STICH666

What do you think of the Coleco Gemini.

Theres a huge "The Exchange" in Squirrel Hill.

I just want it or the S-Video output.

NAO! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

I mean if anybody could link me to where I can get a "Mini Din female to 8-pin Din male" then I would appreciate that.

Yes but I wanted to get this controller specifically. https://www.risingstuff.com/store/engine-co...ter-p-2585.html

topic.

This is what I'm talking about. http://www.segagagadomain.com/hardware-mega/xmd-3.htm There's just nothing on ebay.

Ok we both apologized. It looks like so long as I don't fail high school, I'm set.

There's always this classic pic.

Home Improvement. The episode where the middle son (forgot his name) thinks he has cancer. He goes to an arcade and you see a NeoGeo 4 cart cabinet, Virtua Fighter and Virtua Racing.

Same. I need them but mainly because I have to have my Colecovision plugged in somewhere...

I loved science. I got straight A's in science. I was one of about 50 kids in the state that got 100% on the Chemistry Regents. I also loved history....until I had to deal with American History where my teacher was obsessed about Bush. Bush this, Bush that. If I'd have known better, he was Michael Moore in disguise.

Frogger on the 2600 is excellent. The graphics are great the sound is great and the controls are incredibly accurate.

lol!! thats cold bro Actually I'd rather have it go into the hands of a collector than one of those crazy old ladies who smell like cat piss that garbage pic TVs in a 97' Chrysler Minivan.

Thank you. I just really needed to hear about it from you guys.

You're on a board that caters to folks who bought and played the Atari 2600 most of them when it was released back in the 70's. I'd say you need to buckle down and study if you did the math and came to the conclusion we're not too much older than you. I was just thinking a couple days ago i wish I had applied myself better in school. I was like you when I was a kid. Just didn't care. Best hope you get motivated STICH666 if not you'll be sitting around regretting it the rest of your life. A couple/few years of hard work can mean the difference between going out and having ample cash to buy any thing (games, food whatever) you want and going out a scraping money together to pay for groceries. It's a tough world. You best get off your ass and learn how to deal with it. BTW : Nice game room. Won't help you pay the rent though. Well as a generation we are closer in mindsets. We all grew up playing games and still do. Well thanks for the advice. I will take it. I needed to hear it from people who were in my situation. I know my dad has experience but he is one of 5 kids, never had any interests in electronics and he never had problems with school. And my mom? Forget it. She was one of 6 kids and was in the army at my age. I am an only child, struggling through school yet I am a quick learner with a 120 IQ (above average). We had completely different upbringings.

Yeah I definitely will graduate. You can't get anywhere without at least a GED. Anyway the only hings my parent's bought were my 360 and my PC. All of this here is mine and I have the receipts to prove it.

Good gravy, son. Junior or Senior? What's your plan when you graduate? School isn't supposed to be fun. School is only fun for a select few people who get off on studying and good grades. I call them Debbies. You might call them "Mark"s or "Alan"s or something like that...(insert the name of the person you know who studies like its their job). Don't do it because you like it. If you like it, theres a good chance you're a total tool box. Do it because it pays off eventually. Even better: Do it because video games cost money. Pizza hut doesn't pay Neo Geo dollars. Pizza hut pays....uhmm...erhmm...deeply discounted Hyperscan dollars. Maybe Sega Genesis dollars. Only sports games, though. Senior. It's really that I just don't care anymore. I just want to take an electronics course at my local community college but I need to get out of high school first. The freaking cheap ass board of Ed decided it was a great idea to take out Automotive, Drivers Ed and Eelctronics in place of Woodshop and German. Why the hell would someone need to learn German? If anything take Spanish. Hell I took Italian and that's close enough to get me by at my job at Wendy's. Electronics course? And from there....? Anything? Keep in mind, you can't really do much with electronics courses. Yeah, maybe you'll wire up some knick knacks and doo dads...but to do anything cool...you'd probably want to major in computer science/engineering in a full on undergraduate program.... Once again. You don't need anything you learned in high school. In fact, I don't need anything I learned as an undergrad either. It's not there to be fun. You have to do it anyway, though. Hmm it seems I'm getting more informative answers here than from my parents. That's probably because you guys aren't too much older than me and my parents didn't go to college. My dad joined the family business (Artie's Taxi for those on Long Island) and my mom joined the military and luckily got honorary discharge before the Gulf War. Anyway is there anyway I can take the science/engineering course without having to deal with English, History and all the other bullshit classes that have nothing to do with what I want to do? P.S. sorry if this topic went a little outside the lines of the board's title.

Throwing your "shit" out will not do anything but now that he has said he will....he just might if you don't follow through. Your Dad just wants you to succeed, really what else does he have to gain from you doing well in school. Do you think parents get satisfaction out of arguing with you, no they do not, he cares about your future. It seems stupid now but trust me, he is right. He is threatening to throw your stuff away because he does not know what else he can say or do to get you to listen. It is hard to get teenagers to listen. They do not understand that the next 40 years or so of your life can really suck if you hate your job. You will see and you will wish you listened I understand where he's coming from. It's just really hard to get myself motivated at this point. I can't wake up early enough and i can't get to bed early at night. I know I need to buckle down and get my ass going but I just can't. I'm at a mental block.

Good gravy, son. Junior or Senior? What's your plan when you graduate? School isn't supposed to be fun. School is only fun for a select few people who get off on studying and good grades. I call them Debbies. You might call them "Mark"s or "Alan"s or something like that...(insert the name of the person you know who studies like its their job). Don't do it because you like it. If you like it, theres a good chance you're a total tool box. Do it because it pays off eventually. Even better: Do it because video games cost money. Pizza hut doesn't pay Neo Geo dollars. Pizza hut pays....uhmm...erhmm...deeply discounted Hyperscan dollars. Maybe Sega Genesis dollars. Only sports games, though. Senior. It's really that I just don't care anymore. I just want to take an electronics course at my local community college but I need to get out of high school first. The freaking cheap ass board of Ed decided it was a great idea to take out Automotive, Drivers Ed and Eelctronics in place of Woodshop and German. Why the hell would someone need to learn German? If anything take Spanish. Hell I took Italian and that's close enough to get me by at my job at Wendy's.

Now was it necessary to be a douche? I'm not proud of the argument. I just wanted to make this topic as to tell my story and if necessary, update my current position.

That's pretty funny that you assumed HE would find a place and pay to store your stuff. That response alone would have cost you a console at our house. How bad are the grades? Since you stated that he "finally" threatened to take the games away it sounds like your grades have been poor for awhile. You're the one talking about going to college. He just wants to help you reach your potential. D D D F B C D

Yes he is right but throwing my shit out wouldn't do anything. I just have no interest at all in most of my classes. I'm learning nothing new in History. The books in English bore the hell out of me. And research papers are a pain in the ass.