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  1. Watched Star Trek: The Motion Picture yesterday and promptly passed out. I thought people were exaggerating. 

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    2. doctorclu

      doctorclu

      The comment about the Spock arc is so true.   From nearly purging himself of all emotions, to becoming more a balance of his vulcan and human self, and we saw in full swing in Unification (TNG) and the Kelvinverse movies.

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      ^Well, he may only be half human,  but ya don't have to call him a spork!

    4. doctorclu

      doctorclu

      Well he multifaceted like a spoon and fork... and Vulcan and a human.   Perfect!  :)

       

      (Got that name edited.)

  2. So... What is your least favorite or most hated game controller?

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    2. save2600

      save2600

      Oh, the Intellivision is definitely up there, but I didn't list it because I thought it did a nice job for what it was for_their_original titles. Once you start getting into certain arcade, 2600 translations and MANY of todays homebrews, forget about it. Then you're asking way too much out of something it was never designed for. ;-)

    3. BassGuitari

      BassGuitari

      Coleco: awkward and clumsy to use; essentially a halfway measure between the Atari and Intellivision controllers and feels every bit the compromise that it is

       

      Master System: square D-pad renders several games borderline unplayable

       

      Atari 7800: ProLine is a carpal tunnel machine; CX78 d-pad is...wanting

    4. save2600

      save2600

      Forgot about the square d-pad of the SMS - yeah, that one totally sucks too. Accidentally going diagonal/up/down when you didn't mean to is definitely a deal breaker. Why I hate most PC gamepads. Especially from the 90's-late 2000's. I think the ones that model themselves after the Xbox controllers finally got it right, after all these decades. But their stubby analog nub replicates the same sort of thing. Too many accidents have you going the wrong way more often than not.

  3. What's a game you like, but nobody else seems to? (Any game at all)

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    2. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      A lot of people are down on Atari 800 Asteroids and Space Invaders, but I don't think they're too bad. Asteroids in particular offers a variety of four-player options that no other version has.

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Deadly Towers on NES is one people hate but I adore it! (Thag is right!), ...Maybe Cool World on SNES, I like how bizarre it is and the music, and Jinks on 7800, it's Unique, Artistic and Brilliant!

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      The atmosphere, music, and graphics of Chakan The Forever Man were Awesome, but I think the sluggish controls hurt it a bit, like maybe it was just too ambitious or something...(I like it, but it could have been near perfect w/ better controls)...

  4. Describe Karate on 2600 in one word...

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    2. DragonGrafx-16
    3. DoctorSpuds

      DoctorSpuds

      Well aren't you all gonna be surprised tomorrow...

    4. Joe C.

      Joe C.

      Ka-Ra-Tayyyy

  5. I'm thinking of painting Phillip, my buggy 2600...any color suggestions?

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    2. Kiwi

      Kiwi

      But you have a Doctor in your user name, you can save the Atari Doctor. You can paint it green, put bolt on the sides and hit the switch. It rise from the dead and start chasing you.

    3. DoctorSpuds

      DoctorSpuds

      I think I'll go for Purple and lime green metal flake paint.

    4. SiLic0ne t0aD

      SiLic0ne t0aD

      Chameleon - color shift paint would be rad!

  6. Rewinding the VHS is always the scariest part

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    2. DZ-Jay

      DZ-Jay

      I don't know ... I never have a problem rewinding my DVDs. It's also very fast. *shrug*

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      BassGuitari beat me to it...My ADAM Snapped my Super Zaxxon tape about 12 years ago :(

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      "But it's not the fall that hurts

      It's when you hit the ground"

  7. How thick was the ice you had to scrape off your car today? Mine was about 3 millimeters thick.

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      But last night I hung out with my friend who is missing a leg, I ended up shoveling a path at 3AM here then shoveled his walk too, at about 3:30AM cuz I didn't want him to fall...Neighbors probably thought I was crazy shoveling snow in the middle of the night...

    3. LS650

      LS650

      Ice? Well, I did have to put on a warm jacket for my walk to work this morning...

    4. carlsson

      carlsson

      Another inch of snow this morning. I didn't even pay attention it was snowing late last night.

  8. 7800 Owners!

    What are the most common problems you've had with your systems? I just bought one and I'd like to know what I'm getting in to. Also any game recommendations if my actually winds up working. 

    Thanks! ?

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    2. WAVE 1 GAMES

      WAVE 1 GAMES

      Honestly my 7800 has always worked great. Never had ANY issues out of it. I hear from other owners that their proline controllers go bad, and those are pretty uncomfortable, but I always use either a Sega Genesis controller or my PAL 7800 gamepad. Get yourself one of those and you'll be fine. Its a solid little console and best of all it plays all of your 2600 games!

