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Zwackery last won the day on September 21 2011

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  • Birthday 09/11/1970

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    Dr. Atari
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    Atari 2600/5200/7800/Lynx/Jaguar + Colecovision + Vectrex + arcade coin-ops ... modern gaming: Xbox, PlayStation, and sometimes Nintendo ... PC gaming for over 40 years.. video game history and research
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    Fallout 76, AC Valhalla, Horizon Forbidden West...and ATARI!
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    God of War: Ragnarok

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  1. Hey forum friends, I've written a book chapter on Lucasfilm Games/LucasArts and the editor would really like to use the photo of the group found on page 35 of The Atari Connection Spring 1984. I've attempted to contact the photographer, Michael Jang, via Instagram as this is the only way to contact him that I've been able to find (even his website points you to his Instagram). I'm not willing to give up quite yet, and the editor is serious about copyright issues, so before I throw in the towel and go with another image, if you have a suggestion about how I should proceed, please let me know. Thanks!
  2. I'm getting it for the Switch just to get the steelbook.
  3. Well, the hammer dropped on an INTV Dreadnaught Factor patch just a few days ago at $732 (10 bids among 7 bidders), which (if legit) just goes to show that all you need are some really determined buyers to get the price way up. Wow and yikes!
  4. My apologies for the super late delay in responding to your question. Dreadnaught Factor: I'm guessing around $150 (US), maybe a little less, maybe a bit more. They don't come up very often. As for INTV Stampede, this is perhaps the 2nd hardest patch to get - I don't think many folks realize this - and it likely will be extremely expensive. One hit $338 earlier this November, which was kind of a bargain. I'd put the value at $500, but of course it's worth what collectors are willing to pay, which is still quite a chunk for this patch.
  5. binge yer butt off...The Suicide Squad is a fun place to start
  6. 08 DEC 1997 Pretty sure I started using amazon.com that year, too (or maybe slightly earlier), but it has no record of any purchases until 1999.
  7. The main thing with plasma TVs was that they would lose about 50% of their brightness during their use. The cheaper ones had about 30,000 hours of use, and the upper ones about 60,000, before hitting that 50% loss threshold.
  8. Ah, the Atari Speakerhat. Yes, a few of us have the good ol' Blade Runner 2049 edition. Battery life is about 8 hours regular use on a full charge. LMK if you are curious about any of the other specs.
  9. I've been meaning to post this for awhile... No, I'm not joking about the crossover. The property holders do a lot of crossovers with a lot of variant covers. Here's the Atari homage:
  10. Well, if it's super glue, I would get a very thin but strong knife blade, find a corner of the disc to slightly pry up, and then slowly and carefully drip (maybe use an eyedropper) nail polish remover, as this dissolves super glue. I'd use gravity if possible to assist. Hopefully it will go very quickly then you can wipe up the remover and clean up any residue from the glue with a gentle swab of Goo Gone.
  11. My 1986 Bowling (picture label) in the grey box release does not have a dust cover in the cart.
  12. Not true. I'm pulling from the Oxford English Dictionary here:
  13. It's a First-Year Seminar (FYS) class, which means that the instructor presents a specific body of knowledge and then the students study it from an academic/research perspective, although this faculty also teaches with me in our Game & Interactive Media Design major. I'm actually leading an FYS this semester for the first time in a several years; it's all about zombies (history and representation in media (theater, radio serials, films, comic books, television, and video games), mostly 20th through 21st century, and oriented pre- and post-Romero).
  14. The rarity levels in the AA database are up for a lot of debate and in need of revision.
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