Reaperman

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.

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.

I love overhead racers. One that comes to mind is Super Off Road for the SNES. love the simple, single-screen design

Awesome!

Sweet!

I have a 1996 Toyota Tacoma...27 years old, ... Still pretty much a daily driver

@Reaperman WOW! What a sweet ride you purchased Reaper. Congratulations on your new vehicle bro. Hope it will give you many years of enjoyment. 

correct

100%. It feels like there were a lot more actually mature games in the 80s, particularly all the SSI war games (Battle of Antietem, etc), flight sims from different eras, Submarine sims, etc.

Those are Too Mature!  (I'm not an old guy in a deli complaining about soup).  I want some more kid games like Grand Theft Auto.

Fast-forward to yesterday. Bought Mass Effect Legendary Edition for $5.99, and it's a lot of game for that. But it's a 110gb download(!!), and I don't want to play for 10 min and quit out again. Is it chest high walls and cutscenes?

You're missing out then as it's got excellent gameplay and story.   In my opinion, the best in the trilogy.   But, yes, if you're not interested in a cover based 3rd person shooter then it's definitely not the game for you as that's the core of the combat gameplay.   It's more linear map-wise without the branching maps than the original but the tradeoff is much better graphics (at least on the original xbox 360 hardware).   Obviously 15 years later, the hardware isn't a rate limiting factor.

Have you checked the tracking lately?  Any progress?

yeah not even to UPS today. I guess I'll wait until sometime late next week before inquiring, but it's not like Analogue is going to have spares, so I probably get to wait for the feb batch

Good luck on it!

Logically, if I live to an average age, ~half the people I knew BITD should turn up dead before I do, adjusting that average up a bit for medical advances. But I run in circles that skew a bit older, probably including this circle, so the numbers have been higher. 

Having access to public address records is a double edged sword. On one hand, it makes it easier to look up if people have moved or kicked the bucket before sending out a letter, on the other hand it gives criminals the same tools to plan their activities. I know Sweden is extreme when it comes to giving out personal information for free - I once identified a person online only based on their city of residence and the name of their dog - but as long as the information is used peacefully it lets me sort my personal address book before sending something.

@bent_pin As a fan of M*A*S*H, you brightened up my day. @Reaperman I'll try to find some videos on dry cleaning with household ingredients.

Here's one video I think you would like:

I'm glad that I was able to be of service to you.

@SlidellMan oh I'm mixing up a tub of that next time I walk past the oxyclean&borax

It's time to Rush like it's 2049!

How does a hall-effect sensor help?

Hall effect sticks shouldn't ever drift like modern controllers do, so they'll last more than a few years without needing a huge deadzone. original DC sticks used that tech, same with several other sticks of the era, but to my knowledge the retro fighter wireless is the first modern DC controller which features it. 

Because Darth Jar Jar told him to.

Spell it!

H, I,

J, K,

L, M,

N, O,

P!

That's how you spell it!

Oooh!  I wanna be William Conrad!

At least you have a new lamp!  I tried to buy one for mine, an Epson from Back in the day,  and the one they sell doesn't fit!  They tell me that's the new replacement part and I had to send it back! 

I've had decent luck buying the 'without housing' lamps and modifying old ones...wait no... don't do that, you'll eventually strip out the head on the screw. Then have to break it off and use a bottle cap to hold in the next one. 🤣

also when I fall off the track--that's all city down there. I must be killing people...

I think you answered your own question.

They buy tickets so they're assured a flying car won't fall on their house while they're at home.

Not to mention the 11 hours of absolute misery starting at 0500 this morning. I set my personal best for Rip-it consumption at 8 cans in one day. technically half a day.

the Mrs. is still going:

Cat's don't take fall damage unless they hit something on the way down. Really doesn't matter what height. 

My oldest buddy got into a pan that I left uncovered and too hot and burned his little paw. Vet said keep it cleaned daily and smell it twice a day to make sure that it doesn't smell bad. Important to check if little dude's not better in a day or two.

Hope all is well.

Likely source of injury located: Giant green fly taunting cats. Came out for dinner, but it has been eliminated after a 25 minute battle, and all cats seemed pleased. 

I love Extreme-G, and I'm glad that Acclaim had several hits on the N64. Too bad that they got lazy when they started developing for the Dreamcast and PS2. (With Extreme-G 3, XGRA, and Turok Evolution being the exceptions.)

My last N64 memory was playing Super Mario 64 on an emulator on my laptop while waiting to board a flight. I heard a little gasp behind me and turned to see a 5-year-old watching me play with stars in his eyes.

His father apologized and started to pull him away.

I told him that it was ok and that he could watch while we waited.

The dad said he'd probably try to bug me to watch during the flight which would board in 15 minutes. 

I told the dad that it was ok, because I wasn't getting on their flight, rather I was an hour early for the next flight to board from that gate. So, I entertained the kid for about 15-20 minutes.

Good times.

And Analogue is working on an FPGA N64!  Personally,  I think I'm good with just the one I already have,   though if any system could be improved for better output, maybe that'd be the one.

This guy and I could have been friends too.  I especially like the Miler lights, all the games and the tools.  Not so much into ladies dresses though, unless they're on my bedroom floor!  Giggity, giggity! 🤣

Btw, is that a Beatles turntable?  I think that symbol is on their number one compilation albums.

Also that Weber grill, I have the exact same one!  It's almost 20 years old, but they can last forever.

Kinda seems like the movie Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang might have had something similar,  but it's been too long...And there's an episode of Archer...Wolf of Wall Street,  Sin City maybe? ...Without waking up and thinking,  it could be damn near anything hahaha...

Turns out it really started coming together with an episode of robot chicken, and ep1 of my name is earl. It'd have been perfect for countless 80's comedies, though. The ones where the poor kids' ______ is being pressured by the rich kids one, who wants to buy them out. So they then engage in a thematic competition to see who gets to stay open.

The more I think about it, the further back it goes. Vergil wrote the Aeneid this way. This style was used by many to preserve history in song, again to capture interest with the shocking conclusion, and leading off what often turned out to be an epic.

RGB is crisp, genesis controllers let me get pretty crazy there. It's also my first experience with savekey and yamaha 7800 sound.

I keep trying to put together a little briefcase with a variety of little micro-systems on a kvm.

I remember ordering the first one. It took like 4 or 5 months to get it. I darn near forgot that I ordered it by the time it arrived. 

I have a beat up aluminum case that I'd like to use with a 10-12 inch screen and a 2600 with an encore.

Maybe also be good time to remove the 'water miser' from your shower head. And your lawn could really use a good watering.

Up here in St. Louis doing all I can!  I'll have my wife water her dead tomato plants.  

I used to be in Appalachia along the eastern-most edge of the Mississippi's tributary system, but now I'm in Virginia's tidewater region. As the name implies, it sheds water to the ocean. Wish I could help, I love Nawlins.