    3. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      My 7800's RF box modulator inside went so I did the composite mod.  Sometimes I need to spray the POWER and the other switches with electronic cleaner.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Also they say not every 7800 is the same...Some of the early models like to crawl away from your Atari room when no one's looking,  and perch themselves high up on a chair so they can watch you sleep, but nobody talks about it ?

  9. What is a game that most people seem to like, but you simply can't stand?

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    2. AAA177

      AAA177

      I'll also add I agree mostly about the RPGs...absolutely loved Phantasy Star II, but today's stuff, I don't really play...and besides, I am still stuck on Maniac Mansion-type stuff...

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I feel I should add I've never played a baseball game on any system that was worth a damn...Though I was entertained (for 5 seconds... once) on a Super Famicom game where I hit a home run and for some reason a Giant Whale flew over the stadium!

    4. BigO

      BigO

      Adventure, Superman.

  10. I just bought an odyssey 2... Am I weird? Or am I just Stupid?

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    2. accousticguitar

      accousticguitar

      K.C.s Crazy Chase and Killer Bees are my faves.

    3. LS650

      LS650

      The O2 has some jewels: UFO, the 2 KC games, Turtles, Killer Bees, Attack of the Time Lord, etc. Of course, some of the games (especially sports) have not held up well over the years...

    4. Jess Ragan

      Jess Ragan

      Not stupid. Unless you paid a lot, which would be unwise. I mean, it ain't a great system, but it's a little slice 'o history.

  11. Any of you young folks on here play that new fangled game Minecraft?

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    2. DoctorSpuds
    3. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      It's yet another game I wish I had the attention span to obsess over ... and play nothing else. I don't dig it for myself, but I admire the kids who like it and kinda wish my kid were more into it.

    4. DZ-Jay

      DZ-Jay

      You mean, Mine of Worldcraft? I used to play that 10 years ago. I had a Paladin.

  12. Just bought a Starpath Supercharger... It's a good day.

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    2. DoctorSpuds
    3. HoshiChiri

      HoshiChiri

      It's taken me a couple days to sort out both time & how to run it all- but I now have a working disc that loads better than my tapes! Thanks for the help... now, to buy more tapes! :)

    4. DoctorSpuds

      DoctorSpuds

      Ain't that hilarious? We have a method to load these games more reliably than they did originally, but we're still gonna buy the original versions anyway despite already having all the games at our fingertips.

  13. I HATE FEDEX JUST RING THE STUPID DOORBELL!!

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    2. youxia

      youxia

      I guess it could be the 1/10 case then :)

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Yeah, they really should expend the effort to reach out 24 inches and press the doorbell, even if they leave right afterwards...Actually my last package, they did that!

    4. DoctorSpuds

      DoctorSpuds

      It's over I finally have the package. Despite the door slip saying the package WILL be available for pickup at 6:00 it came at 8:15, over two hours late,(Sigh) Happy Birthday to me...

  14. How many Combat carts do you own?

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    2. The Mr. Video
    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      My original one, plus 3 extras (possibly more) and a Tanks Plus! I should be asleep but instead I got up and looked! Instead of counting sheep I'm counting Combat carts...

    4. up2knowgood

      up2knowgood

      Ugh...4...had to count. 6 if you count the Sears and Zellers verions.

  15. What song is stuck in your head today? I got Mexican Radio running through my head like a damn Roadrunner cartoon!

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    2. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      I DON'T CARE IF IT RAINS OR FREEZES

       

      LONG AS I'VE GOT MY PLASTIC JESUS

       

      RIDING ON THE DASHBOARD OF MY CAR

    3. Tempest

      Tempest

      Wild Wild Life by Talking Heads

    4. Atarian7

      Atarian7

      "..they talk about the US inflation, I understand, just a little, no comprende, It's, A, Riddle..."

  16. I love Battlestar Galactica (1978), don't get me wrong.  But good lord has it not aged particularly gracefully.

     

     

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    2. doctorclu

      doctorclu

      So an interesting thought I have on older shows is the look generally has the look of when the show was made.  So original Trek has a 60s look, Battlestar has the longer hair of the 70s, etc.  At first we think "how outdated".  But... trends swing back into fashion every 20 years or so.  So are we looking at an outdated 60s look, OR are we looking at the trends that will happen again in 2270?  ;)

    3. save2600

      save2600

      The Reset button for this planet will have been pressed by 2270... any survivors should have better things to do besides watching TV.  ?

    4. doctorclu

      doctorclu

      Reset button was hit in the original Star Trek series.  (World War III, the Eugenics wars...)  AND they found their way back to 60s hair styles.

  17. Guess who just bought the entirety of Star Trek: TNG on vhs... this guy! ?

    What have I done?

