Reaperman

Finished refurb of odd twin-stick arcade controller today. Nope, still suck at crazy climber. 🙄
- Saturday at 08:40 PM
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1. Reaperman
  
  Robotron on MiSTer, and Geometry Wars on Steam did real well, though.
  
  Saturday at 08:40 PM
  
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Reaperman

The PiTrex came in today. That sure seems to add a lot of gaming to vectrex. Wow.
- April 2
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  Are they still selling that? Where? How much?
  
  April 3
  
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  https://www.ombertech.com/pitrex.php $54(aud) ~$35(usd), plus shipping from AUS and supplying SD+Pi Zero WH. Came pretty fast, I ordered the night of 3/21.
  
  April 3
  
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3. Jess Ragan
  
  Thanks for the heads up. I'll have to keep this in mind, if I ever get my system back.
  
  April 3
Reaperman

Saw Gary Numan a couple nights ago. Incredible show. No idea why he tours with Ministry, they were far less great.
- March 30
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2. GoldLeader
  
  I like both! (I've seen Ministry live)...
  
  I thought I responded to this, but I fell asleep last night while doing so haha!...
  
  Really like that Gary Numan song "My Name is Ruin", well and Cars and Down in the Park, and so many more...Lots of Classics!
  
  He's in Denver April 2nd...HMmmm
  
  March 30
  
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3. x=usr(1536)
  
  Down in the Park is excellent, and probably one of his most overlooked numbers.
  
  Girls Under Glass did a decent cover some years ago. It's a heavier version, but sets the atmosphere well:
  
  March 30
  
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4. GoldLeader
  
  I love the Foo Fighters' version of Down in the Park on that X-Files' soundtrack dealy...
  
  March 30
  
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Reaperman

Did the world forget what mini golf was? 'Regular golf' is not an appropriate theme for a mini golf course.
- March 23
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2. Reaperman
  
  This one's the worst I've seen:
  
  March 23
3. dudeguy
  
  @Reaperman yeah that's the sterilization of America/the world. Make everything boring and plain, dull. Try to appeal to everyone. you see this in architecture as well
  
  March 23
  
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4. Jess Ragan
  
  You were expecting to shoot a ball between the teeth of a clown?
  
  March 23
  
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Reaperman

Are ya winning, son?
- March 17
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Reaperman

IN STEREO
(Where Available)
- March 16
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Reaperman

Very long easy right...maybe.
- March 13
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1. GoldLeader
  
  That's what she said 😉🙃
  
  March 13
  
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Reaperman

Never leave HDDs in your laptops when you donate them to thrift shops. I like it when you do, but you don't like it when you do.
- March 10
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2. bent_pin
  
  Data from an unknown hard drive
  
  March 10
  
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3. thanatos
  
  I've never donated or thrown out a computer with a hard drive still in it.
  
  Then again, I've never donated or thrown out a computer, probably why my wife is so annoyed.
  
  March 10
  
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4. GoldLeader
  
  You wouldn't want stuff on yer computer to end up in the wrong hands...What about all your Porno For Pyros MP3s? Thought I was gonna say something else huh?
  
  March 10
  
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Reaperman

100gb left of data cap to make it 5 days. Then it resets and I can finally get the cue/bins for the duo jailbreak.
- March 2
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Reaperman

Dune2 was a neat movie, and now nobody'd better ever complain that David Lynch changed too much of the story.
- March 1
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2. Reaperman
  
  Alia doesn't kill the baron, or even get born--that's the big one. But generally if it 'can' happen out of order, the movie does. I assume they cut fenrings from the end last minute and should have cut them entirely, the one bit left in was odd.
  
  March 2
  
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3. thanatos
  
  Spoiler alert! Though I must admit I never read the books. Just a fan of the 1984 movie - but also the director's edition that adds a bit more
  
  March 2
  
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4. GoldLeader
  
  Still need to see the second one...I really liked the first one because it made sense. Much as I like David Lynch stuff in general, his version seemed to imply you were supposed to have read the book before viewing...But not unlike Star Trek The Motion Picture, I got a whopper of a nap in when I saw it in the theater.
  
  March 2
  
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Reaperman

New car has a hidden 5v source right up in the headliner next to where a dashcam would go--that's neighborly!
- February 29
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1. x=usr(1536)
  
  Recently had to do an emergency replacement of vehicles courtesy of a blown head gasket. The replacement has USB ports and 12V outlets everywhere. Given how many electronic devices I typically travel with for work, that is an absolute godsend; installing that infrastructure in the old one was not something I was looking forward to.
  
  February 29
  
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Reaperman

Reversed course on a plan to chain HDMI switches--was stupid. Ended up setting up 2 quick-change stations w/ storage on current switch instead.
- February 26
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1. Reaperman
  
  Now my only permanent HDMIs are PC, Scaler, and MiSTer. The Switch Evercade, Analogues, etc store in a desktop mail sorter when not in use. Less clutter.
  
  February 26
2. bent_pin
  
  Chained switchers is a PITA. I used to do them with harmony remotes, but the remote knew the settings, so it was just a single button to switch to any device.
  
