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In about a month, I will be visiting Bangor and Portland, Maine. Can anybody recommend any decent game stores in either city? I won't have the time to sift through thrift shops and pawn shops, but I'd like to find someplace other than Gamestop/EB Games. I've checked online, but nothing comes up. I'm mostly interested in original PlayStation and PS 2 games.

Here is another example from the same publisher: NAME(S): Surhone, Lambert M Timpledon, Miriam T Marseken, Susan F TITLE(S):*Psychodynamic diagnostic manual : ICD, diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, american psychoanalytic association, international psychoanalytical association / Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken (ed.) PUBLISHER: Beau Bassin, Maurice : Betascript : VDM, 2010. DESCRIPTION: 85 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. NOTES: "High quality content by wikipedia articles"--Couv. Bibliogr. à la fin des chapitres. ARTICLES : Psychodynamic diagnostic manual ICD Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders American psychoanalytic association International psychoanalytical association American psychological association Sigmund Freud Psychoanalytic Anxiety disorders NUMBERS: ISBN: 9786131092121

I set up a Freenet (remember those?) account around 1994 or 1995. The Freenet has largely morphed into a commercial ISP, but I still use the space to host my website, and my original e-mail address there is still valid (though it is now forwarded to my main, personal account).

If space is an issue, it is the smallest 2600-compatible system readily available. All of my consoles are currently in storage, but I think it is a little bit smaller than a Jr., and is is way smaller than a woody. I've used my Gemini way more than any other models, and I've had no compatibility issues with anything I've tried (though I don't have a Supercharger or Harmony cart).

I don't have much to add to what has alreday been said -- but I certainly prefer Robot Tank. I really like how individual systems can be damaged (e.g. video, radar, movement) yet the tank can still function. I once finished a round "blind" with no functioning video or radar! Edited to add that I just realised that Battlezone was not re-released by Atari in a modern compilation, although most (all?) of their other vector games (i.e. Asteroids/Deluxe, Space Duel, Major Havok, and Tempest) were.

I obviously cannot speak for Atari in the 1980s, but my employer has a similar incentive program. There are gifts of increasing value for each five-years one is employed with the firm. For example, for my five years long-service, I received a modest desk clock. My manager (at 20+ years) received a lovely framed print. A few weeks before their anniversary date, employees receive a catalogue to select their gift. Instead of the clock, I could have gotten a pair of wine glasses or a few other choices. Presumably Atari employees had a choice of different styles of pins (or possibly even other types of items).

The majority of my Atari 2600 collection was acquired by way of bulk lots at garage and rummage sales back in the mid-1990s, so the per-cart price was rather low. More recently, I paid about Cdn$5 for River Raid II at a thrift shop. By way of comparison, I have never paid more than about $20 for a PSX or PS 2 game -- and most have been under $15.

Haunted House was released as part of a Microsoft pinball collection some years ago. The free demo version includes that particular table: MS Pinball Arcade (demo version) This runs fine under XP; I've not tried it with Vista or Windows 7.

Both?

Not specific to the Apple II, but I wonder how much the market for old computer hardware will ever really increase (barring some rarities and high-demand items). I would think that most collectors currently have most of what they want, and I cannot imagine that too many newer/younger people will suddently want to start collecing 30+ year-old gear. Personally, I had a Coco growing up. I gave it away when I moved cross-country some 12 years ago. Occasionally, I see one at a thrift shop or summage sale, and even more rarely, additional hardware that I could never afford as a kid. I have no desire to reaquire anything for my collection -- emulation is far easier to use than original hardware and that adequately meets my needs.

The July(?) 1983 issue of Creative Computing has a lengthy report from the Summer CES. There are several examples of this kind of product shown; along with announcements of several as yet unreleased Atari 2600 games. The editors were (rightly) skeptical of a few of the more fantastic claims, but most things were reported as actual products that would be available for purchase "real soon now". I don't think that issue is available online; I have a photocopy of the article in my files somewhere.

I remember discovering this bug back in 1982 or 1983; I was playing along and suddenly the game ended After some experimentation a friend and I discovered what caused it. It's interesting to read the more technicial explanation as to why that happened.

I have a small handful of PS 2 guides, but only for those games that are also actually in my collection . I also a few guides for PC games (i.e. Diablo II, Neverwinter Nights, Myst) from various thrift shops. I have a few original multi-game PlayStation guides, and perhaps 2 or 3 for the Atari 2600. Only some thrift shops (and a few used bookstores) seem to carry old guides; and only very rarely for the games tht I have/want. I missed the NES/SNES/Genesis era growing-up so I have no nostalgic interest in those types of guides and so I don't collect them now. Were I to find any gudies for RPGs (that I can play on an emulator) I would get them, however. On a semi-related note, I do collect "buyers guides" type books for home computers from the 1980s. These often include great pictures of really obscure systems that I have never seen in person.

