[Atari VCS Ad (December 1980)]

Ok, someone needs to make a hack of Space Invaders with the shapes of the enemy ships used in that screenshot.

[Atari VCS Ad (January 1979)]

... I want to go back soooooo bad...

[reboot delayed]

That's so cool!!! I kind of wish that I had played Bosconian 'back in the day' now so I could appreciate this more...

 

@iesposta: Thank You! ...but "Was"? I'm not dead (yet)

I can't wait to get back to 7800 programming.

[Tempest 2017 - value of an unfinished project]

Hey! Thats 'Classified' information

 

Good luck with your Tempest cab - c'mon, you can finish it!

[Nintendo Switch still sold out everywhere!]

They can't say that they had no idea... again... and again... They're morons if that is the case. This is definitely purposely done.

[If You're Going to Go, Valentine's Day Is Better Than Christmas]

My condolences also... I'm so sorry for your loss, RT.

[Thought I Was Going to Bleed to Death While Getting Ready to See My Mom]

My God - Thoughts and prayers for you, man. Thoughts and prayers.

[Weeks to Live Instead of Months]

Holy crap, man - my heart goes out to you. Thoughts and prayers sending out to you and your family, especially your mother.

[Revenge of the Homebreviews]

Uh oh - I'm nervous... I see 12 of my games in there, plus one that I did the sound on... Do you take bribes?

[My Mom Is Probably Going to Die Within the Next 12 Months]

Holy Crap, RT - I am so sorry, man. (and you too, jaybird3rd)

 

I don't know what to say other than what's already been said - but my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

[Do you know anybody who has brain lesions?]

Don't know anything about brain lesions, but I just wanted to say that I hope she gets better quickly.

Bob

[My next hardware project]

Thanks, guys!

The cool thing is that it doubles as a bank. I only play it when I have quarters.

 

BTW, the six boards in it are:

- Pac-Man

- Ms. Pac-Man

- Pac-Man Plus

- Ms. Pac-Man Plus (not the one that was out there originally; this hack burned to 2532 eproms )

- Hangly-Man (Popeye version)

- Jr. Pac-Man

 

There's a rotary switch just inside the coin door that allows me to select which board is active.

[CX2603 : Star Ship]

You're making Haiku, aren't you?

[My next hardware project]

...and we're done!

 

Let me tell you, John (from Boulder Arcade Cabinets) could not have been more helpful and pleasant to work with. He special-cut the LCD mounting bracket for me as well as the plug hole.

 

Pictures added above. Also, I plan on doing a quick YouTube video showing it.

[My next hardware project]

Thanks guys

 

The odd thing, is that I have to jumper the horizontal and vertical sync on the video converter board, otherwise the picture jumped around from side to side.

 

Can't wait to get my cab!! I'll post when I get it. Happy New Year!

[Home 3-D Printers aren't ready for prime time just yet.]

Yeah, I know about the hype thing, I've been involved in tech for almost 35 years now. I just thought (for some reason) we were past that part with this. 3D printing has been out for a few years now. I guess it's because I've seen the results of the 'professional' printers and applied that to the 'home' versions (silly me - I should know better). :-/

 

Anyway, I hope things progress quickly, as I love the idea of printing my own parts for things.

 

Thanks guys!

 

BTW, the printer is on it's way back. I go the return authorization from Amazon.

[Giant Space Creature May Be Heading for Earth]

LMAO at Angry Space Nipples and Demonic Parrot Head. You sir, are seriously deranged I love it.

[Personality Test: INTP-T]

This was me:

 

YOUR PERSONALITY TYPE IS:

DEFENDER (ISFJ-T)

MIND

This trait determines how we interact with our environment.

28%EXTRAVERTED 72%INTROVERTED

ENERGY

This trait shows where we direct our mental energy.

41% INTUITIVE 59%OBSERVANT

NATURE

This trait determines how we make decisions and cope with emotions.

29%THINKING 71%FEELING

TACTICS

This trait reflects our approach to work, planning and decision-making.

59%JUDGING 41%PROSPECTING

IDENTITY

This trait underpins all others, showing how confident we are in our abilities and decisions.

13%ASSERTIVE 87%TURBULENT

... oddly enough, 'Defender' was the game I was recently working on

[The Peanuts Movie - Spoiler-free movie review]

I watched it too last weekend, and I liked that all of the familiar Peanuts 'topics' were brought in.

 

Also very impressed with the animation. I remember telling someone at work that it was done very tastefully, with it being drawn the same way as the comics, but brought out in 3-D. This is definitely a Blu Ray purchase once it comes out.

 

Thank you for your insight, as well as your review.

[I'm sick of being sick]

Feel better, man

[Christmas time again.]

That's funny; I was feeling the exact same thing.

[I just don't understand........]

Just got back from Long Island and the funeral.

 

This was an extremely difficult weekend. I can't believe that the person I grew up with is no longer here. I was one of the Pall Bearers, along with Gordon (another friend of ours), Jim (another friend of Don's), and Brandon (his 15 year old son).

[I just don't understand........]

Thanks guys - I really appreciate the thoughts and comments.

 

His funeral is next Saturday, so I'm going up to LI on Friday and coming back on Monday.

 

Again, thank you - you all are like a second family here.

Bob

[I just don't understand........]

Thanks, guys.

 

Here's the update:

A few days ago, his sister texted me that he was back in the hospital. The nurses there said he wasn't coming home and he was dying. I was making plans to go up next Wednesday.

This morning I texted her to see how he was. She said he was awake but they had to medicate him because he was very anxious, and he was sleeping. She said it would be a good idea if I come up soon. I decided to change my flight to go up tomorrow (Friday).

 

While I was waiting outside my supervisor's office to update her, I got the text from his sister that he was gone. It hit me like a ton of bricks. They said I was actually shaking when I went into her office. I then went home to make the arrangements, and Donald's sister called me and we both cried. She told me to wait to come up until the funeral arrangements were complete. So I canceled my flights and I'm waiting to hear back from her.

 

I feel like there's a hole now...

 

-Life seems to be a repeat of watching the people you love die, until it's finally your turn.

[I found and old letter that I wrote to Imagic when I was 12]

 

Maybe you can make that Atari 2600 game with batari Basic and simulate what the 12 year old you would have done with such a cool tool if a time traveler went back and gave you a modern PC with the latest versions of bB and VbB.

lol - awesome, that may not be a bad Idea after I finish ironing out all of the game mechanics...

 

You should get a 7800 too