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I have found some good deals on craigslist... it does take more patience than ebay for sure.

Gotta go with Guardian Legend on the NES and the creepy snake face dude Meanwhile, Japan got this cool picture on their version:

I suspect some of the new collectors might drop out, but plenty will stay. The supply of old games isn't getting any bigger, so if the demand continues, and the supply dwindles... well the economics are not surprising.

I want a Vectrex, but I can't afford it at the moment.

I don't mean to be negative..I also love traditional animation and am beginning to get burnt out by all the CG cartoons. I would totally love a Dragon's Lair movie! I just don't understand why they need to beg their fans for money to make that happen. Why do they need a sizzle reel of new animation? If the end goal with this money is to make a video that shows a bunch of Dragon's Lair footage with a narrator saying "This would be a cool movie! Invest today!" why couldn't they just cobble that together with footage from the games and tv series? I have yet to see any explanation or justification for this campaign.

The best thing is to hop on a emulator and try out every game and see which ones you like and then go get those cartridges. Some cool ones not yet mentioned: Dodge 'em Montezuma's Revenge Private Eye cakewalk Missile control

wow, that'd solve the problem

Yea, I'm using the composite out. I hook it up to my CRT... only problem is I have a lot of game consoles sharing that TV and have to constantly swap them out.

I have never soldered anything before... and I'm not sure I understand what that project does or what new breed cartridges are.

here are the cartridges: This lot included several duplicates. I'm still looking for: Blasto Tunnels of Doom Jawbreaker 2 CarWars The Attack Defender Shamus Picnic Paranoia Micro surgeon Super Demon Attack a-maze-ing

I've been wanting to get a TI for a while but I didn't want to pay to ship a large box. I finally found one local!! Now I just need to rebuy some of the other cartridges from my childhood collection. (Also need to get the speech synthesizer module)

Last night I play some Yars Revenge, Asteroids, Space Invaders, and Superman. My 2 year old was playing with me. (I still get lost in the city with superman.)

The new campaign video is a million times better, You can tell that they rethought it and the goal has been made much more realistic. I still don't get the logic of putting a lot time and money into a pitch video for an already established property with plenty of pre-existing footage, but if people want to hand over their hard earned money to facilitate it so be it.

that's a minus sign in between the two pictures

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I know its a electro-mechanical, but ice cold beer would be fun if ported into a virtual format.

I haven't bought any REALLY big $$ games, the most expensive I bought were in the low-mid range: Rockin' Kats and Buckey O'hare for NES and Gunstar Heroes for the Genesis. I think they were worth it for the price I got, but not a penny more... as prices continue to rise, I would probably just have to pass on anything more than that... Games like Metal Storm and Gun Nac are already well past what I would be willing to pay, even though I am interested in them from a gamer perspective.

Although, now that've I gotten bit by the retro gaming bug, the first thing I did was go out and by a NES and a Genesis! (the two consoles I played the most when visiting friends)

I had a TI-99/4a up until the 1990 when we got a 286 PC... never had a NES as a kid, and didn't get my 2600 until around 88/89. I just spent a lot of time gaming at my friends houses. Sometimes I wished I had one of my own, but honestly, I got to play plenty so I was far from deprived. Plus, I had a lot of fun with the games I did have. So no reason to complain.

What? Why?! The problem was not the funding platform. It was the ridiculous amount of money they were trying to raise for just their pitch. Who kickstarts a pitch video anyway?

Arcades were still around in the late 90s/early 2000s but they had changed to mostly these bulky sit down racing cabinets, or dancing rhythm games in an effort to offer an experience you couldn't get at home. Also, there was the fighting game craze of the mid 90s that gave arcades a huge boost. They were still readily available in just about every major shopping mall.

I am getting really interested in Vectrex. They are so unique and cool looking! Only thing holding me back is the price... I am probably going to have a wait a while, or liquidate of some of my other games.

my favorites are (in no particular order): Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine Ecco the Dolphin Ghouls n' Ghosts Mortal Kombat 2 Toejam and Earl Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Gunstar Heroes Comix Zone Aladdin Contra Hard Corps