is my gaming skill dying?

[is my gaming skill dying?]

My five year old self could wipe the floor with me now playing Galaga. And I was barely tall enough to see the screen and reach the controls.

[What’s up with goodwill?]

 

By exploiting people with disabilities, not paying them market wages.

 

I don't think I've ever even seen anyone with disabilities working at any of our stores. Walmart seems to do a much better job at that than the Goodwills around here.

[What’s up with goodwill?]

On the other hand, Goowill and Value Village are non-profit with the money going to charities. No point for them to sell you something for $2.00 when they know a big bunch of people just list those items on ebay for profit once they get home, profit that may have benifited someone in need.

 

Actually Goodwill is for profit. The only "Goodwill" they show is hiring people to work in their stores.

[Is a vintage PC worth it these days?]

I just tossed my last GeForce 2 MX card. My last S3 is long gone.

 

GeForce 2 MX cards were epic. Only about 10FPS slower than NVIDIAS top end cards at the time for about 1/6 the cost at $30.

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

So you're saying Intellivision should sue Microsoft over a Design Patent? Like how Apple sued Samsung over rounded corners?

 

You know what's really funny about Apple suing Samsung in 2010 or whenever it was because Samsung had the rounded corners and their stuff looked like the iPad?

 

Samsung 2006. Who copied who?

[Handheld Game System Controls: Clicky vs Squishy]

I kind of like halfway in between squishy and clicky. If I had to pick one it would be clicky. That is something I really don't like about the Lynx II, the buttons are very squishy. Feels cheap to me. Is the Lynx I the same way? I've never played one. The original Gameboy controls were about right if I remember correctly.

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

Personally I think crowdfunding is for the little guy. A major company, financially failing or not, should and should be able to come out with a product on their own without begging for money. It doesn't give me a good feeling about a major company and their product if they're asking for money for it from users, and can't come out with it on their own. At the very least it means they're being lazy.

[I Hate Moon Patrol]

I like Moon Patrol even though I'm not great at it. I remember being really excited to get it as a kid. I think it was one I saved up for.

[New 7800 owner - What games are a must have?]

 

I'm pretty sure Junior is fully intact. It's the original Donkey Kong -- it's missing the pie factory.

 

Ok, I couldn't remember if it was Donkey Kong, or Jr.

[New 7800 owner - What games are a must have?]

Donkey Kong J.R. and Mario Bros are great also, imo.

 

 

Isn't DK Jr. on the 7800 missing a level? Or am I thinking of something else?

[New 7800 owner - What games are a must have?]

Xevious and Ball Blazer would be a couple.

[INTEREST CHECK: New Reproduction 7800 Sliver Labels…]

Haven't installed them yet but the labels look great. High quality. I do have one suggestion, maybe put in fine print somewhere that they are reproductions. That way they don't create any confusion if they are sold or someone else has them in the future.

[7800 and Imagic carts not fitting]

See also how a rogue Spider Fighter cart broke the virgin seal of my 7800s cartridge port...

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/241383-insert-activision-cart-and-pop-goes-the-weasel/

 

Out of curiosity did you ever get a refund for the boot?

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

Hmm, what if a classic Atari video game system is seen in the movie, which is the AtariBox?

 

 

This paragraph on TechRadar got me thinking...

 

 

 

Possible viral marketing for the new Blade Runner movie?

 

 

 

EDIT: I just re-read this thread. Well, my concept was an interesting thought.

[7800 and Imagic carts not fitting]

I'm having the exact same problem with the composite modded system that I just got. I removed the plastic cartridge guide entirely and the cartridge connector on the motherboard still puts such a death grip on my carts that it actually broke my Pole Position II cart trying to pull it out, and if I keep using the system I think it's just a matter of time until the casing cracks from the absurd amount of force required to insert or remove 7800 carts.

 

Mine is real tight on 26007800 carts too. I feel like I'm going to break the slot every time I put a game in or out. I wish they made them like the 2600 slots. They are rock solid.

[Coleco strong-arming homebrew publishers and fan sites]

Lots of drama. Glad I was able to experience Colecovision back in the 1980's

 

I'm beginning to regret that I wasn't. As a little kid I think I played on a Colecovision once at a friends house. I remember thinking, cool, something different than my 2600. This is really different. I don't remember what game but I remember I was having fun playing it. A dungeon game or something.

[Factory vs. reseal?]

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[Factory vs. reseal?]

Here's some pictures, I don't know if they'll help.

[Factory vs. reseal?]

I honestly think it would be a little weird if Best was resealing Atari games, though I guess it's possible. But he bought out like an entire Atari warehouse and all its contents, so there's no reason stuff he advertises as new wouldn't be. Everything I've gotten from him has been obviously actually new.

 

The little hole in your shrinkwrap, what do the edges feel like? The edges of the hole on mine feel almost like paper, they're so stiff. I think even if a new hole opened up on old shrinkwrap, the edges would probably still feel like that because the shrinkwrap itself has stiffened.

 

 

They weren't advertising it as new, just CIB. So I was figuring it would be a used one in the box with the manual. I can't even hardly feel the edges of the hole. The edges around the hole look thinner than the rest of the plastic from being stretched before it was torn.

 

I'm not a collector that has to have everything in pristine condition, or a CIB for every game. I'm more about playing them and the nostalgia. But I guess my thinking is in regards to opening a factory sealed one is, that at some point there won't be any left. And it would be like losing a bit of history.

 

 

Is having a "My Media" media library section only for subscribers? I can't find that section. It doesn't look like there is anyway to attach images to a post unless you link it from an outside site?

[Factory vs. reseal?]

I would say the corner of the seems aren't that hard on mine. It does have a similar but small hole on the bottom right on the front. The top flap of the box is damaged in such a way like it was pried open. So it must be a reseal. I don't know if it means anything, but the tag instead of sticking up like yours is perfectly bent/creased over the top of the box and lays flat on the top of the box. I'll see if I can get some pictures of it tomorrow. What's an O'Shea copy? Somebody named O'Shea had a bunch of unopened copies to sell?

[Factory vs. reseal?]

I asked because I recently got a boxed copy of Dig Dug for the 7800 from Best. I didn't realize it was going to be sealed. If it's factory sealed I'm not sure I want to open it. To me it looks factory sealed. At least it's not an obvious ghetto reseal I've seen on some things. It also has a plastic hang tag on it. The plastic is soft and pliable though.

 

Actually I'm looking at it more as I write this, the box underneath looks too dirty to be a factory seal.

[Factory vs. reseal?]

How can you tell a factory sealed game vs. a resealed game for Atari 2600/7800 games?

[Atari confessions. Confess your sins]

I like Pac-man

 

I sold 3 or 4 2600s one of which was a promotional model, about 80 games for dirt cheap when I were a kid. (about $20) I threw away all of the game boxes.

[The most ANNOYING sound effects/music/voices in video games.]

Some of the sounds on the 2600 Yar's Revenge.

[Why were emulators made in the first place?]

Yes. The size of the game was the single most important way (to my infantile mind) of determining how good a game was back then. Not sure when I got over that methodology.

 

I want to say in my mind it happened for me when games got to about the 2GB mark. I want to say that's when how good the graphics engines were, and how well they were implemented really started to take over and matter. I don't know if that's the case but that's what's kind of sticking out in my head.