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  1. Happy birthday CPUWIZ. Have a taco on the house

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    2. DZ-Jay

      DZ-Jay

      Happy birthday, I'd offer you a taco on the house, but I think you'd prefer them on the patio. ;)

    3. NE146

      NE146

      hey Happy Bee Day! :D

    4. save2600

      save2600

      Happy Birthday CPU!

  2. Remember when I said I had an announcement at the end of the year. Finished my two MATLAB programs. They exist and work (mostly)

    1. cybercylon

      cybercylon

      Now for a fun project. Taking an old HP to see if I can make an emulation rig... just because.

  3. That level of sickness you get were you have to call off, but you are too sick to play games. Ugh....

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    2. carlsson

      carlsson

      If you worked as a beta tester of new games, you probably would be happy to be home sick and not have to play games.

    3. DracIsBack
    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Hope ya get Better man!! I remember in Jr High getting sick enough to be off school for a week...But still too sick to go downstairs and play Atari (Still bummed about it haa)...

  4. I was listening to Bat out of Hell today, and realized that I was in grade school when it came out, but I was engaged to be married and in graduate school when the sequel came out.

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    2. cybercylon

      cybercylon

      "That" is in the lyrics. I think it refers to the last statement in the block of lyrics that come before, but I am not looking them up

    3. HoshiChiri

      HoshiChiri

      The majority of the song is innuendos preceding "I would do anything for love", with "But I won't do that" having no context- BUT! The one verse sung as a duet has "I won't do that" as the reply to her suggesting someday he'll get bored and leave her.

       

      Basic gist: "I love you, I'll do anything if you'll sleep with me right now, and I'll never leave you."

       

    4. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      I prefer to think "That" is left for the audience to decide. Each person's "That" is unique to him or herself.

       

      Like the Ironic Punishment Division. So, you like donuts, eh?

       

  5. All I have to say about the last two weeks... donkey balls (The Expanse reference)

  6. Ever get so tired of having telemarketers call your house that one day, you actually do pick up the phone and start ordering a pizza or my favorite..."Graveside Mortuary. How may I assist?"

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    2. chue

      chue

      I just send every unknown number to voicemail

    3. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      We use NOMOROBO on the land line (it's cheaper to keep it with our plan) and I use MrNumber in my mobile. I wish I had options like that on my work line, where I get solicitations all day long.

    4. SoundGammon

      SoundGammon

      I have an old Visa gift card that I give to the telemarketers and after I give them the numbers, they say it doesn't work and then I say: "Really? I just stole it yesterday!" Then they hang up.

  7. So what is this "Mad Box" console I heard about today. Scant details? Another one to add to the growing list? How long before the crowd funding starts?

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      виновный ... nutari vcs will have competition it seems ;)

    2. youxia

      youxia

      "Mad Box" sounds like a name The Onion would come up with. Or perhaps they would be more subtle.

  8. I am making an announcement that I will be announcing something soon. Stay tuned.

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I'm waiting for one that just says "Here's an announcement for ya...We Already have your money!"

    3. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      So, does this mean that "there will be nothing BUT good news moving forward"?

    4. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      Announcements, announcements, annoooouncements. A terrible death to die. A terrible death to die. A terrible death to be talked to death, a terrible death to die. Announcements, announcements, annoooouncements. (Scouts song)

  9. Aside from the VGA modded colecovision, which I am keeping for now, my pre-crash stuff is gone. And I feel relieved...

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    2. Jess Ragan

      Jess Ragan

      VGA modded ColecoVision? Dang, that sounds promising! Did it cost a lot of money?

    3. Keatah

      Keatah

      Beautiful! The pre-crash stuff being gone.. I'm all for stylish and modern minimalism. Or full-on Rustic. Never had good luck integrating vintage gaming stuff into those decor schemes in a usable & functional way.

    4. cybercylon

      cybercylon

      This was a second purge. A somewhat smaller one went to my son earlier in the fall. Probably another purge coming , but that will probably be sometime early next year.

  10. I have been cramming MatLab programming as there is a problem I need to get working on. It is nice to learn something new, but I am too old to be cramming like that. Now I have no energy for the problem!

  11. These days, I am trying to justify keeping a Retrofreak around, but my short lived fascination with these rom dumper consoles ended.

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    2. Keatah

      Keatah

      RomDumpers. Yeah about that..

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I had such high hopes for the RetroFreak, but when I got one it was broke :(

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      ^So I sent it back! But I just figured out how to run ROMs on the RetroN 5 so that's pretty cool!

