SlowCoder

Both of these are older models, I believe. 2005/2006, so I doubt warranty would be in play here. Looks like they're also non HDMI, not surprisingly.

A name I haven't seen here in a little while. Welcome back!

Well, I picked them up today. $10 for 2, with a single controller, and a single power supply. Won't complain. Except ... Dang it ... I neglected to make sure I have a video cable. Dang it! guess I'll have to try to pick one up somewhere.

What about Bagman, Sinistar, Pole Position, Congo Bongo, and Tapper (tap her)? Well, in that case "Mr. Do!, Dragon's Lair (lay her), Pac-Man (that one's just wrong), Time Pilot (pie a lot)? What do I win? My imagination can stretch, too.

Bling! Damn. I only have $1,199,999 in my wallet! Damn ... damn damn!

He's selling these 2 to me for $5 each, nonworking. I won't complain much if I can't get something working. Sure they do! As long as you drop them at the loading dock and don't plan to get your money back!

You are correct that we all see things differently. I'm not a completist or a CIB collector. I collect to play, and because I enjoy refurbishing. I've managed to get my CX-10s, almost on accident, simply by buying random 2600 consoles (with games) on eBay for near the price you're asking for a single joystick. I guess I just got lucky. I'm not trying to insult you. But you did put your auction up for us to see. You should expect feedback, positive or negative, and hopefully use the feedback to tailor your sales. Oh, and just so we're on the same page ... Your pricing isn't unfair at all, especially if you get a bite.

Yes, I agree. they feel very solid compared to the CX40s. My only complaint is the directional throw.

I don't think they're THAT rare. In fact, I don't think they're worth more than maybe $10 on a rich day, unless they have their hex discs. It's when they have their hex discs that people will begin killing each other over them.

Just because you may not be into paddles, doesn't mean they don't work for some people.

The Harmony cart is perfectly legal. It doesn't come with any legally grey-area roms. It's entirely up to the buyer how they intend to use the cart, whether to play games, or as a development tool.

Though I don't intentionally collect CIB, I'll add this: Some of these guys have really creative skills. I appreciate the hard work that goes into keeping the hobby moving forward! Thank you!

LOL! You could probably heat-gun or blow-dry the sticker and realign it yourself.

Good response from atarilovesyou. Except for the part about wet pants. I think that depends on whether or not you unzipped first, and how good the contenders aims are.

Yeah, I wouldn't expect them to try to resell them for much either. If I had the proper tools, which it really sounds like I don't, then I wouldn't charge them much to fix them. They've been good to me.

http://bfg-gamepassi...ode-source.html The source code of my little Christmas game ... Much thanks! I'll review it in a little while! ... and translate from French to English!

Problems: I've downloaded his toolkit and installed per the instructions. When I attempt to compile the test\main.c, per the instructions in his video, I don't get an output file. Only c.bat and main.rel are created in the test folder. There are no errors. My PC configuration: Ubuntu 11.04. I am running the toolkit under WINE, rather than native Windows, though I don't know that it should make any difference. I downloaded SDCC 3.1. Thoughts? EDIT: Cancel this last question. I also needed to hit Link, which created the actual result.rom file. I now have my dev environment set up, and it's time to play!

I understand what you're saying, which leads me to ... ... which I agree with.

For which game? I did Centipede in Flash and Adobe Air. It was a few years ago. 3-4 maybe. I'm pretty sure it was Centipede.

I've asked this question, because I think it's high time something is available. Many of us have queried in the past about how to best record their game and console collections. What purposes would this serve? - People would have a central location to manage their personal collections information, public or private. - Would be web based, so accessible from your PC, laptop, tablet or phone, at home or at the yard sales. - Not that I'm picking on the "2600 Heavy and Light" lists, as much work as the maintainers of those list work (which I appreciate), I think it is haphazard at best in a forum, and can put a lot of work on a single person. When that person decides they don't want to continue, the list may, or may not, be passed to the next person, if anyone is even interested. I have coding skills that extend to web design and database management. Here is my thought: 1. Start off with a game console list, the consoles will have much information, such as pictures, manufacture dates, model types, etc. This would be a static list for the time being, just to get the actual games libraries rolling, though eventually people would be allowed to post information and pictures of their own consoles. 2. Once a simple database of consoles is available, we can move on to building a database of game libraries for each console. This would require the assistance of people from this board to compile the appropriate data. I'm sure this would be easy to accomplish, as many of you probably already have the data. Would include the same type of information as the consoles. Much like the Atari database we have here. 3. Build a user account database. Allows people to log in and manage their accounts and personal games lists. Shouldn't be difficult to create an import function for people to easily upload their entire collection data via CSV, or maybe Excel documents. Users could post everything about the games they have ... revisions, condition, where they got them, etc. People's collections could be public or private, allowing them to share (or not to) them with other users. They could even have a "circle of friends". 4. In the same way the games DB can be done, users can also upload their consoles with pictures. 5. While I wouldn't be interested in seeing creating a social site, perhaps a limited wallboard or something could be cool. People just leaving notes about this or that. As was previously mentioned by Hatta, I would definitely want to allow people to export their data. I feel this is very important. Yes, this is something that is well within my capabilities. It's just time that is somewhat limited, so I'd be working on it here and there. I am working on configuring a personal web server for development of various things, but I'm not sure if I'd want to permanently house the site once it's up and really running. And I'm not particularly interested in paying a hosting site, either. I know some of you have sites of your own, so maybe we can talk? Anyway, let me know what you think.

Of course this is all speculation at this point, but here's my thinking ... For every console I attempt to fix, assuming no actual parts need to be replaced, my expense would be ~$10 for solder, thermal paste and electricity, then my time on top of that. I've never fixed a 360 RROD, so I don't know how much time would be needed. I'd say a minimum of $20 for a successfully repaired console, that's being very generous on my part. If they sold a working XBox 360 for $50, they'd still make $30 in profit. I typically pay $25-$30 for a retro console from them with a bunch of games. Therefore, I'd be very happy to say I'd take a retro console package for each XBox I fixed, rather than cash.

So my Goodwill friend called me today. Usually, when he calls its because he has retro consoles for me. This time, however, he has 2 XBOX 360s with the red ring of death. He wants to strike some sort of deal with me to fix them, so they can be resold at the store. We haven't gotten into specifics yet. I'm very familiar with repairing computers, so electronics are no problem. But I'd like to know if it's worth the time, effort or outlay to try to fix them? It know it would cost a little to get the stuff needed to fix them, if they can be fixed at all. I'm concerned that to ROI for me would be minimal.

Now I know your real name ... Peppi Pickleroni.

I remember my kid getting on with Centipede on it and asking me to install it. I trust freebie software about as far as I can throw the disc, so I looked at the disc and found it installs a trimmed version of DOSBox, an emulator, and the game, I believe. I installed a vanilla DOSBox, and the rest of the software manually.