This may be old news, but I just discovered it. PSX: The Guide to the Sony Playstation (PDF version) There are some great pictures and some obscure titles that I have never before heard of, such as the Lightspan games. The list of demo disks is also helpful. The book was published in 2005, so the rarity guide may not be 100% complete -- I think a few new titles tricked-out after that date, but it is definitely well worth the asking price.

Well said! Not video game related, but a major hobby for me is collecing books. I recently picked-up a scarce title for all of $1. While I plan to keep it for my collection, I could easily resell it for $25 (or possibly more). This same vendor also had other books priced significantly above their market value. The vendor did not care to take the time to evaluate their merchandise and price it accordingly (or they just have no sense of the market for rare books). Either way, it is certainly not my job to set prices for them.

To echo what others have said -- I bought Rob for about $6 from a thrft shop a few years ago. He did not include any accessories. I knew what it was, but I did not then (and still don't) have an NES. Rather, I think he just looks cool sitting atop my entertainment centre.

How is it possible to softmod a PS 2? The system normally does not have a hard drive.

I have one of the N64 tapes too. I watched it once and into the drawer it went (next to my single pirate Famicom cart). I do not actively colect them, but I will buy most anything video game related if it is sufficiently cheap.

While calling in an "arcade" is perhaps a bit generous, there are a handful of games at the Greyhound Bus Depot here in Calgary. Included is a 60-in-1 and on or two other xxx-in-1 machines. While these are technicaly illegal here in Canada too, I suspect that the machine generates enough revenue to compensate for the (minimal) that someone would trouble to report the operator to whomever might care. Personally, I was just happy to be able to play Donkey Kong while I waited for my bus.

This periodical seems to have had some name changes over the years: It began as Kilobaud (ISSN 0192-4583) in January 1977. This title continued through December 1978. From issue no. 25 (Jan. 1979) through no. 62 (Feb. 1982) it was called Kilobaud: microcomputing (ISSN 0192-4575). Finally, in March 1982, it became Microcomputing (ISSN 0744-4567). Publication apparently ceased in November 1984. I note the formal changes of name because some libraries (or collectors) may hold a few issues under one or another of the titles and people may not realise that it is, in fact, the same magazine. While several major Canadian libraries hold full or partial runs of this title, it does not appear to be available on microfilm or fiche.

Unlike most of the other companies listed here which released a single game and then disappeared without a trace, this firm was (and still is) a major music publisher. Sparrow Records There was a Music Machine album first -- children's religious music.

Some catalogues will note at least an approximate relase date (e.g. "Available Fall 1982"). While this may not be especially accurate, for many titles it is going to be the only data available. Media coverage of announcements at CES and other industry events will also give some idea of release dates, but there was so much vapourware announced and name changes before release that it is an even less reliable source.

Same here. I found him in the toy section of a thrift shop a few years ago for about $5. Ironically, I still don't have an actual NES, much less a Gyromite cart.

If you are able to get issues of Interface Age on microfilm or fiche (good luck with that; most of what is available in microfilm format is rather more mainstream!), your only real option would be to photocopy each page and then scan it. This would cost a modest fortune ($.10/copy, if not more) , take hours of your time, and it would look like crap beacuse it would be a third-generation copy. Hardware to scan directly off of microfilm exists, but it is somewhat rare. I have been a professional librarian for 10+ years and I have only seen one large, academic library with this equipment. Even then, the quality will be worse than scanning from the originals -- especially with any photographs or coloured text. Most libraries bind their magazines, so even if you could get access to paper copies, scanning them would be very difficult. If you have a decent camera, photographing each page, while tedious, would probably provide the best quality reproduction. A handful of Canadian libraries hold partial runs of this magazine. I can provide the details if you wish, which you could then forward along to your favourite local librarian. The magazine appears to have been published between December 1975 and October 1984. The earlier issues (vols. 1 and 2) are extremely scarce.

I think it may depend on where in Canada you are looking. I grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia and I began seriously collecting Atari 2600 games around 1989. I purchased countless boxes of hardware and cartridges at garage sales, rummage sales, and such like. Until I moved away in 1998, I saw only a single Zellers cartridge -- "Challenge". If memory serves, I bought it at the (now long defunct) Cash Convertors store. In the same time period, I found exactly one Sears-brand cartridge -- "Target Fun". These were not sold in the Canadian stores and so they are comparatively scarce around here. Into the early-1990s, my local Zellers store was still selling new, remaindered 2600 games, but none were store-brand. Indeed, I don't recall having ever seen Zellers store-brand cartridges throughout the 1980s (though I was admittedly not collecting games at that time, either). In the past decade, I have seen very few Atari cartridges in the wild -- mostly at thrift shops and flea markets (all in Canada). I have not encountered any Zellers cartridges.