  12. Ughhh! 5200 controllers. I just need you to work so I can sell my console. I would lose money buying parts from Best...

    1. save2600

      save2600

      This hobby certainly isn't always about making money! :-(

    2. cybercylon

      cybercylon

      I've been unloading my pre-crash stuff except for the colecovision (for now).

  13. For a school project, my daughter has to make her own country. The name... Rocinante :-)

    1. DZ-Jay

      DZ-Jay

      Ah, Don Quixote's "stallion."

    2. cybercylon

      cybercylon

      lol... while that is true, I have her hooked on The Expanse.

  14. My current status is the empty set.

    1. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      The "that Ataribox?" thread is the union of the universal set and the taco set. It's overlapping tacos, with everything else piled on top.

    2. BassGuitari

      BassGuitari

      Like tacos filled with smaller tacos, piled with tiny tacos?

  15. Confucius say "Don't feed the sock puppet".

  16. So you're game collector special blessed, You demand retro consoles look their very best. One more to collect from ebay that is special, but I'm telling you chum. Now get yourself ready for some boogers and ___.

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    2. CaptainBreakout
    3. HoshiChiri

      HoshiChiri

      No, BassGuitari- it's obviously gum. Kids trying to keep their bubblelicious for a world record & forgetting about it.

       

      ;)

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I just saw the Coleco in the thrift finds thread! Damn!! What'd they do, store their console in a pile of manure?

    1. Gabriel

      Gabriel

      I picked up the standard edition, and I already have all 7 of the original Jp releases.

    2. bradhig1

      bradhig1

      I want the Japan releases but they are expensive.

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Man! $61.49 for the LTD edition BluRay!! That's cool, but way too pricey!

  17. This status update is vaporware.

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    2. cybercylon

      cybercylon

      Dang, I forgot to make an announcement first...

    3. Trip2018

      Trip2018

      this is... a thing

    4. DZ-Jay

      DZ-Jay

      Is it time for tacos yet?

  18. WELCOME TO YOUR DOOM

    1. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      "WISE FWOM YOUW CWAVE!"

    2. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      Makes me want to beat up some programmer names!

  19. VALKYRIE IS ABOUT TO DIE.

  20. Finally after about 6-7 years of intending to do it, my first video. This is just a test though.

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    2. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      You're a Tuber now!

       

      I guess you need to gear up and read "The Sweet Setup" and spend $hundreds to sound better.

    3. cybercylon

      cybercylon

      Where else does one put these things? I actually set up my own domain years ago.. still own it. I think just about any dedicated microphone will do better than a crap one from a webcam....

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I gave a like...

  21. I give up on the 32x for now. Did all of the usual cleanings and musical chairs with adapters. Won't even play a 32X game consistently let alone a Megaeverdrive.

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    2. xucaen

      xucaen

      I had one where the cable jack had broken solder joints or something that caused games to suddenly restart in the middle of gameplay

    3. MrMaddog

      MrMaddog

      Add ons like that are always trouble cause they get loose connections. I had a hard time with the CV 2600 adapter which resulted in a black & white stuck screen half the time I used it...

    4. CaptainBreakout

      CaptainBreakout

      Oh 32x... Loving you is so difficult sometimes.

  22. USB microphone suggestions? I have professional and recreational reasons for asking. Don't want to spend a king's random and don't want crap.

    1. RockyRaccoon

      RockyRaccoon

      I bought one of these. It works good for what I need it for. I suggest buying a pop filter for it, but those are cheap. -

    2. Ransom

      Ransom

      We use a Blue Yeti at work for recording voiceovers on training videos and the like. Works good for a $130 mic.

  23. Is the 32X always so finicky, especially with everdrives. I've done the usual cleaning including the insides, but reliability is a crap shoot

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    2. cybercylon

      cybercylon

      It can be flakey with any kind of cart. Fine without the 32X, but of course no 32X games without it. I think getting a real power supply is the next step.

    3. Rick Dangerous

      Rick Dangerous

      Take it apart and clean the ribbon cables. Clean the Genesis, and 32x cart port and insert. Use mine with a Mega Everdrive all the time works flawlessly.

    4. cybercylon

      cybercylon

      Thanks travistouchdown. I had done those cleanings already. That got it from not working to sometimes working... it's current state.

  24. Sorting and pitching. Found one of my broken NES top loaders-sittng around for two years. Surprise Castlevania III inside!

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    2. StanJr

      StanJr

      That's a great surprise

    3. GoldLeader
    4. Joe C.

      Joe C.

      Those kind of surprises are the best.

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