). I'll just call the artist Carl. Carl must have loved Atari 2600 Spider-Man enough to want to draw an accurate label. He either looked at the game screen while drawing it or had played it enough to draw from memory. He fitted it to the cart really well and protected it with a layer of tape. There's no way to know how long ago Carl did this, but if it was during the "Atari era," his little love letter to this game has survived three decades or more now. It's a great addition to my collection. I haven't been able to test the cart yet but assuming it still works, I plan to use it to try for a high score. I think Carl would appreciate that.
  7. Did the Parker labels fall off back then too? I wonder if the warranty covered that...
  8. Aha, I figured something like that had to exist, but I've never seen pics of one. Given that there are communities of both Atari collectors and Kool-Aid collectors online, I'm surprised. Would love to know what it looked like. I have that comic issue. I think I found it in a thrift store or in a comic shop's cheapie bin. I didn't realize it was a mail-away promo, nor did I realize until just now that Kool-Aid Man has doomed those kids to a horrible death via explosive decompression. I know he's committed to his busting-through-walls shtick, but sometimes it's just not appropriate.
  9. My best friends (two brothers) growing up had Kool-Aid Man. I remember them sending Proofs of Purchase and waiting for it to arrive in the mail. What I don't remember is how they knew about the redemption offer in the first place. I know it was advertised in comic books, but I wonder if Kool-Aid ever made mention of it on their drink packages or store displays. I don't recall seeing pictures of anything like that online though.
  10. Very interesting, I wonder if they didn't stick with this oversized packaging very long before swapping over to the Phaser Patrol pack-in. I expect most who bought the big box trashed it, it's so big that I can't imagine anyone hanging onto it unless they were already a collector. It's funny you mentioned the RGVC seller... that's how I got my original Supercharger (plus Phaser Patrol, Communist Mutants and Killer Satellites). I forget who the seller was, but I recall he bought a huge surplus of shrinkwrapped Supercharger stuff at an estate sale and sold it in lots on RGVC for quite some time, at great prices. I should have bought more.
  11. That's got to be it. Fedco went out of business before I moved to California so I'd never heard of it before, but that article tells me I live within walking distance of one of their former locations. Thanks for digging that up. Interesting that article mentions they would purchase directly from wholesalers, I wonder if they acquired their Supercharger stock that way. Would be cool to check out their catalog archives at Cal State LA sometime. This cost me $50. I almost didn't buy it because I already have a Supercharger, but since I'd never seen this box in almost 30 years of collecting I couldn't pass it up.
  12. Apologies for resurrecting such an old thread, but I thought it was warranted in this case. This thread is one of the few places I've seen online to mention this box variation. I recently found one at a retro game store in Southern California. All that came with it was the box and Supercharger unit (and a Video Touch Pad for some reason, but no games or manuals). The Supercharger has a regular blue label, not the rainbow one pictured on the box, unfortunately. I haven't had the chance to test it yet to see if it's NTSC. Here's some more pics of the box. Lighting in my house isn't very good, but I can try to take better ones if anyone wants them. That last pic is of a store price tag stuck to the box that has been partially removed. The remaining letters look like "EDCO" but it's nothing I recognize. I'm curious who sold this. Front Back Side panel Top flap Supercharger Partial price tag
  13. Had an excellent transaction with Ben, good prices, good packaging, good communication -- great all the way!
  14. I'm clearing out some miscellaneous videogame and nerd stuff I had lying around. Buyer pays shipping, minimum order $5. I'm also selling a bunch of games (mostly PS2 and later era) if you're looking for that kind of thing. Pac-Man Stickers I've been building out my collection of Pac-Man sticker cards and have ended up with many extras. I pulled all cards in this post from nearly 40-year-old unopened packs, so most cards (except for the ones stuck to the ancient gum) are in very good condition. Everything is from the original (yellow wax pack wrapper) release of the set, except for a couple of French Canadian packs listed separately. Pac-Man Cards Lot #1 - This is a near-complete set, missing 5 out of 54 total cards. There are handful of cards included that had gum stuck to the back, which I removed as best I could but there could be some staining. Most cards are in great condition. The lot includes several wax wrappers, a stack of unscratched Rub-Off Game Cards, and a vending box. - $50 Pac-Man Cards Lot #2 - This is the most complete set I could put together from what was left over after building Lot #1. It's missing a dozen or so cards and has more gum-stained ones than Lot #1. I will include some wax wrappers and a stack of Rub-Off Games cards. No vending box. - $25 Pac-Man Cards Lot #3 - A stack of stained and damaged cards -- not great for card collecting purposes but the stickers themselves look pretty good. I'll toss in a few undamaged Rub-Off Cards as well. - $10 2 French Canadian packs - $10 for both Rub-Off Game PSA 8 (Pop 3, 1 higher) - $25 #43 Pac-Man Report Card PSA 8 (Pop 2, 1 higher) - $30 Commodore 64 Disk Lot (untested) - $20 Video Game Tchtochke Lot (please read) - The Super Mario and Zelda tins, and the Atari stickers are commercially-made items. Everything else was part of posters that were printed for local retrogaming events. The posters themselves were damaged, so I cut out the salvageable bits. Thought I'd check if someone wanted them for crafting or decoration purposes before I tossed 'em. They are printed on quality paper - $10 Non-Working PS4 Controller (for parts or repair) - $10 Non-Working PS2 Controller (for parts or repair) - $5 All Game Guide magnet set - AllGame doesn't exist anymore but the magnets will live forever. Never opened. - $3 Star Trek Pez Dispenser set (no candy) - $7 The Simpsons Buzz Cola can - this came from a Kwik-E-Mart branded 7-Eleven store, as part of a promo for The Simpsons Movie in 2007 - $5 Far Side calendar pages from 2002 - I had these lying around and thought someone might like them. It's not 2002 anymore, but the comics are timeless - $5 "Weird" Al $100 bill - Someone was handing these out at a Weird Al concert I attended. I have no idea if it's official or not. The signature is just printed on it - $2 Cracker Jack and Cereal Prizes - The Tony the Tiger piece has a classic video game connection. The plastic base it originally came on (not included here) served as the game piece for the 1982 Kellogg's Video Game Instant Win Sweepstakes - $2 4-port AV and S-Video switcher - $10
  15. Have you been able to run these ROM files in an emulator? O2EM gives me a blank screen with some zeroes on it, and I haven't been able to get Odyssey2 emulator working at all in MAME.
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