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  1. CaptainBreakout

    Resisting the urge to think about acquiring a 5200.

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    2. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      Even an uncool kid has one.  *This guy* 🤣

    3. zylon

      zylon

      Star Wars GIF

    4. chicgamer

      chicgamer

      I might know someone with a spare two-port 5200 ...

  2. CaptainBreakout

    Absolute last chance to sign up for AtariAge Secret Santa this year!  (you know you want to!)

  3. CaptainBreakout

    AtariAge Secret Santa sign-ups are OPEN! 

     

    1. bent_pin

      bent_pin

      Santa Clause Animation GIF

  4. CaptainBreakout

    Sign-Up for AtariAge Secret Santa 2023 is happening now!

     

    1. ClassicGMR

      ClassicGMR

      Let's do this! :D

  5. CaptainBreakout

    Hoy... console glitch city!  Both my SNES' seem to have developed problems... one has glitchy Mode 7, and the other has blown-out brightness. Last week my Genesis developed a memory error where the sprites show up as white rectangles.  This hobby sure has technical issues with the aging electronics.

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    2. CaptainBreakout

      CaptainBreakout

      Thanks for the thoughts there.  That Super Nt sure looks tempting.  Hard to justify the expense tho since I already have a Retron 3- but the SNES is it's weak point (bad audio).  Anyways, I like fixing things, but replacing a SNES CPU is an intimidating prospect! 

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I have a few SNESs all right and some Genesises (plus RetroN 5 and clone NES/SNES/Genesis etc)...But the ANALOGUE stuff is king of the castle!  No matter what or how many you already have,..Personally I Highly Recommend them!  I can't remember ever having any issue with them...Plus then you could repair your SNES at your own pace (or have someone else do it) and still have one at the ready!   Just a thought...

    4. MarcoJ

      MarcoJ

      One of mine did too also, whilst sitting in a cupboard for a few years. The chips are known to rot, something about their manufacturing process makes them slowly decay over time. And unfortunately, the only solution is to extract chips from a known good snes to fix them. 

  6. CaptainBreakout

    Secret Santa 2022!

     

    Join the Adventure!!!

  7. CaptainBreakout

    10 systems in one stereo cabinet... a bit tougher then I thought!

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I suppose it depends on how many are hooked up...

  8. CaptainBreakout

    Looking forward to a weekend of setting up my old consoles.

  9. CaptainBreakout

    I'm looking at starting a 32X collection. If you have some 32x games to let go (cheap?) please PM me!

  10. CaptainBreakout

    Restoring the gameroom.  What a nice feeling. First time I've been able to work in here since my life turned upside down 6 months ago.

  11. CaptainBreakout

    Four more days left to sign up for AtariAge Secret Santa!

     

    https://atariage.com/forums/topic/325712-the-official-atari-age-secret-santa-2021-thread/

  12. CaptainBreakout

    Only seven days left to join AtariAge Secret Santa!  ?

  13. CaptainBreakout

    A bit wordy, but awesome, I read this letter from Mark Twain tonight:

    http://www.twainquotes.com/santaclaus.html

     

    AtariAge Secret Santa sign-ups are underway!  Check the events section.

     

     

  14. CaptainBreakout

    AtariAge Secret Santa 2021 is on!   Check it out in the "Events" section!

  15. CaptainBreakout

    Tonight I fixed an obscure controller for an even more obscure game console.  Girls confuse me.

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    2. carlsson

      carlsson

      Oh, so "game console" is an euphemism here?

    3. CaptainBreakout

      CaptainBreakout

      heh.  I didn't intend on that.  Good euphemism tho. I wish it were so easy.

    4. carlsson

      carlsson

      I would make a joke about "insert cartridge" but it might cause someone to report me. So I did anyway...

  16. CaptainBreakout

    One of the nuances I enjoy about this hobby is the medley of smells of cologne and hair product from 2nd hand consoles and patch cords.

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    2. DoctorSpuds

      DoctorSpuds

      Intuition friend, intuition.

    3. Keatah

      Keatah

      @GoldLeader. The smell changes "colour" and "flavour" as it ages. It goes through a series of phases or stages if you will. Each lasting about 3 years each. All you do match the smell, hardness, and color to the chart! For multiple owners a slide-rule is needed to supplement the chart.

    4. Keatah

      Keatah

      What's impressive about all these odours is the intensity and twanginess. Some of them really burn your nasal cavity. And to think this inside closed living quarters. ZOMG!

  17. CaptainBreakout

    Made a power supply for my Bentley Compuvision out of a Nokia phone charger.  I've still got it, baby!

  18. CaptainBreakout

    Fixing/restoring an Action52 cartridge.  Cue Cheetahmen music. 

  19. CaptainBreakout

    Nothing like knowing a guest is coming over to get the game room spic and span.  Pizza, beer and games in T minus an hour!

    1. Amstari

      Amstari

      Haha! That is what happens in our house. Quickly clean up, just before the guests arrive ?

  20. CaptainBreakout

    My kids are old enough to play Adventures of Lolo together, vieing over the controller. Very fun to watch.

  21. CaptainBreakout

    Listening to acorns fall on my roof. I swear the ground is COVERED with them. There's got to be 100x more acorns this year then I've seen in the 6 years I've been here.

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    2. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      If you think that's bad, try having a radio transmitter.

       

    3. IntelliMission

      IntelliMission

      Jesus Christ, man how can you live with so many retro computers falling over your house? Damn...

       

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    4. Master Phruby

      Master Phruby

      I think you're nutty.

  22. CaptainBreakout

    A nice amount of participants for Secret Santa this year!  This is going to be lots of fun!

  23. CaptainBreakout

    This is it!  Last day for AA Secret Santa 2020 signups!

  24. CaptainBreakout

    The deadline for Secret Santa participation is closing in!  If you've been thinking about it, now's the time!

  25. CaptainBreakout

    20 participants and counting!  Will you be someone's Retro-Gaming Santa?

     

    1. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      Secret Santa 2020 is going to be EPIC!  WOOT!

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