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    Happy New Year... XM shipping this month

    in Atari 7800

    Posted

     

    RETAIL BOXES:

     

    One thing I'm going to do is the XM's short term will ship out without the retail boxes. I need to have new box designs done and the packaging inside to hold the XM's, so for the sake of getting them out to people sooner, the boxes will ship to everyone later on. I hope everyone is okay with this and understands the reasoning behind it, the boxes are nice and all, but its the actually XM's that everyone wants so they can use them. So everyone will get everything promised, just gonna have to come separately. Short term the XM's will just ship in Uline boxes bubblewrapped to everyone.

     

     

     

    I have no problems with this- the retail box will be great, but I'm happy to get the hardware first. :)

     

    -Rob

    KC Munchkin

    in Atari 7800

    Posted

    Looking forward to this- I had toyed around with the idea of adding an O2 to the collection, just for KC & Krazy Chase. Will be great for KC to find a home outside of the O2!

     

    -Rob

    What *don't* you miss about CRTs?

    in Classic Console Discussion

    Posted

    The weight is the main thing that I don't miss, though the size is a close second. Moving my old entertainment center was a daunting task, due to the number of systems hooked up - but the 37" CRT made it significantly more difficult. That said, I do still have a CRT - but it's a "secondary" television & I think it's a 27", so it's not too bad to move around.

     

    -Rob

    New Pinball Arcade from makers of Williams Collection

    in Modern Gaming Discussion

    Posted

    Well, regardless of the cause, I don't really feel like starting over or sitting on my points any more, so I finally spent most of my XBL points today on Pinball FX 2 tables :D . It's not the same as the *real* machines, but it makes for some fine fantasy pinball. :D

     

    I'll wind up with the games somehow, but I expect it will be in the form of the season 1 disc rather than individual downloads.

     

    -Rob

    New Pinball Arcade from makers of Williams Collection

    in Modern Gaming Discussion

    Posted

    Man, I feel screwed at this point. I picked up a bunch of XBL points JUST to order their newer packs, right around the time they were removed from XBL. Not sure if there is any meaningful progress on that. And of course, now they offer the full first season on disk (I'd have waited for a physical release since I despise download-only distribution)...and it is on a system I won't own for at least a year. :mad:

     

    Don't get me wrong, I love the games, but I'm rather agitated by their way of doing business. At least since I know there is a physical release, I can find some other use for the XBL points.

     

    -Rob

    Pre-Order Page is now up for 7800 Expansion Module

    in Atari 7800

    Posted

    I have said very little on the topic of the XM, simply because I am very patient and I know that throwing a tantrum won't help anything get done. ;) I'll just say two things:

    1. Now that we have some games close to being ready for the XM, I'm "chomping at the bit", wishing this were finished.
    2. I find it ironic that I RUSHED to order it, placing the order as soon as my budget allowed (Nov 20, 2010). I didn't even have a 7800 at the time :D

     

    That's all I have to say for now. Merry Christmas everyone!

    -Rob

    Bally Astrocade problems

    in Bally Arcade/Astrocade

    Posted

    Close your eyes and wish REAL hard for someone to make a new drop-in board for the Astrocade. I know that's what I'm hoping for. :lolblue:

     

    Seriously though, I'm in the same boat. I wound up taking mine apart and I see that some of the traces are actually separating from the motherboard (they kind of look melted). Hope you can get yours working!

     

    -Rob

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    GameStop sales tactics - bait and switch

    in Modern Gaming Discussion

    Posted · Edited by theredlineboss

    I haven't had too much trouble with this in the past. That said, it did happen to me when I picked up a few titles last month. Two had generic cases, while one was a special edition steel case. The guy swapped out one of the generic ones with a proper retail case, but then switched the steel case with a normal release. :?

    So I'm not really sure what to make of it, but I suspect he was doing what was easiest/fastest. Given that Gamestop doesn't seem to place any value on the original game cases being included (which is BS), it's not surprising their employees would do stuff like this. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if they are trained that the case/manual are not at all important.

     

    In any event, I asked the guy to switch the stuff into the steel case and he did it w/o complaint - he even pulled the manual from the regular case and put it in the special edition (the SE was missing it). Ultimately, this event was not a big deal, but it's definitely something to watch out for.

     

    -Rob

    Killzone: Mercenary - PSVITA,Anyone Looking Forward To It?

    in Modern Gaming Discussion

    Posted

    Hm, I've only played the single player missions, but I don't think that I had any sound problems, just some graphical issues. Nothing which hindered gameplay, but it was apparent that it wasn't right (like being able to see through my character multiple times).

     

    Definitely forgivable, considering the amount of enjoyment I got out of it. If only the Vita's Call of Duty game would have been done at this level (and included zombies).

     

    -Rob

    First games you got for each system! (including pack-ins)

    in Classic Console Discussion

    Posted

    Hm, most of my systems were bought when they were already old. Don't remember most of them, but here's what I remember (in no particular order):

     

    PS1: Destruction Derby

     

    N64: Super Smash Bros

     

    32X: Doom

     

    Xbox: Soul Calibur II

     

    TG16: Vigilante

     

    Colecovision: Donkey Kong

     

    Gamecube: some Zoids battle game

     

    SNES: Uniracers

     

    Wii: Wii Sports

     

    Intellivision: Burgertime

     

    7800: a football game of some sort

     

    Vita: Wipeout

     

    Gameboy: Super Mario Land

     

    Can't remember the firsts for the Saturn, Genesis, 360, PS3, GBA, 5200, or 2600. The Master System and Astrocade came with a number of titles already, so I don't have a specific "first". Plus my Astrocade is dead, so...yeah.

     

    -Rob

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