  February 26
Reaperman

shantae advance preorders are open. The previous LRG order, I had a pirate rom from the internet MONTHS before my physical arrived...but fine here's some more money.
- February 24
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  wait, goddamn $75 for the standard release? This thing better come shipped by rocket, maybe it'll beat the pirate version this time.
  
  February 24
  
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Reaperman

Memcard pro 2 gave me my ps2's second slot back. No need for dedicated FMCB. Also fixes large-card game incompatibility.
- February 20
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Reaperman

120hz gaming is freaking easy-mode. Why haven't I tried this sooner?
- February 17
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  Caverns of Mars recharged, my PB fell on the very first 120hz game, and kept falling until I'm well into the top 100. If I pull the hdmi switch out, I should be able to get 1080p @240hz too.
  
  February 17
Reaperman

China doesn't seem to make a knockoff 2-way sanwa jlf restrictor. Circle, 4/8, octagonal, but no 2-way?
- February 15
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  I just had to spend like $10 on a real one. This one's for a hopeless a1up galaga/'88 countercade that clearanced for $50 a few years ago, and is just...bad.
  
  February 15
  
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Gaming in analog tonight--Heart of Ice adventure gamebook. Died in an elevator in northern Africa.
- February 13
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1. Reaperman
  
  Upon further playthrough, it appears to be unwise to cross the post-apocalyptic frozen Sahara on foot. Not many HP left after that..
  
  February 13
  
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Reaperman

With all this AI talk, the OTON console(s) aren't sounding as far fetched as they used to.
- February 11
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1. Reaperman
  
  OTON-guy's not getting us there, but I'm guessing somebody will. I'm really paying attention to this AI Dungeon Master work. Depending on its tolerance for random player shenanigans, that could be almost a procedural text/audio adventure already. It's not hard to imagine prompts going into the code free 'construction kits' after that
  
  February 11
Reaperman

Wow, Megatouch units are expensive and nowhere near as numerous as I'd think they would be.
- February 6
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  Every bar has (or had) one, but now they cost like a full arcade driving cab--including the freight on it.
  
  February 6
  
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2. thanatos
  
  Because they're all dying. My local bar still has one, it just got fixed again in the past month or so. The distributor told them next time it dies it's done for because there are no parts left.
  
  February 6
  
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Reaperman

Every few years when I go on a Dreamcast kick, I always wonder why I play anything that's not Dreamcast.
- January 29
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1. Clint Thompson
  
  I miss the Dreamcast games but I miss having friends that would come over to play them all with me more, as that's what made it one of the best gaming consoles of all time in my view. Those were the days... some 20 years ago now.... :: sigh ::
  
  January 29
  
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Reaperman

Finally went for a Gekko Dreamcast HDMI adapter--I'm an instant BeharBros convert.
- January 27
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1. GoldLeader
  
  I'll have to really check out my Dreamcast someday...I have one of those Pound HDLinks (Boo! I know, but it works)...I have a VGA converter and 2, count'em TVs with a VGA, maybe more actually (Yeaaaahhh Boyeee!), a RetroTINK 2X Pro (Yay!) and a RetroTINK 5X (WOOOHOOO!)
  
  January 27
  
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Reaperman

I get my 3d shutterglasses out about every 5yrs, and it seems nvidia removed support for them years ago. I'm not doing old drivers.
- January 21
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  I guess I'll need a ps3 or something to watch 3d movies or play the games. Brand new 3dTV too...
  
  January 21
  
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2. bent_pin
  
  I had a Samsung cell phone with a 3D camera that was pretty awesome. I still have it tucked away in a box somewhere. I always wanted a Nintendo 3DS.
  
  January 21
  
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Reaperman

Youtube: "Sure, we'll hide the shorts section for 30 days" ...😈
- January 20
1. Albert
  
  Yeah, I hate that as well.
  
  January 20
Reaperman

It stayed mostly dry, but hit 25 over night--New Orleans shuts down, and the news talks like it's the end times. ..I'm from WI.
- January 16
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2. Gamemoose
  
  Yeah, the homeland back up north it's been hovering between 0 and -3 today (I live between Green Bay and Milwaukee). 25 sounds like short sleeve weather right now.
  
  January 17
  
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3. GoldLeader
  
  We were -11 a couple of nights ago and today it was 25,...Felt pretty warm.
  
  January 17
  
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4. GoldLeader
  
  ^Comparatively I mean....Still not shorts and T-Shirt weather haha, though I saw one kid going into the grocery store wearing those! I think hat and jacket weather, gloves if ya want to stay warm, but not layers on layers
  
  January 17
Reaperman

The price on those prebuilt aliexpress gbs-c scalers got too low for me to ignore. I don't think I could make one for that.
- January 5
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1. GoldLeader
  
  Are they about $90 on there? I actually saw one on eBay for just under $60! Then again I'm pretty happy with my Retro Tink 2X Pro, and I plan on buying the 5X next.
  
  January 5
  
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2. Reaperman
  
  Yep, it looks like I payed $55, which seems great value. It's faster than my old framemeister and seems to have some different specialties. I'd held off on the tinks/osscs since I'm moving more toward FPGAs with HDMI over scalers, but for that price I couldn't resist. Some day I'd like one of those 4k tinks, but not for many years.
  
  January 5
  
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