davidcalgary29

One for me, please! POKEY, YM, cable -- purple.

Given LindaSoft’s penchant for pirating games, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if they pinched some code from WG. And take a look at Hypnotic Land: that playfield is pure Klax, and it looks like they just threw...something...on top of it instead of finishing up the game.

Maybe it's still in line for production and the OP didn't want to spoil any surprises.

That, my friend, is the apex of coolnessness. It makes me want to wear my sunglasses at night while driving a black car. Then again, I have another Mega sitting in a box, doing nothing. Maybe I should jazz that one up.

I was joking in my initial post, but then thought how awesome it would be if you included postcards from Bow Island and Elk Island National Park. And there really IS a physical edition? Awesome! Not joking: where the pics for your Noir Build? I SO want to do this to my Mega STe.

It seems to be a generational thing. I was annoyed last year at PRGE when twentysomethings kept asking me -- this ancient 47 year-old -- when I became a gamer, as if it was a legitimate profession or cherished part of my identity. I scoffed at first, and then realized that they were completely serious.

First order in for a boxed copy! Please tell me, at least that you're making "feelies" for sale to go with this. Also: please provide more pix for your Noir build. What!

I don't think that this is an outrageous opinion by any means. But I think focussing on "age" really hides the real problem here: the reproduction of WIP, demos, or actively-held IP in games with a current release without permission to do this. This is incredibly corrosive behaviour, as it runs the real risk of running developers off the scene -- and other scenes -- because they lose control over their work and don't get paid for what is out there. It's like flipping off someone who just gave you a nice gift, and the only thing you can do in return is just watch and take it. And then decide not to give anyone else any gifts, ever.

You won't be disappointed. It’s an amazing game.

Cool! Is there another run planned of the IDE kit?

No, it's a good question to ask, as I'm sure that there are others who are new to the system, and are unsure if they can play it in their countries, and who haven't read the FAQ. No judgment from me here.

I'm really much more interested in the explanation of how and why someone was hoarding a pallette of these "games" for over thirty-five years than I am in actually buying or playing them. It reminds me of the last scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark, but in a sad and depressing way.

Those are protos and/or unauthorized pirate runs, and probably shouldn't be advertised here. A good example is Ultimate Brain Games, which was supposed to be a Telegames release. Telegames is still an active company in the UK, and probably hasn't given the seller authorization to sell a proto. Gotta love his "dust covers", though! That's a good one.

I'd like to have seen how artifacting could have worked if it had used more creatively, as it was in Tower Toppler. That's certainly the nicest-looking artifacted game to my eyes (but only on the XL, of course).

Will you be selling the miniboxes as well? I need a companion for my shrunken Xenon II: Megablast boxes.

It'll certainly be interesting to see if the Evercade's stratagem of relying on cheap IP will pan out in the long run: they're like the K-Tel of retrogaming! I personally think that the Lynx titles are a wonderful idea -- and I wouldn't have bought the system at all without them -- but it's a niche market for a niche system. It's certainly somewhat strange that the Lynx, which was never all that popular, is getting all of this attention and interest now -- first with the all the new homebrews, and then Evercade, and then the Pocket Analogue. There certainly was little enough going on until Alpine Games was released.

The best arcade I've seen was at last year's PRGE. Awesome setup in the dark with the tecno/rave DJ, and there was little competition for the vector machines. I'm certainly going to put in some time on Tempest and Asteroids Deluxe if they have it again in 2021, although I'm still kicking myself for not trying out the head-to-head Joust pinball machine.

Please tell me that a boxed package (cartridge!) is in the works for this.

The Pocket Analogue was announced earlier this year -- the pre-sale sold out in minutes. Two considerations: it's not yet on sale to the general public, and some have questioned if the planned Lynx cartridge attachment/adapter will either work and/or be available next year. And not me! I'm just the messenger here. One more point: the total cost of the Pocket Analogue, with Lynx adapter and docking station, won't be that much less than a McWill'd unit with VGA output.

Yes indeed. I placed an order a month ago (although he now seems to have a three-item limit), and, as always, he came through very nicely. He does have a new e-mail -- look for the "Best Electronics 2" address. I believe that it's listed on the website.

Russ, I'm late to the conversation here. Was the IDE kit for an internal HD?

Well we all did the TV thing first, right? My first "monitor" was a portable black and white 13" panasonic until I blew my savings on a 1702. I wonder how many home computers, aside from the obvious picks like the TRS80 III, the Macintosh, and the luggables, actually required a proprietary monitor? The Compucolor II, perhaps?

Zzip was asking for or musing about successful peripherals, though.

It was certainly apparent to me, after both my Microsoft consoles failed within three years of purchase, that any future models should be named the Ybox.

What about monitors? The 1702 was the ultimate peripheral for my 800 in 1984.