retrorussell
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Gotta love trimming big limbs off of trees-- face/hair full of sawdust, dirt and bugs. Plus scratches all over my arms/legs. Whee!
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Some jackass is posting on all my YouTube videos what appears to be simply the release date for the games in my videos (for example, 5/7/1983) and nothing else. Through, like, 3 or 4 different accounts. What the hell?!
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Heh.. only 600 more episodes of Press Your Luck (1983-86) for my Episode Guide.. (nervous laugh)
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I wish a .gif file could be pronounced "giff". JIF is peanut butter!
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I pronounce it "giff" because (as already mentioned) it stands for Graphics Interchange Format. I'd never heard it differently until my habits had already been permanently set.
To really annoy people, you can pronounce it "gifffffffff" and really drag that f out.
Or, start calling another file fomat "j-pej".
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Slaving away at my Press Your Luck episode guide. Fitting, what with the new series premiering this week!
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A look at the Sega Genesis GAME GENIE: Plugs into the Genesis a little less weirdly than the NES setup. Codebook: Extra codebook: -
One of my favorite codes I made for any system was for ART OF FIGHTING for the Genesis. I can't remember the code-- I swear I have it written down somewhere-- but if you managed to throw your opponent, the fight was basically over. A thrown opponent floated in midair and did nothing but sit in their stance. You could go up and pummel them (or their legs, anyway) to your heart's content! More GG codes I invented: For DJ Boy on the Genesis, SHFA-MAWA made it so you didn't have to collect dropped coins from enemies-- they would automatically be added to your total! DWMT-JADR gave you an insanely long life bar, and HHFA-MAWY gave you $960 for each coin. One code I made for Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (great game BTW) that tweaked Mickey's jumping ability, made it so Mickey would defy gravity until you let go of the jump button or hit your head on a ceiling! HCRA-BAXO for Sonic The Hedgehog gave you an insane amount of rings on a single ring pickup!
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Here's the NES booklet: And additional code booklets: But I can't find actual scans of the part that tells you how to make your own codes, as of yet. So I'll just go into what I've read on the NES Game Genie subject: There are 2 groups of letters: A P Z L G I T Y E O X U K S V N Binary representation for each: A=0000, P=0001, Z=0010, L=0011, G=0100, I=0101, T=0110, Y=0111 E=1000, O=1001, X=1010, U=1011, K=1100, S=1101, V=1110, N=1111 You can change an existing 8-digit code to a 6-digit code by getting rid of the last 2 numbers of the 8-digit code. Like: GXVAAASA becomes GXVAAA. You may be able to enhance the code by changing the 3rd letter. If the third letter is "E", change it to "A". If the third letter is "K", change it to "G". If the third letter is "O", change it to "P". If the third letter is "X", change it to "Z". If the third letter is "U", change it to "L". If the third letter is "S", change it to "I". If the third letter is "V", change it to "T". If the third letter is "N", change it to "Y". That's a start, at least. I could go into much greater detail (and I probably will, or someone else is welcome to) but it's more than I want to think about for now.
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Hey folks! I don't know if we ever really had an official thread for the GAME GENIE, created by Galoob (1990) for multiple game systems (NES, GENESIS, SUPER NES, GAME BOY, etc.).. but we do now! This interesting little device I first played on the NES. Weird looking thing; I thought it kind of resembled a thong. Then you plugged the NES cartridge in the Game Genie like so: And you plugged the end by the words GAME GENIE into the NES like this: And this screen would pop up when you turned on the NES: With the NES Game Genie you could enter 3 codes with one game, up to 8 letters per code. Most codes were either 6 or 8 letters IIRC. On this screen you moved the hand icon around to move between the letters, and press the button to select that letter and add it to the line. Some games required a "Master Code" in order to make any codes work for that game (thus leaving you only two useful codes to input). You were able to substitute letters with certain other ones that would change a value somewhere in the game. Sometime later I'll find the NES book and put down the rules on code-making on the Game Genie.. or someone else can do that. Of course, this is just the NES tip of the iceberg.. all the other systems that had a Game Genie device are fair game here, too!
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If anyone plays the vector game WARRIOR on MAME, how do you get the controls to work properly? I can't make the knight swing his sword fast at all.
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Man, Brightburn was a good flick! I hope there is a sequel.
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BLANDIA ZING ZING ZIP SUNDANCE all arcade
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My first lasagna from scratch was a rousing success! Used 2 1/2 lbs of beef, nearly 2 lbs. each of shredded ched and mozz, 2 jars of sauce and a f***ton of spices. Absurdly good!
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ARABIAN FIGHT TANK BUSTERS BALLOON BOMBER all arcade
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The big tree in my yard fell over yesterday and completely missed my house, fence and telephone wires! LUCKY! Spent much of today sawing/chopping it up. Anyone need firewood?
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That happened to us one December- got the power lines, but missed the house by inches and fell in-between the cars in the driveway. Power company fixed the lines within a few hours. Found a strange lady poking around our yard a couple hours later- when I went out, she popped up holding a pair of clippers and asked if she could get some greenery for Christmas wreaths. Told her sure, go nuts.
Glad you made it out unscathed!
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How annoying.. YouTube needs to bring back a way to upload an intro to your videos, that you can make the intro to ALL your uploaded videos.
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Yay Blazers!
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Galaxian gets a gastrointestinal twist..
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SUB-ROC 3D XX: MISSION PRETTY SOLDIER SAILOR MOON all arcade
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My new personal best off the arcade machine, played at GROUND KONTROL in Portland OR: 334,780. Round 34. Got a lot of the pineapples. This beat my old high score by just over 100K!
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Cool! New personal best high scores today on Dig Dug, Burgertime and Pac-Man (original arcade cabinets) today!
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Another Rob Zombie movie forthcoming about the Firefly family (House of 1,000 Corpses, Devil's Rejects).. Uh.. thanks?
Nice Bay Area battle coming up
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