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  11. Posted

    My uncle was a regional manager for Sears in Arkansas, and it was during a summer vacation to his home that I was introduced to Atari. He had it set up in his basement (a sweet, very 70s, rec room/bar thing) and he got me so hooked, my parents gave me my own Atari that Christmas.

     

    For my birthday two months later, he sent me Arcade Pinball. To this day, Arcade Pinball is the real version to me. I can't play Video Pinball... don't even own it. :)

  17. Posted

    I understand putting your likes and dislikes on the Internet in case anyone might care, but what is the purpose of listing what you own if you aren't going to sell them?

     

    Seems like it's inviting theft if they can figure out where you live. "Oh, you have 1,750 DVDs? That must mean you are filthy rich. I'll be over tomorrow after you leave for work."

     

    Well I do it so friends and family can borrow what they want, and when I'm away from home I can check the list to see if I own something or not. No one knows me from Adam.

  18. Posted

    It was, essentially, an educational toy... but there were some arcade-y aspects to it. Even the educational carts like WORDS had games on it like Hangman.

     

    I remember the Music cart specifically. It came with a big book of songs you could program into it. Nadia's Theme, for some reason, comes to mind. You could also use all the sound effects and groove Eddy Grant style.

     

    There's a link to all the carts available for the machine up in this thread somewhere.

     

    I know I'm going to get this and will have talked it up too much.

  20. Posted

    What if...

     

    Suppose AA offered this feature? Sorta similar to their own database... we could input the titles we owned, box/manual, label variations, etc. and it could link to thumbnails of the pics already in the existing AA database? That way we could all see each other's collections?

     

    I know that's probably a lot of programming/database work... perhaps maybe a small user fee to enroll? I know I wouldn't mind throwing AA a couple of bucks for a slick looking view of my collection.

  22. Posted

    I don't really think that's keyword spamming... that's someone who just doesn't have a clue about what they're selling. Just look at the brief description (calling joysticks "handles" for example). Just an uninformed seller.

     

    Plus, you gotta "hock" it up to a TV. :)

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