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Hey forum friends, I've written a book chapter on Lucasfilm Games/LucasArts and the editor would really like to use the photo of the group found on page 35 of The Atari Connection Spring 1984. I've attempted to contact the photographer, Michael Jang, via Instagram as this is the only way to contact him that I've been able to find (even his website points you to his Instagram). I'm not willing to give up quite yet, and the editor is serious about copyright issues, so before I throw in the towel and go with another image, if you have a suggestion about how I should proceed, please let me know. Thanks!

I'm getting it for the Switch just to get the steelbook.

Well, the hammer dropped on an INTV Dreadnaught Factor patch just a few days ago at $732 (10 bids among 7 bidders), which (if legit) just goes to show that all you need are some really determined buyers to get the price way up. Wow and yikes!

My apologies for the super late delay in responding to your question. Dreadnaught Factor: I'm guessing around $150 (US), maybe a little less, maybe a bit more. They don't come up very often. As for INTV Stampede, this is perhaps the 2nd hardest patch to get - I don't think many folks realize this - and it likely will be extremely expensive. One hit $338 earlier this November, which was kind of a bargain. I'd put the value at $500, but of course it's worth what collectors are willing to pay, which is still quite a chunk for this patch.

binge yer butt off...The Suicide Squad is a fun place to start

08 DEC 1997 Pretty sure I started using amazon.com that year, too (or maybe slightly earlier), but it has no record of any purchases until 1999.

The main thing with plasma TVs was that they would lose about 50% of their brightness during their use. The cheaper ones had about 30,000 hours of use, and the upper ones about 60,000, before hitting that 50% loss threshold.

Ah, the Atari Speakerhat. Yes, a few of us have the good ol' Blade Runner 2049 edition. Battery life is about 8 hours regular use on a full charge. LMK if you are curious about any of the other specs.

I've been meaning to post this for awhile... No, I'm not joking about the crossover. The property holders do a lot of crossovers with a lot of variant covers. Here's the Atari homage:

Great anime!

Well, if it's super glue, I would get a very thin but strong knife blade, find a corner of the disc to slightly pry up, and then slowly and carefully drip (maybe use an eyedropper) nail polish remover, as this dissolves super glue. I'd use gravity if possible to assist. Hopefully it will go very quickly then you can wipe up the remover and clean up any residue from the glue with a gentle swab of Goo Gone.

My 1986 Bowling (picture label) in the grey box release does not have a dust cover in the cart.

Not true. I'm pulling from the Oxford English Dictionary here:

It's a First-Year Seminar (FYS) class, which means that the instructor presents a specific body of knowledge and then the students study it from an academic/research perspective, although this faculty also teaches with me in our Game & Interactive Media Design major. I'm actually leading an FYS this semester for the first time in a several years; it's all about zombies (history and representation in media (theater, radio serials, films, comic books, television, and video games), mostly 20th through 21st century, and oriented pre- and post-Romero).

The rarity levels in the AA database are up for a lot of debate and in need of revision.

It's just clickbait to get on the hype-train to the seller's store. While sealed copies of Waterworld are hard to come by, it's not a $25K game. A few hundred years down the line, who knows...

Those dudes at Super Potato in Akihabara won't sell their Japanese Atari games anymore. Every year I ask, and every year I get the teeth-sucking and chotto routine. Ah well, still nice to look at.

Boxed PC: this is all I have (aside from a few that are in my office, and some in my parents' basement). Part of that is because of being naughty and pirating games, which of course I don't do anymore and haven't done in a long time. I like finding older PC games when I can, but they don't seem to come up much in stores. I think people might be more prone to throwing them out.

Multicart. Okay, I guess. As CPUWIZ would say, no box, no glory.

Pretty sure I got plenty o' love for Big Sexy.

could it be...

Actually, they were astounded at the complexity of Raiders of the Lost Ark. They couldn't believe a "simple" game had an inventory system, used two controllers, and had multiple areas/maps. I had to walk them through how to play it. That's right, kids, you gotta read the manual for some of these dang old Atari tapes! For some reason, Vanguard appeared to confound them, too.

Burrito?!? Heathen! Burritos are the Atari 5200 of tacos. But still delicious.

I am fine with this decision. People should be compensated for the work they do, even if it's a labor of love. Have you played Atari today? Have you eaten tacos today?

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