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Ya know what would be more fun (IMHO)?    If you bought all of them recorded to VHS with commercials intact!   (ducks)...Really!   I recorded some Dungeons & Dragons cartoons and Land of the Lost reruns,etc., in the 80's that way...Back when VHS was new and exciting,  and you never thought you'd be able to capture a TV show and have it available when YOU wanted to see it...and there were occasions in the past where my friends have asked specifically to see those complete with all the old commercials, and In The News segments, Schoolhouse Rocks etc. intact!   It is Truly far more entertaining than watching the same episodes on DVD...(It really captures the zeitgeist of the time)...

    3. Stephen

      Stephen

      Nice!  Now you have hi-def Troi in space spandex ?

    4. save2600

      save2600

      Holy shelf space Batman!   ?

  18. Ah crap! Stretched my neck wrong and now I can't turn my head to the left. I have a good feeling about today.

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    2. DoctorSpuds

      DoctorSpuds

      Just got back from work and nah, she ain't feelin' better. What a time to realize I ain't got any Tylenol at my apartment.

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Go buy some Ibuprofen!    (It's $1 at the Dollar store.)

    4. DoctorSpuds

      DoctorSpuds

      You think I got Ibuprofen money?

  19. They are not, the hell, your whales.

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    2. Mr.Amiga500

      Mr.Amiga500

      These days, they'd probably make spin-off movies: Star Trek: Return of the Whales, Star Trek: Revenge of the Whales, Star Trek: Whales in Beverley Hills... etc.

    3. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      I've heard that, outside the US, the posters for the movie downplayed its association with the other Star Trek films. They prominently featured the subtitle, "THE VOYAGE HOME", and then a few lines down in smaller print, "Star Trek IV."

    4. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      You don't have to have seen 1, 2, or 3 to enjoy it.

  20. Is the Sega Genesis Model One Video cable the same as the C64/Vic-20's? Or is the Vic-20 video cable different from the C64's? Please help... I'm very confused.

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    2. DoctorSpuds

      DoctorSpuds

      Why didn't the vic-20 just have RF out? It would have made things so much easier. Also one of the Vic-20s I have came with what appeared to be an RF modulator I don't know how well those things held up but it didn't work for either the vic or the c64 so I'm just assuming it's broken.

    3. carlsson

      carlsson

      I think they ran out of space due to the size of the cartridge port. The TI-99/4A also has an external RF modulator to name one. I believe the external modulator may use pin 5, which is why it doesn't work on the C64 but I've had a few broken modulators too so it is fully possible it simply is a dud.

    4. DoctorSpuds

      DoctorSpuds

      Well, I'll just wait until the cord I ordered arrives, I'll let you know how things turn out when it gets here.

  21. Remember the guy selling that Sonic 1 CIB for $200? well know look at it! http://tinyurl.com/underpriced-sonic I think he learned his lesson.

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    2. NE146

      NE146

      Any given day on ebay you can always find someone selling common stuff for a ridiculous amount.

    3. ColecoGamer

      ColecoGamer

      This reminds me of a local game shop that was trying to sell a CIB copy of Shaq-Fu for Genesis for $399.00.

    4. carlsson

      carlsson

      Some people believe that video games don't follow the normal rules of supply, demand and trends. They think the value can only go one way and that is up, up, up.

       

      Although people keep saying no crash is impending, I'm still waiting for it, or at least the shockwave of a medium sized earthquake.

  22. I am currently going through a "toast" phase where all I wan't to eat is buttered toast. Can anyone relate?

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    2. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      This isn't you, my starchy acquiantance?

    3. DoctorSpuds

      DoctorSpuds

      It is not, my friend. If it were me the username would involve medical practitioners and potatoes.

    4. DoctorSpuds

      DoctorSpuds

      Before the username was taken I have taken the liberty of snagging /u/DoctorSpuds on Reddit, that is me

  23. I've found the scalping god! I hope this is a bad joke. http://tinyurl.com/the-scalping-god

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    2. NE146

      NE146

      Wow that's surprising to see someone overpricing their items on ebay. When did this start?

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      More like a Dutch Oven, AmIrite?

    4. LS650

      LS650

      LOL GoldLeader...

       

  24. Is there anything sadder than playing a party game by yourself?

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    2. Jess Ragan

      Jess Ragan

      Only drowning puppies, and there would have to be a whole lot of them.

    3. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      Not if it's a party in your pants!

    4. BassGuitari

      BassGuitari

      There are many, many things sadder.

  25. It is now snowing in Wisconsin. I am unhappy.

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    2. carlsson

      carlsson

      Ok, 88F but I'll admit that was with the glass windows closed all day, turning the balcony into a greenhouse.

    3. atarian63

      atarian63

      I would be too, I already put away my snowmobile

       

    4. chue

      chue

      I was going to do some yard work. Snow saved me.

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